(08-18-2017 02:03 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  Think this would probably work better. Florida and LSU do not want to play each other each year, and neither Arkansas nor A&M have any geographic or real historic reason to play South Carolina each year.

SEC
Alabama: Auburn, LSU, Tennessee
Arkansas: Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Missouri
Auburn: Alabama, Georgia, Florida
Florida: Georgia, South Carolina, Auburn
Georgia: Florida, Auburn, South Carolina
Kentucky: South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
LSU: Ole Miss, Alabama, Texas A&M
Mississippi State: Arkansas, Missouri, Ole Miss
Missouri: Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Arkansas
Ole Miss: LSU, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State
South Carolina: Kentucky, Florida, Georgia
Tennessee: Vanderbilt, Kentucky, Alabama
Texas A&M: Missouri, Arkansas, LSU
Vanderbilt: Tennessee, Ole Miss, Kentucky

A few LSU fans might shed tears for that rivalry not being as frequent , but I doubt UF would have any problems with it. The problems come in with Tennessee not being a protected rivalry. Florida would probably toss South Carolina in favor of Tennessee. While Kentucky is a major rival for the Vols, I think that the Vols might toss UK in favor of the Gators, a much bigger rivalry IMO. Substitute Mississippi State for Tennessee (Kentucky & Mississippi State do have a very competitive rivalry going, although it does seem odd that those teams are rivals and it’s much more even for both sides). South Carolina gets Mizzou who really isn’t a rival, but Mizzou just needs somebody to fill that last spot & so does South Carolina. Not sure if I would classify the Battle of Columbia to be a rivalry or not, but this would allow it to continue.