We know when Lane Kiffin will be back at Vaught Hemingway Stadium.
The SEC revealed its 2026 football schedule Thursday night and the new LSU coach won't wait too long to visit his former employer. The Tigers are set to visit Ole Miss in Week 3 on Saturday, Sept. 19.
Kiffin dramatically left Ole Miss for LSU at the end of the 2025 regular season even though the Rebels were on the cusp of the College Football Playoff. Ole Miss is the No. 6 seed and will host Tulane on Dec. 20 in the first round of the playoff.
Ole Miss will be coached by former defensive coordinator Pete Golding in that game. Golding was promoted to head coach as Kiffin was in the process of heading to Baton Rouge on Nov. 30. While Kiffin won't be on the sidelines for the Rebels in the College Football Playoff, many offensive assistants who followed him to Baton Rouge will be, including offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr.
Ole Miss beat LSU 24-19 in 2025. That game was also in Oxford, Mississippi. The SEC is moving to a nine-game conference schedule in 2026 as each team will play a rotating cast of six teams twice over four seasons and three teams every season for the next four years. Ole Miss and LSU are permanent rivals in the current SEC schedule setup, and LSU is making back-to-back trips to accommodate the logistics of the new SEC schedule.
Below is the entire 2026 SEC schedule in full.
2026 SEC schedule
East Carolina at Alabama
North Alabama at Arkansas
Baylor vs. Auburn (Atlanta)
Florida Atlantic at Florida
Tennessee State at Georgia
Youngstown State at Kentucky
Clemson at LSU
Louisville vs. Ole Miss (Nashville)
Louisiana-Monroe at Mississippi State
Arkansas Pine-Bluff at Missouri
UTEP at Oklahoma
Kent State at South Carolina
Furman at Tennessee
Texas State at Texas
Missouri State at Texas A&M
Austin Peay at Vanderbilt
Arkansas at Utah
Southern Miss at Auburn
Campbell at Florida
Alabama at Kentucky
Louisiana Tech at LSU
Charlotte at Ole Miss
Mississippi State at Minnesota
Missouri at Kansas
Oklahoma at Michigan
Towson at South Carolina
Tennessee at Georgia Tech
Ohio State at Texas
Arizona State at Texas A&M
Delaware at Vanderbilt
Florida State at Alabama
Georgia at Arkansas
Florida at Auburn
LSU at Ole Miss
Troy at Missouri
New Mexico at Oklahoma
Mississippi State at South Carolina
Kennesaw State at Tennessee
UTSA at Texas
Kentucky at Texas A&M
NC State at Vanderbilt
South Carolina at Alabama
Tulsa at Arkansas
Vanderbilt at Auburn
Ole Miss at Florida
Oklahoma at Georgia
South Alabama at Kentucky
Texas A&M at LSU
Missouri at Mississippi State
Texas at Tennessee
Vanderbilt at Georgia
McNeese at LSU
Alabama at Mississippi State
Florida at Missouri
Kentucky at South Carolina
Auburn at Tennessee
Arkansas at Texas A&M
Georgia at Alabama
Tennessee at Arkansas
South Carolina at Florida
LSU at Kentucky
Texas A&M at Missouri
Texas vs. Oklahoma (Dallas)
Ole Miss at Vanderbilt
Auburn at Georgia
Mississippi State at LSU
Missouri at Ole Miss
Kentucky at Oklahoma
Alabama at Tennessee
Florida at Texas
The Citadel at Texas A&M
Arkansas at Vanderbilt
Texas A&M at Alabama
LSU at Auburn
Vanderbilt at Kentucky
Oklahoma at Mississippi State
Tennessee at South Carolina
Ole Miss at Texas
Missouri at Arkansas
Florida at Georgia (Atlanta)
Auburn at Ole Miss
South Carolina at Oklahoma
Mississippi State at Texas
Arkansas at Auburn
Oklahoma at Florida
Alabama at LSU
Georgia at Ole Miss
Vanderbilt at Mississippi State
Texas at Missouri
Texas A&M at South Carolina
Kentucky at Tennessee
South Carolina at Arkansas
Missouri at Georgia
Florida at Kentucky
Texas at LSU
Auburn at Mississippi Stateate
Ole Miss at Oklahoma
Tennessee at Texas A&M
Alabama at Vanderbilt
Chattanooga at Alabama
Samford at Auburn
Vanderbilt at Florida
Wofford at Ole Miss
Tennessee Tech at Mississippi State
Kentucky at Missouri
Texas A&M at Oklahoma
Georgia at South Carolina
LSU at Tennessee
Arkansas at Texas
Texas at Texas A&M
Auburn at Alabama
LSU at Arkansas
Florida at Florida State
Georgia Tech at Georgia
Louisville at Kentucky
Mississippi State at Ole Miss
Oklahoma at Missouri
South Carolina at Clemson
Tennessee at Vanderbilt