Texas A&M head coach Bucky McMillan learns schedule for his first season coaching in SEC
Texas A&M head coach Bucky McMillan learns schedule for his first season coaching in SEC
Heading into his first season coaching in the Southeastern Conference, Texas A&M men's basketball coach Bucky McMillan found out his squad's fate with the announcement of the league slate on Wednesday.
The Aggies will host nine conference games at Reed Arena during the 2025-2026 season, seven of which advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season. That home schedule also includes the defending national champion Florida Gators, who will travel to Bryan-College Station, Texas, to face the Maroon and White for the first time since the 2023-2024 season.
Texas A&M will face Oklahoma, LSU, and Texas as its home and away opponents this season, while traveling to Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri, and South Carolina for its road contests in 2025-26.
McMillan has done an incredible job working the transfer portal since arriving, including landing the likes of talented Indiana forward Mackenzie Mgbako and Creighton guard Pop Isaacs.
Having athletes with experience at the highest level throughout the roster will be key for the program, as the SEC continues to record historic success in college basketball. The conference won 88.9 percent (185-23) of its regular-season non-conference games in 2025, with a record 14 teams reaching postseason play.
With SEC play set to tip off on January 3, here is the full schedule for every men's basketball program in the conference this season:
Alabama Crimson Tide
Home/Away - Auburn, Mississippi State, Tennessee
Home - Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M
Away - Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Arkansas Razorbacks
Home/Away - Auburn, LSU, Missouri
Home - Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Away - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Oklahoma
Auburn Tigers
Home/Away - Alabama, Arkansas, Ole Miss
Home - Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Away - Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee
Florida Gators
Home/Away - Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina
Home - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee
Away - Ole Miss, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
Georgia Bulldogs
Home/Away - Florida, South Carolina, Texas
Home - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Away - Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt
Kentucky Wildcats
Home/Away - Florida, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Home - Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas
Away - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M
LSU Tigers
Home/Away - Arkansas, Texas A&M, South Carolina
Home - Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma
Away - Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas, Vanderbilt
Ole Miss Rebels
Home/Away - Auburn, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt
Home - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina
Away - Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Home/Away - Alabama, Ole Miss, Missouri
Home - Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Away - Florida, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Texas, Texas A&M
Missouri Tigers
Home/Away - Arkansas, Mississippi State, Oklahoma
Home - Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Vanderbilt
Away - Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M
Oklahoma Sooners
Home/Away - Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M
Home - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss
Away - Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
South Carolina Gamecocks
Home/Away - Florida, Georgia, LSU
Home - Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Away - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss, Texas, Texas A&M
Tennessee Volunteers
Home/Away - Alabama, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
Home - Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M
Away - Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina
Texas Longhorns
Home/Away - Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas A&M
Home - Florida, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Away - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee
Texas A&M Aggies
Home/Away - LSU, Oklahoma, Texas
Home - Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina
Away - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Commodores
Home/Away - Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee
Home - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Oklahoma, Texas A&M
Away - Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas
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