SEC-BIG 12 Challenge set with 10 games

STAFF REPORT

The 10th annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge is set for 2023 and the games will have a familiar feel.

For the second time in three seasons and the 10th time overall, Alabama will face Oklahoma in the event. It will be the second time the Crimson Tide travels to Norman in as many meetings. The Sooners hold al 6-3 advantage in the series.

Auburn will face also go on the road to face West Virginia, the first meeting in the Challenge but the fifth meeting all time and the second time the Tigers will travel to Morgantown, the last coming in 2007.

Bama defeated Baylor in year’s event while Auburn beat Oklahoma.

The challenge will feature 10 games played on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. 

All 10 of the Big 12’s teams and 10 of the SEC’s 14 member institutions will participate in this year’s event. Each of the 10 SEC teams that participated in the 2022 Challenge will be a part of the 2023 event.

The SEC won the ninth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge by winning six of the 10 games on January 29, 2022. It is the second year in a row the SEC won the Challenge. The SEC has lost the Challenge just one time in the last six years.

This will be the eighth year that a bye in the league schedule for participating teams was created to accommodate the single-day format. The first two years of the challenge were played over several days in November and December but the last eight events have been consolidated to one single day in January. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise the contests.

Start times and network designations will be announced at a later date.

SEC/Big 12 Challenge (Jan. 28, 2023)

Alabama at Oklahoma

Arkansas at Baylor

Auburn at West Virginia

Florida at Kansas State

Kansas at Kentucky

Texas Tech at LSU

Ole Miss at Oklahoma State

TCU at Mississippi State

Iowa State at Missouri

Texas at Tennessee