​NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – MARCH 11: Collin Chandler, wearing number 5 for the Kentucky Wildcats, drives toward the basket against Max McKinnon, number 3 of the LSU Tigers, during the first half of the opening round of the 2026 SEC Men’s Basketball Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on March 11, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. The photograph is by Johnnie Izquierdo of Getty Images.
As LSU basketball awaits the release of its full 2026-27 schedule, the Tigers can confirm the locations of their SEC battles in Will Wade’s return for a second stint with the program. This season’s schedule will feature each of the other 15 SEC programs, resulting in 18 conference games in total. Of those, six contests will be hosted in Baton Rouge, six will be away on the road, and the remaining three games will be traditional home-and-home battles against LSU’s long-standing rivals. The exact dates and start times for these conference clashes, as well as the complete nonconference slate for the upcoming year, will be announced at a later time.
Here is a preliminary outline of LSU’s SEC opponents for the 2026-27 conference schedule, listed in alphabetical order: Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Auburn, Arkansas, Texas A&M. For readers seeking added context, this season’s coverage includes references to LSU’s broader sports landscape, including analysis of the football program’s defensive development heading into 2026 and notes on LSU baseball’s planned nonconference schedule, which will take the team to Las Vegas in 2027.
The original reporting for these developments appeared in the Lafayette Daily Advertiser and has been repackaged here to enhance search visibility and accessibility for fans tracking LSU’s conference schedule for 2026-27.