February 17, 2026
By Carter Bahns, CBS Sports:Even in this era of conference expansion where college football teams can only play so many of their league companions each year, a plethora of repeat matchups dot the 2026 schedule. Whether it be via protected rivalries, luck of the scheduling matrix draw or the second legs of nonconference series, the upcoming campaign pits myriad familiar foes against each other. In many cases, these rematches are duplicates of last season’s most memorable showdowns.
For instance, Georgia and Ole Miss played a classic College Football Playoff game earlier this winter and will see each other in 2026 by way of the SEC’s schedule rotation. The Bulldogs will thus have an opportunity to wage revenge on the team that eliminated them from national championship contention.
Those SEC rivals are not alone in renewing a high-stakes matchup. A number of nonconference dates could have the same playoff implications that they carried early in the 2025 season, and rivalry clashes at the end of the campaign should again dictate which teams punch their tickets to the CFP and which fall short.
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