ATHENS — Georgia football is trending up is all directions, most recently the Bulldogs’ scheduling.
Coach Kirby Smart is ultimately behind an ambitious schedule model that has been drawn up with future College Football Playoff implications in mind, according to athletic director Greg McGarity.
Smart, an All-SEC safety and All-SEC Academic selection while in Georgia’s business school, no doubt has a plan in place that’s all about providing an experience student-athletes will embrace.
It’s recruiting 101, and in a very short period of time, Smart has proven among the best.
Under Smart’s direction the Bulldogs, have built a better support staff to develop players for NFL futures, improved facilities and now provided travels to marquee venues. The school, meanwhile, has vaulted into the Top 15 of public colleges.
Here’s a look at Georgia’s unofficial tentative future schedules, McGarity indicating UGA is seeking a Power 5 opponent (s) for 2021 and 2023:
2019
Non-conference opponents
Sept. 7 – Murray State
Sept. 14 – Arkansas State
Sept. 21 — Notre Dame
Nov. 30 — at Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
Aug. 31 — at Vanderbilt
Oct. 5 — at Tennessee
Oct. 12 — South Carolina
Oct. 19 — Kentucky
Nov. 2 — Florida at Jacksonville
Nov. 9 — Missouri
Nov. 16 — at Auburn
Nov. 23 — Texas A&M
2020
Non-conference opponents
TBA — East Tennessee State
Sept. 7 — vs. Virginia in Atlanta
Sept. 26 — Louisiana-Monroe
Nov. 28 — Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
Sept. 19 at Alabama* (projected date)
Auburn
Florida — at Jacksonville
Tennessee
at Kentucky
at Missouri
Vanderbilt
at South Carolina
2021
Non-conference opponents
TBA — Power 5 opponent
Sept. 4 — San Jose State
Sept. 11 — UAB
Nov. 27 — at Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
Arkansas
at Auburn
Florida — at Jacksonville
at Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
at Vanderbilt
South Carolina
2022
Non-conference opponents
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
Sept. 3 — vs. Oregon in Atlanta
Sept. 24 — Kent State
Nov. 26 — Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
at Mississippi State
Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Athens — Jax contract runs through 2021)
Tennessee
at Kentucky
at Missouri
Vanderbilt
at South Carolina
2023
Non-conference opponents
TBA — Power 5 opponent
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
TBA — Indiana State
Nov. 25 — at Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
Ole Miss
at Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Gainesville — Jax contract runs through 2021)
at Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
at Vanderbilt
South Carolina
2024
Non-conference opponents
Aug. 31 — vs. Clemson in Atlanta
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
Nov. 30 — Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
at Texas A&M
Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Athens — Jax contract runs through 2021)
Tennessee
at Kentucky
at Missouri
Vanderbilt
at South Carolina
2025
Non-conference opponents
Aug. 30 — at UCLA
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
Nov. 29 — at Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
LSU
at Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Gainesville, Jax contract runs through 2021)
at Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
at Vanderbilt
South Carolina
2026
Non-conference opponents
Sept. 5 — UCLA
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
Nov. 28 — Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
at Arkansas* (projected rotation beyond official schedule through 2025)
Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Athens — Jax contract runs through 2021)
Tennessee
at Kentucky
at Missouri
Vanderbilt
at South Carolina
2027
Non-conference opponents
Sept. 4 — at Florida State
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
Nov. 27 at Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
Alabama* (projected rotation beyond official schedule through 2025)
at Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Gainesville — Jax contract runs through 2021)
at Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
at Vanderbilt
South Carolina
2028
Non-conference opponents
Sept. 2 — at Texas
Sept. 16 — Florida State
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
Nov. 25 Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
at Ole Miss* (projected rotation beyond official schedule through 2025)
Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Athens — Jax contract runs through 2021)
Tennessee
at Kentucky
at Missouri
Vanderbilt
at South Carolina
2029
Non-conference opponents
Sept. 1 — Texas
Sept. 15 at Clemson
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
Nov. 24 at Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
Mississippi State* (projected rotation beyond official schedule through 2025)
at Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Gainesville — Jax contract runs through 2021)
at Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
at Vanderbilt
South Carolina
2030
Non-conference opponents
Aug. 31 — Clemson
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
TBA — Non-Power 5 opponent
Nov. 30 — Georgia Tech
SEC opponents
at LSU* (projected rotation beyond official schedule through 2025)
Auburn
Florida (Jacksonville/Athens — Jax contract runs through 2021)
Tennessee
at Kentucky
at Missouri
Vanderbilt
at South Carolina
