The 2026 SEC schedules are out, and the marquee home weekends — Alabama in Starkville, LSU in Oxford, Florida at Auburn — will sell out lodging months in advance. Stay'ca manages whole-home rentals in all three towns, so here's the game-day calendar that matters for booking, in one place.
Mississippi State (Starkville): seven home games
The big three at Davis Wade Stadium: Alabama on October 3 (now an annual game under the SEC's nine-game format), Oklahoma on October 24, and Auburn on November 14. The season opens against ULM on September 5. Baseball fans: Super Bulldog Weekend each April fills the town just as fast. See our Starkville rentals — from a 1-bedroom crash pad to an estate that sleeps 12.
Ole Miss (Oxford): LSU comes to town
September 19 — LSU at Vaught-Hemingway, on ABC — is the hottest ticket of the Oxford year, with Lane Kiffin returning to face his old team. Georgia visits November 7, and the Egg Bowl is home this year, Friday, November 27. Between games there's the Grove, Square Books, and Rowan Oak. Our House of Rivals — Rebel Row sleeps 8 minutes from the Square.
Auburn: a new era on The Plains
Coach Alex Golesh's first Jordan-Hare season brings Florida on September 19 — the Gators' first trip to Auburn since 2011 — plus LSU on October 24. Auburn has sold out 22 straight home games, so lodging follows. Book War Eagle Flatts and Tiger Den separately, or combined for 5 bedrooms sleeping 15.
The booking rule of thumb
For marquee SEC games, book the day your plans firm up — 3 to 6 months out is normal, and rivalry weekends go faster. A whole home beats two or three hotel rooms on price and gives the tailgate crew a kitchen, parking, and a porch. Every Stay'ca home books direct at stayca.life with no platform service fees.