The season was scheduled to begin on September 3, 2020 and end with the 2020 SEC Championship Game on December 5, 2020.

To conclude the 2019 Southeastern Conference football season, the LSU Tigers defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 37–10 in the 2019 SEC Championship Game, held in Atlanta.

The 2020 SEC Media days were scheduled to take place at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia in July 2020.

On July 10, 2020, the Pac-12 announced it was going to compete in a conference-only season, thus cancelling the non-conference games of Alabama vs. USC and Texas A&M vs. Colorado.

The revised 2020 SEC schedule was released on August 17, 2020[2] 2019–2020 records against non-conference foes: (Excluding BYU) The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Southeastern Conference football coaches at the end of the season

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources.