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Bath's games against Harlequins on the weekend of 15 May and Saracens on 5 June are scheduled to be moved, and if the club were to reach the Prem semi-finals and secure a home tie next June, that fixture would also be played away from the Rec.
The club's owners say the plans are being accelerated to ensure the redevelopment is completed for the start of the 2028-29 Prem campaign.
Reading's final home game of the upcoming season is against Sheffield Wednesday on 1 May. However, they would be due to host another match that month if they reach the League One play-offs.
Their ground has been regularly used for rugby in the past, having been the home of London Irish between 2000 to 2020.
Couhig highlighted a number of changes and upgrades which have been made at the SCL Stadium this summer - including to the stands and a new pitch which has been laid - as factors that make a possible agreement with Bath feasible.
"This pitch is built in a way that it could handle that and recover very quickly [from rugby]," Couhig said.
"Our football team is the first priority tenant and we would make sure it is handled the right way."
He added that any money generated would be reinvested in the football team.
"Let's say we did something with Bath Rugby, then we'd be allowed additional money under the SCMP [salary cost management protocol] to spend on our football players," he said.
This article was originally published by BBC Sport.
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