SEC releases TV times, networks for select football games
By GRAHAM DUNN
Alabama and Auburn will open the season on Sept. 2 and both will garner high-profile slots for television on that day.
The Southeastern Conference released a portion of the television schedule including all of the game times and television networks for each game on Wednesday. CBS did the same a day earlier, announcing that its first game in SEC coverage will come on Sept. 16 when South Carolina vists defending national champion Georgia at 2:30 p.m. CDT.
Auburn faces UMass on Sept. 2 and will be broadcast on ESPN at 2:30 p.m. Alabama gets a prime time slot on the SEC Network when it takes on Middle Tennessee State.
Both teams will be on the ESPN+/SECN + at least once this season. Auburn’s third game of the season on Sept. 16 against Samford will be Internet only while Alabama’s game against Chattanooga on Nov. 18 will also be on the Internet.
Alabama’s game at South Florida (Sept. 16) will be a 2:30 p.m. start on ABC. The game against Texas was announced earlier as a 6 p.m. start on ESPN on Sept. 9.
Auburn’s trip to Cal on Sept. 9 will be broadcast ESPN.
SEC football schedule 2023: Select kickoff times for TV
*All times Central
Saturday, Aug. 26
Hawai’i at Vanderbilt – 6:30 p.m., SECN
Thursday, Aug. 31
Florida at Utah – 7 p.m., ESPN
South Dakota at Missouri – 7 p.m., SECN
Saturday, Sept. 2
Virginia vs. Tennessee (Nashville) – 11 a.m., ABC
Ball State at Kentucky – 11 a.m., SECN
Mercer at Ole Miss – 1 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
UMass at Auburn – 2:30 pm, ESPN
SE Louisiana at Mississippi State – 3 p.m., SECN
Western Carolina at Arkansas – 3 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
UT Martin at Georgia – 5 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
New Mexico at Texas A&M – 6 p.m., ESPN
Alabama A&M at Vanderbilt – 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
North Carolina vs. South Carolina (Charlotte) – 6:30 p.m., ABC
Middle Tennessee at Alabama – 6:30 p.m., SECN
Sunday, Sept. 3
LSU vs. Florida State (Orlando) – 6:30 p.m., ABC
Saturday, Sept. 9
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest – 10 a.m., ACCN
Ball State at Georgia – 11 a.m., SECN
Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky – 2 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
Texas A&M at Miami – 2:30 p.m., ABC
Ole Miss at Tulane – 3:30pm, ESPN2
Kent State at Arkansas – 3 p.m., SECN
Texas at Alabama – 6 p.m., ESPN
Middle Tennessee at Missouri – 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
McNeese at Florida – 6:30 p.m., ESPNU
Arizona at Mississippi State – 6:30 p.m., SECN
Furman at South Carolina – 7:30pm, ESPN+/SECN+
Grambling at LSU – 6:30pm, ESPN+/SECN+
Auburn at California – 9:30 p.m., ESPN
Austin Peay at Tennessee – TBD ESPN+/SECN+
Saturday, Sept. 16
South Carolina at Georgia - 2:30 p.m., CBS
LSU at Mississippi State – 11 a.m, ESPN
Kansas State at Missouri – 11 a.m., SECN
Alabama at South Florida – 2:30 p.m., ABC
UL Monroe at Texas A&M – 3 p.m., SECN
Tennessee at Florida – 6 p.m., ESPN
Samford at Auburn – 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
BYU at Arkansas – 6:30 p.m., ESPN2
Akron at Kentucky – 6:30 p.m., ESPNU
Georgia Tech at Ole Miss – 6:30 p.m., SECN
Saturday, Sept. 23
Charlotte at Florida 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
Saturday, Oct. 28
Georgia vs. Florida - 2:30 p.m. CBS
Saturday, Nov. 18
Chattanooga at Alabama – 11 a.m, ESPN+/SECN+
Southern Miss at Mississippi State – 11 a.m., ESPN+/SECN+
Abilene Christian at Texas A&M – 11 a.m., ESPN+/SECN+
Thursday, Nov. 23
Ole Miss at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Nov. 24
Missouri at Arkansas - 3 p.m., CBS