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  • SEC announces early season football television schedule

    BIRMNGHAM, Alabama (May 27, 2021) - The first three weeks of the SEC football television schedule were announced on Thursday by the SEC Office, including the weekly staple of the SEC Network triple-header beginning opening weekend.

    The SEC Network Saturday schedule opens the season with three games on September 4. The first Conference matchup of the year will feature Missouri at Kentucky the following weekend on September 11 on SEC Network.

    As previously announced, Tennessee will host Bowling Green to begin the season on Thursday, September 2, on the SEC Network at 8 p.m. ET. The SEC Network will air 10 games during the first three weeks of the season.

    The SEC on CBS begins on September 18 when Alabama visits Florida at 3:30 ET.

    A number of non-conference games, but no more than one per year per school, will appear on ESPN+ as part of the SEC’s recently announced media rights agreement with The Walt Disney Company. The home institution has the benefit of determining the start time in a non-exclusive broadcast window for all games carried on a digital platform. This year, those contests will also air on the SEC Network+ digital platform. Both streams are accessible in the ESPN app via connected devices. Nine such contests will air the opening three weeks of the 2021 season, with additional games to be added throughout the season via the normal in-season selection process.

    September 2 (Thursday)
    Bowling Green at Tennessee SECN 8:00 ET

    September 4
    La. Monroe at Kentucky SECN 12:00 ET
    Rice at Arkansas ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 2:00 ET
    Alabama vs. Miami (Atlanta) ABC (Chick-fil-A Kickoff) 3:30 ET
    La. Tech at Miss. State ESPNU 4:00 ET
    Central Michigan at Missouri SECN 4:00 ET
    Eastern Illinois at South Carolina ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 7:00 ET
    Akron at Auburn ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 7:00 ET
    Georgia vs. Clemson (Charlotte) ABC (Duke’s Mayo Classic) 7:30 ET
    Florida Atlantic at Florida SECN 7:30 ET
    Kent State at Texas A&M ESPNU 8:00 ET
    East Tennessee at Vanderbilt ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 8:00 ET
    LSU at UCLA FOX 8:30 ET

    September 6 (Monday)
    Ole Miss vs. Louisville (Atlanta) ESPN (Chick-fil-A Kickoff) 8:00 ET

    September 11
    Alabama State at Auburn SECN 12:00 ET
    Pittsburgh at Tennessee ESPN 12:00 ET
    Florida at South Florida ABC 12:00 ET
    South Carolina at East Carolina ESPN2 12:00 ET
    UAB at Georgia ESPN2 3:30 ET
    Texas A&M vs Colorado (Denver) FOX 3:30 ET
    Mercer at Alabama SECN 4:00 ET
    Texas at Arkansas ESPN 7:00 ET
    NC State at Miss. State ESPN2 or ESPNU 7:00 ET
    Missouri at Kentucky SECN 7:30 ET
    Austin Peay at Ole Miss ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 7:30 ET
    McNeese State at LSU ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 8:00 ET
    Vanderbilt at Colorado State CBSSN 10:00 pm ET

    September 18
    New Mexico at Texas A&M SECN 12:00 ET
    Chattanooga at Kentucky ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 12:00 ET
    Southeast Missouri at Missouri ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 12:00 ET
    Tennessee Tech at Tennessee ESPN+/SECN+ (Digital) 12:00 ET
    Alabama at Florida CBS 3:30 ET
    Georgia Southern at Arkansas SECN 4:00 ET
    Miss. State at Memphis ESPN2 4:00 ET
    South Carolina at Georgia ESPN 7:00 ET
    Central Michigan at LSU SECN 7:30 ET
    Auburn at Penn State ABC 7:30 ET
    Tulane at Ole Miss ESPN2 8:00 ET
    Stanford at Vanderbilt ESPNU 8:00 ET

    October 9
    CBS Doubleheader CBS 3:30 ET
    CBS Doubleheader CBS 8:00 ET

    October 16
    CBS Doubleheader CBS 12:00 ET
    CBS Doubleheader CBS 3:30 ET

    October 30
    Georgia vs Florida (Jacksonville) CBS 3:30 ET

    November 25 (Thursday)
    Ole Miss at Mississippi State ESPN 7:30 ET

    November 26 (Friday)
    Missouri at Arkansas CBS 3:30 ET

    December 4
    SEC Football Championship Game CBS 4:00 ET
    Comments 5 Comments
    1. catmanjack's Avatar
      catmanjack -
      Why would the chick fil a pick a UL vs Ole Miss match up.
    1. catmanjack's Avatar
      catmanjack -
      I see Alabama plays Miami also
    1. dan_bgblue's Avatar
      dan_bgblue -
      The last 4 weekends suck unless your team is one of the lucky 4 to wind up on CBS or 1 matchup on ESPN. Why did they cut the SECnetwork completely out on the overflow games?
    1. Terry Blue's Avatar
      Terry Blue -
      With 5 early games at home, got a chance to make some noise
    1. MickintheHam's Avatar
      MickintheHam -
      Quote Originally Posted by catmanjack View Post
      Why would the chick fil a pick a UL vs Ole Miss match up.
      They would pick Kentucky if we wanted to play a tougher schedule. But you can’t play two P5 opponents and still schedule ULM New Mexico State and Chattanooga. Fans have already shown they are not going to buy tix for those three games. I’m sure money wise UK would make far more money playing a kickoff classic game instead of Little Sisters of the Poor. Needless to say we would get more exposure nationally than we get today. These games are good for basketball, but evidently not for football. We have to get to the point we are not afraid to play the big boys. Alas, only the SEC power teams push themselves to play 2 OOC P5 games.

      Ole Miss had to schedule this game to play one OOC P5 opponent.
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