New SEC Announces Major Kickoff Times For Fall, So You May Schedule Weddings Now
Brides and grooms and their families throughout the South and beyond can now schedule weddings for the fall with a little more knowledge of kickoff times in the Southeastern Conference.
In addition to adding Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC, the league is also announcing more exact times and time windows for kickoffs in its new scheduling format. All kickoff times below are eastern.
The first-ever SEC edition of the Red River Rivalry game in Dallas, Texas, between Texas and Oklahoma will be on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 3:30 p.m. on ABC or ESPN. Another huge game is also set. Georgia will play at Alabama on Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. on ABC in a rematch of the SEC Championship Game last season in which Alabama took Georgia's spot in the College Football Playoff.
![Georgia Bulldogs QB Carson Beck drops back to pass vs. the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2023 SEC title game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. (Jordan Godfree-USA TODAY Sports)](http://images.outkick.com/static.outkick.com/www.outkick.com/content/uploads/2024/05/668/376/USATSI_22018099-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1)
Georgia quarterback Carson Beck drops back to pass against Alabama last season in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. (USA TODAY Sports)
The first big game of the season will be Clemson versus Georgia in Atlanta on Saturday, Aug. 31, at noon on ABC. On that first Saturday of the season, Notre Dame will be at Texas A&M with new coach Mike Elko in prime time (7:30 p.m., ABC).
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On that Sunday, Sept. 1, USC will play LSU in Las Vegas (7:30 p.m., ABC) in a game time that was previously announced.
Another huge game will be on Saturday, Sept. 7, with a match-up of defending national champion Michigan and Texas, which reached the CFP Final Four team last season, in FOX's Big Noon Kickoff. The prime time game that night will pit Tennessee at North Carolina State (7:30 p.m., ABC). The Sept. 14 Big Noon Kickoff on FOX will feature Alabama at Wisconsin.
"New this year is the debut of a new scheduling format for SEC games across all ESPN platforms, with the opportunity for teams and fans to know approximate start times for the entire season," the SEC's release said Thursday afternoon as the conference office wrapped up its annual SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Florida.
Those eastern time windows will be the early games starting between noon and 1 p.m., the afternoon slot between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. and night games kicking off between 6 and 8 p.m.
Those windows approximations "will be announced for all remaining SEC-controlled games" on June 11, the SEC said.
"Select games will be tagged as Flex games between the afternoon and night windows," the league office stated.
SEC Football Early Season Schedule
<strong>Week</strong> | <strong>Day</strong> | <strong>Date</strong> | <strong>Game</strong> | <strong>Network</strong> | <strong>Time (ET)</strong> |
1 | Thurs. | Aug. 29 | UAPB at Arkansas (Little Rock) | ESPNU | 7:30 PM |
Murray State at Missouri | SECN | 8:00 PM | |||
Fri. | Aug. 30 | Temple at Oklahoma | ESPN | 7:00 PM | |
Sat. | Aug. 31 | Clemson vs. Georgia (Atlanta) | ABC | 12:00 PM | |
Virginia Tech at Vanderbilt | ESPN | 12:00 PM | |||
UT Chattanooga at Tennessee | SECN | 12:45 PM | |||
Miami (FL) at Florida | ABC | 3:30 PM | |||
Colorado State at Texas | ESPN | 3:30 PM | |||
Old Dominion at South Carolina | SECN | 4:15 PM | |||
Eastern Kentucky at Mississippi State | ESPN+/SECN+ | 6:00 PM | |||
Western Kentucky at Alabama | ESPN | 7:00 PM | |||
Furman at Ole Miss | ESPN+/SECN+ | 7:00 PM | |||
Notre Dame at Texas A&M | ABC | 7:30 PM | |||
Alabama A&M at Auburn | ESPN+/SECN+ | 7:30 PM | |||
Southern Miss at Kentucky | SECN | 7:45 PM | |||
Sun. | Sept. 1 | USC vs. LSU (Las Vegas) | ABC | 7:30 PM | |
2 | Sat. | Sept. 7 | Arkansas at Oklahoma State | ABC | 12:00 PM |
Texas at Michigan | FOX | 12:00 PM | |||
McNeese at Texas A&M | SECN | 12:45 PM | |||
Tennessee Tech at Georgia | ESPN+/SECN+ | 2:00 PM | |||
California at Auburn | ESPN2 | 3:30 PM | |||
South Carolina at Kentucky | ABC | 3:30 PM | |||
Middle Tennessee at Ole Miss | SECN | 4:15 PM | |||
USF at Alabama | ESPN | 7:00 PM | |||
Samford at Florida | ESPN+/SECN+ | 7:00 PM | |||
Buffalo at Missouri | ESPN+/SECN+ | 7:00 PM | |||
Nicholls at LSU | ESPN+/SECN+ | 7:30 PM | |||
Tennessee vs. NC State (Charlotte) | ABC | 7:30 PM | |||
Alcorn State at Vanderbilt | ESPNU | 7:30 PM | |||
Houston at Oklahoma | SECN | 7:45 PM | |||
Mississippi State at Arizona State | ESPN | 10:30 PM | |||
3 | Sat. | Sept. 14 | Alabama at Wisconsin | FOX | 12:00 PM |
LSU at South Carolina | ABC | 12:00 PM | |||
Boston College at Missouri | SECN | 12:45 PM | |||
Texas A&M at Florida | ABC | 3:30 PM | |||
Tulane at Oklahoma | ESPN or ESPN2 | 3:30 PM | |||
UAB at Arkansas | SECN | 4:15 PM | |||
Ole Miss at Wake Forest | CW | 6:30 PM | |||
UTSA at Texas | ESPN | 7:00 PM | |||
Vanderbilt at Georgia State | ESPN+ | 7:00 PM | |||
Georgia at Kentucky | ABC | 7:30 PM | |||
New Mexico at Auburn | ESPN2 or ESPNU | 7:30 PM | |||
Toledo at Mississippi State | ESPN2 or ESPNU | 7:30 PM | |||
Kent State at Tennessee | SECN | 7:45 PM | |||
5 | Sat. | Sept. 28 | Georgia at Alabama | ABC | 7:30 PM |
7 | Sat. | Oct. 12 | Texas vs. Oklahoma (Dallas) | ABC or ESPN | 3:30 PM |
10 | Sat. | Nov. 2 | Florida vs. Georgia (Jacksonville) | ABC | 3:30 PM |
14 | Fri. | Nov. 29 | Mississippi State at Ole Miss | ABC | 3:30 PM |
Georgia Tech at Georgia | ABC | 7:30 PM | |||
15 | Sat. | Dec. 7 | 2024 SEC Championship Game (Atlanta) | ABC | 4:00 PM |