SEC announces kickoff times, TV designations for Week 7 games
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There will be 13 SEC teams in action on Oct. 11. At the moment, just 7 of them know exactly when they’ll be kicking off their game that day. The other 6 teams? They’re fighting this weekend for the right to take center stage on that Saturday night.
The SEC announced kickoff times and TV designations for its Week 7 contests on Monday. Alabama and Missouri will get things started at 12:00 p.m. E.T. on ABC. The Crimson Tide and Tigers lead into the second-ever SEC edition of the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and Texas (3:30 p.m. E.T., ABC). Meanwhile, SEC Network will host Washington State-Ole Miss (12:45 p.m. E.T.) and Arkansas–Tennessee (4:15 p.m. E.T.) as secondary matchups to those ranked-on-ranked battles.
At this moment, the conference’s primetime lineup is still very much in flux. We know Florida-Texas A&M, South Carolina-LSU and Georgia-Auburn will play under the lights, but we don’t have official times or channels for any of those games yet. However, there are only 3 possible slots for them:
- 7:00 p.m. E.T. (ESPN)
- 7:30 p.m. E.T. (ABC)
- 7:45 p.m. E.T. (SEC Network)
Florida, Texas A&M and Georgia are all active this weekend; South Carolina, LSU and Auburn are on bye. If the Gators upset Texas and the Aggies defeat Mississippi State, that matchup would seemingly get the nod for the ABC window. Otherwise, there will be Tigers — whether they’re LSU’s or Auburn’s — receiving that honor for a massive home game.
