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ESPN announces game time, channel lineup for several early season SEC matchups
ESPN dropped some big news Wednesday as the largest provider of college football content has released several game times and channel information for a number of early season games involving SEC schools.
Here’s the breakdown of all the games scheduled to be covered by the various ESPN family of networks with set times and channel information. Noticeably absent from the list are any games set to air on the SEC Network — aside from the season opener between Arkansas and Florida A&M. Those games will be coming, 15 in total during the first three weeks of the 2017 season, but were not listed by ESPN at this time.
Thursday, Aug. 31
Florida A&M at Arkansas in from Little Rock 8:00 pm, SEC Network
Saturday, Sept. 2
NC State vs. South Carolina from Charlotte, 3:00 pm, ESPN
Michigan vs. Florida from Arlington, Texas, 3:30 pm, ABC
Appalachian State at Georgia, 6:15 pm, ESPN
South Alabama at Ole Miss, 7:30 pm, ESPNU
2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Florida State vs. Alabama from Atlanta, 8:00 pm, ABC
2017 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff: BYU vs. LSU from Houston, 9:30 pm, ESPN
Monday, Sept. 4
2017 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game: Tennessee vs. Georgia Tech from Atlanta, 8:00 pm, ESPN
Saturday, Sept. 9
Fresno State at Alabama, 3:30 pm ESPN2
Auburn at Clemson, 7:00 pm, ESPN
South Carolina at Missouri, 7:00 pm, ESPN2
Nicholls at Texas A&M, 7:00 pm, ESPNU
Georgia at Notre Dame, 7:30 pm, NBC*
* Georgia’s Week 2 trip to Notre Dame was previously announced by NBC
Saturday, Sept. 16
LSU at Mississippi State, 7:00 pm, ESPN or ESPN2
Colorado State at Alabama, 7:00 pm, ESPN or ESPN2
Kansas State at Vanderbilt, 7:30 pm, ESPNU
Ole Miss at California, 10:30 pm, ESPN
Thursday, Nov. 23 (Thanksgiving Day)
Ole Miss at Mississippi State, 7:30 pm, ESPN
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com