Kickoff times for 2023 early-season SEC games announced
ESPN announced kickoff times and television/streaming designations for dozens of key early-season SEC football games.
The 2023 season begins Aug. 26, with Hawaii at Vanderbilt (6:30 p.m., SEC Network), and continues with a loaded Labor Day weekend, with games Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Also included are games for the weekends of Sept. 9 and Sept. 16, as well as select games later in the year.
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Here’s the full schedule released Wednesday (all times Central). Other kickoff times will be announced on a week-to-week basis during the season.
Saturday, Aug. 26
Hawaii at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network
Thursday, Aug. 31
Florida at Utah, 7 p.m., ESPN
South Dakota at Missouri, 7 p.m., SEC Network
Saturday, Sept. 2
Virginia vs. Tennessee (at Nashville), 11 a.m., ABC
Ball State at Kentucky, 11 a.m., SEC Network
Mercer at Ole Miss, 1 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
UMass at Auburn, 2:30 p.m., ESPN
Southeastern Louisiana at Mississippi State, 3 p.m., SEC Network
Western Carolina at Arkansas (at Little Rock), 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 (at Charlotte), 6:30 p.m., ABC
Middle Tennessee at Alabama, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network
Sunday, Sept. 3
LSU vs. Florida State, 6:30 p.m., ABC
Saturday, Sept. 9
Vanderbilt at Wake Forest, 10 a.m., ACC Network
Ball State at Georgia, 11 a.m., SEC Network
Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky, 2 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
Texas A&M at Miami, 2:30 p.m., ABC
Ole Miss at Tulane, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2
Kent State at Arkansas, 3 p.m., SEC Network
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., SEC Network
Furman at South Carolina, 6:30 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
Grambling at LSU, 6:30 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
Auburn at California, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
Austin Peay at Tennessee, TBD, ESPN+/SECN+
Saturday, Sept. 16
LSU at Mississippi State, 11 a.m., ESPN
Kansas State at Missouri, 11 a.m., SEC Network
Alabama at South Florida, 2:30 p.m., ABC
South Carolina at Georgia, 2:30 p.m., CBS
UL Monroe at Texas A&M, 3 p.m., SEC Network
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., SEC Network
Saturday, Sept. 23
Charlotte at Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+
Saturday, Oct. 28
Georgia vs. Florida (at Jacksonville), 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
Saturday, Dec. 2
SEC Championship Game (at Atlanta), 3 p.m., CBS