Kickoff times for 2023 early-season SEC games announced

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