Auburn’s trip to Mississippi State in Week 11 will come with an early alarm.
The Southeastern Conference announced its start times and TV windows for the Nov. 14 slate, and the Tigers will meet the Bulldogs at 11 a.m. CT in Starkville. The game will air on ESPN or ESPN 2 and be played at Davis Wade Stadium.
It’s a familiar matchup for Auburn, which is set to renew a rivalry that has been on pause for two years. The Tigers have faced Mississippi State more often than Florida, LSU, Tennessee, and even Alabama, with 97 meetings against the Bulldogs. Only Georgia has appeared on Auburn’s schedule more times, with 131 games between the two programs.
Auburn won the most recent meeting in 2023, taking a 27-13 victory, and has gone 8-6 against Mississippi State since the 2010 season.
The timing also adds another wrinkle for Auburn. The Tigers are 0-2 in games that kicked off before noon CT this season, and they’ll get another early start this Saturday against Arkansas in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Auburn will be hoping the next two weekends bring a different result.
The rest of the SEC’s Week 11 schedule includes Alabama at Vanderbilt at 11:45 a.m. CT on SEC Network; Ole Miss at Oklahoma and Tennessee at Texas A&M, both set for 2 p.m.
CT or 3:15 p.m. CT on ESPN or SEC Network; Missouri at Georgia and Texas at LSU, both listed for 2:30 p.m.
CT or 6:30 p.m. CT on ABC; Florida at Kentucky at 5 p.m.
CT or 6 p.m. CT on ESPN; and South Carolina at Arkansas at 6:45 p.m.
CT on SEC Network.
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