The SEC has locked in the kickoff times and TV windows for its Week 4 slate, and the headliner list is exactly what you’d expect: Texas A&M at LSU under the lights, Texas at Tennessee in the noon showcase, and a pair of other top-tier matchups sitting in the afternoon window.
Texas A&M and LSU will take the primetime ABC slot at 7:30 p.m. ET in Baton Rouge.
Texas at Tennessee gets the 12 p.m. ET ABC window, putting it opposite the Big Ten’s best game of the week on FOX.
Ole Miss at Florida and Oklahoma at Georgia will both kick at 3:30 p.m. ET, with their TV assignments to be announced next week.
Here’s the full Week 4 schedule the conference released:
Texas at Tennessee - 12 p.m. ET - ABC
South Alabama at Kentucky - 12:45 p.m. ET - SEC Network
Ole Miss at Florida - 3:30 p.m. ET - ABC or ESPN
Oklahoma at Georgia - 3:30 p.m. ET - ABC or ESPN
Vanderbilt at Auburn - 4:15 p.m. ET - SEC Network
South Carolina at Alabama - 7 p.m. ET - ESPN
Texas A&M at LSU - 7:30 p.m. ET - ABC
Missouri at Mississippi State - 7:45 p.m. ET - SEC Network
Tulsa at Arkansas - 8 p.m. ET - SEC Network+
That ABC primetime slot for Texas A&M-LSU also makes the game a natural candidate to host College GameDay in Week 4. Baton Rouge has already gotten the show once this season, though, and GameDay will be in Oxford in Week 3 when LSU visits Ole Miss.
Texas-Tennessee could also be in the mix for the show’s next stop. If GameDay goes outside the SEC, Boise State at Western Michigan stands out as a possible option. The Broncos are a serious CFP contender from the Group of 6, and Western Michigan was at the center of one of the season’s biggest storylines after its controversial loss to Michigan in Week 1.
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