The SEC has locked in kickoff times and TV assignments for Week 4, and the league’s schedule is loaded with heavyweight matchups from top to bottom.
The headliner in primetime is Texas A&M at LSU, which will kick at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC in Baton Rouge.
Earlier in the day, Texas at Tennessee gets the noon ABC window, while Ole Miss at Florida and Oklahoma at Georgia are both set for the 3:30 p.m. ET slot, with their TV designations still to be announced next week.
Those four games give Week 4 a clear CFP-hopeful feel, but the rest of the slate is packed too. South Alabama visits Kentucky at 12:45 p.m.
ET on SEC Network, Vanderbilt heads to Auburn at 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network, South Carolina plays at Alabama at 7 p.m.
ET on ESPN, Missouri travels to Mississippi State at 7:45 p.m. ET on SEC Network, and Tulsa takes on Arkansas at 8 p.m.
ET on SEC Network+.
Here is the full Week 4 schedule:
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+
The Texas A&M-LSU matchup landing in ABC’s primetime slot also makes it a natural candidate for College GameDay in Week 4. Still, the show has already been to Baton Rouge once this season, and it will be in Oxford in Week 3 when LSU visits Ole Miss.
Texas at Tennessee is another possible destination, while Boise State at Western Michigan could enter the conversation if GameDay looks outside the SEC. The Broncos are one of the leading CFP candidates from the Group of 6, and Western Michigan was part of the season’s biggest early controversy with its loss to Michigan in Week 1.
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