The SEC’s Week 4 schedule is starting to take shape, and the league saved its biggest spotlight for Texas A&M and LSU.
That matchup will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET in Baton Rouge and air on ABC, giving the Aggies and Tigers the conference’s primetime showcase. Texas at Tennessee also landed on ABC, but in the noon window, where it will go head-to-head with the Big Ten’s top game of the week on FOX.
Two more headline SEC games, Ole Miss at Florida and Oklahoma at Georgia, are both slotted for 3:30 p.m. ET.
Their TV designations are still to come next week, but both will be on ABC or ESPN. The rest of the league’s Week 4 slate is spread across the afternoon and night windows.
Here’s the full schedule the SEC 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+
With Texas A&M-LSU landing in ABC’s primetime slot, it also becomes a natural candidate for College GameDay in Week 4. The show has already been to Baton Rouge once this season, though, and it will be in Oxford in Week 3 for LSU’s trip to Ole Miss.
Texas-Tennessee could also draw GameDay attention in Knoxville. If the show looks beyond the SEC, Boise State at Western Michigan is another possibility for Week 4. The Broncos are shaping up as a strong Group-of-6 CFP contender, and Western Michigan was at the center of the season’s biggest early controversy with its Week 1 loss to Michigan.
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