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 in Baton Rouge landed in ABC’s primetime window, with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. ET. It’s one of several high-end SEC games on the board that week, but it’s the one with the most obvious prime-time feel.
Texas at Tennessee will get the noon treatment on ABC, putting that showdown in direct competition with the Big Ten’s top game of the week on FOX. Two more major SEC matchups, Ole Miss at Florida and Oklahoma at Georgia, are both slotted for 3:30 p.m. ET and will air on ABC or ESPN, with those exact TV assignments still to come next week.
Here’s how the full Week 4 slate looks:
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 ABC primetime slot for Texas A&M-LSU also puts that game in the conversation for College GameDay in Week 4. Baton Rouge has already hosted the show once this season, though, and GameDay will be in Oxford in Week 3 for LSU’s trip to Ole Miss.
Texas-Tennessee is another possibility for the pregame show’s location. If GameDay ends up outside the SEC, Boise State at Western Michigan is another name to watch. The Broncos are viewed as a strong CFP candidate from the Group-of-6, and Western Michigan was part of the season’s biggest controversy in Week 1 with its loss to Michigan.
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