The SEC’s Week 4 lineup is loaded, and the league has now locked in kickoff times and television windows for every game on the schedule.
The headliners are exactly the ones you’d expect. Texas at Tennessee lands in ABC’s noon slot, while Texas A&M at LSU gets the primetime showcase in Baton Rouge at 7:30 p.m.
ET on ABC. In between, Ole Miss at Florida and Oklahoma at Georgia will both kick at 3:30 p.m.
ET, with the TV designation for each still to be determined next week.
Here’s the full slate the SEC announced:
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 night window also makes it a live possibility 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 when LSU visits Ole Miss.
Texas at Tennessee is another obvious candidate for the show. And if GameDay decides to go outside the SEC, Boise State at Western Michigan could enter the conversation. The Broncos are being viewed as a strong CFP contender from the Group of 6, and Western Michigan was part of the season’s biggest controversy in Week 1 with its disputed loss to Michigan.
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