Missouri’s Nov. 7 home game against Texas now has a kickoff time, but the TV picture is still being sorted out.
The SEC announced Monday that the Week 10 matchup in Columbia will start at 11 a.m. CT. The broadcast network has not been locked in yet, though the game will land on either ABC or ESPN once this Saturday’s results shake out.
What happens on Oct. 31 matters. Missouri is set to visit Arkansas in Fayetteville at 6:45 p.m.
CT on the SEC Network, while Texas hosts Mississippi State at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN.
Those outcomes will help determine whether Missouri-Texas gets the ABC window or ends up on ESPN.
There’s also competition from outside the league. The Big 12 games BYU-Utah and Cincinnati-Houston are in the mix for that same 11 a.m.
ABC slot on Nov. 7.
This Saturday’s national slate features No. 6 Utah against Cincinnati at 2:45 p.m.
CT on ESPN and No. 8 BYU against Arizona State at 2:30 p.m.
CT on FOX. No.
18 Houston is off this week.
The Missouri-Texas game will be the 29th all-time meeting between the programs, which spent years as Big 12 rivals before ending up in the SEC together. Texas leads the series 18-9-1, and this will be their first matchup as conference mates in the SEC.
Their most recent meeting came in the 2017 Texas Bowl, when Texas won 33-16. Missouri’s last win in the series came in 2011, a 17-5 victory in Columbia.
Both teams enter the stretch run with matching 5-2 records and 2-2 marks in SEC play, sitting in the conference’s crowded two-loss middle. Missouri is No. 23 in the AP Top-25, while Texas is No. 11.
Missouri was idle last week and returns to action at Arkansas this Saturday night. Texas is coming off a 34-27 home win over Ole Miss and will face Mississippi State in Austin this weekend.
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