SEC Announces full TV Schedule for First 3 Weeks

The SEC announced the full TV schedule for the first three weeks of the season. All times listed are Eastern. (Note: ERT/SEC Network simply refers to games and time slots you previously associated with Lincoln Financial/RayCom/JP Sports. ESPN has simply negotiated a better syndication package of TV stations than RayCom ever did and given it a better name...SEC Network.)

The power of the new SEC/ESPN relationship is pretty obvious in the first three weeks as 24 of 27 games involving SEC teams will be televised on cable or over the air. Only three games will require a Pay Per View fee, and none will be off TV. Also note that 7 of the 11 games in Week 1 are night games, and 6 of 9 games are at night in Week 3.

Mike Slive talked about the TV deal on Wednesday, and his comments can be found here. It's incredibly ambitious, and it's going to be very hard for JimFomDuluth or me to predict where / when some of the Tier 2 match-ups will air.

Game	Network	Time
Thur. Sept. 3
South Carolina at NC State	ESPN	7:00 ET
Sat. Sept. 5
Kentucky vs. Miami (Ohio)	ESPNU	12:00 ET
W. Kentucky at Tennessee	ERT/SEC Network	12:21 ET*
Jackson State at Miss. State	ESPNU	3:30 ET
Georgia at Oklahoma State	ABC	3:30 ET
La. Tech at Auburn	ESPNU	7:00 ET
Charleston Southern at UF	FSN	7:00 ET
Missouri State at Arkansas	Inst. PPV	7:00 ET
W. Carolina at Vanderbilt	CSS	7:30 ET
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech	ABC	8:00 ET
LSU at Washington	ESPN	10:30 ET
Sun. Sept. 6
Ole Miss at Memphis	ESPN	3:30 ET
Sat. Sept. 12
Troy at Florida	ERT/SEC Network	12:21 ET*
UCLA at Tennessee	ESPN	4:00 ET
South Carolina at Georgia	ESPN2	7:00 ET
Vanderbilt at LSU	ESPNU	7:00 ET
Miss. State at Auburn	FSN	7:00 ET
FIU at Alabama	Inst. PPV	7:00 ET
Sat. Sept. 19
Louisville at Kentucky	ESPNU	12:00 ET
North Texas at Alabama	ERT/SEC Network	12:21 ET*
Tennessee at Florida	CBS	3:30 ET
La. Lafayette at LSU	ESPNU	7:00 ET
Miss. State at Vanderbilt	FSN	7:00 ET
SE Louisiana at Ole Miss	CSS	7:30 ET
Georgia at Arkansas	ESPN or ESPN2	7:45 ET
West Virginia at Auburn	ESPN or ESPN2	7:45 ET
Florida Atlantic at SC	Inst. PPV	7:00 ET
Thur. Sept. 24
Ole Miss at South Carolina	ESPN	7:30 ET
* ERT/SEC Network Games Kickoff at 12:21 ET with Pre Game Show at 12:00 ET

I think they'll announce the UGA vs. Arizona State kickoff on Monday after our game against Ok State.

See Also:
-- SEC Media Days - ABH

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