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Where to Watch: 2024 SEC Football Season TV Start Times and Broadcast Windows

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Where to Watch: 2024 SEC Football Season TV Start Times and Broadcast Windows

In an exciting announcement, ESPN revealed the start times for the first three weeks of the 2024 SEC football season. Now, they’ve followed up with approximate start times for the remainder of the season. For the first time ever, all SEC games will be exclusively broadcast on ABC and ESPN platforms. This new scheduling perk comes thanks to the recent conference rights agreement between the Southeastern Conference and ESPN, set to begin this fall.

Starting Week 4 on September 21st, all SEC-controlled games will have designated television windows. Select games will be marked as Flex games, giving them the option to shift between Afternoon and Night windows, offering greater flexibility and maximizing viewership.

To dive deeper into the schedule, tune in to “SEC Now: Inside the 2024 Schedule," premiering at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 11, on SEC Network. Following “The Paul Finebaum Show," the special will re-air at 7 p.m. Hosted by Alyssa Lang, with analysts Cole Cubelic and Roman Harper, the show will break down the full SEC schedule and provide insights for the upcoming fall season.

For Weeks 4-14, the television start time windows are defined as follows:

Early: 12 to 1 p.m. ET start
Afternoon: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET start
Night: 6 to 8 p.m. ET start
Flex: Games flexed between the Afternoon (3:30-4:30 p.m.) and Night (6-8 p.m.) windows

Get ready for a thrilling season of SEC football, with every game meticulously scheduled to bring fans the best viewing experience.

Where to Watch SEC Football in 2024

Weeks 1-3
Date	Time/ Window (ET)	Matchup	Platform
Thu, Aug 29	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas (from Little Rock)	ESPNU
	8 p.m.	Murray State at Missouri	SEC Network
Fri, Aug 30	7 p.m.	Temple at Oklahoma	ESPN
Sat, Aug 31	Noon	Clemson vs. Georgia (from Atlanta)	ABC
	Noon	Virginia Tech at Vanderbilt	ESPN
	12:45 p.m.	Chattanooga at Tennessee	SEC Network
	3:30 p.m.	Miami at Florida	ABC
	3:30 p.m.	Colorado State at Texas	ESPN
	4:15 p.m.	Old Dominion at South Carolina	SEC Network
	6 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky at Mississippi State	ESPN+/SECN+
	7 p.m.	Western Kentucky at Alabama	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Furman at Ole Miss	ESPN+/SECN+
	7:30 p.m.	Notre Dame at Texas A&M	ABC
	7:30 p.m.	Alabama A&M at Auburn	ESPN+/SECN+
	7:45 p.m.	Southern Miss at Kentucky	SEC Network
Sun, Sep 1	7:30 p.m.	USC vs. LSU (from Las Vegas)	ABC
Sat, Sep 7	12:45 p.m.	McNeese at Texas A&M	SEC Network
	2 p.m.	Tennessee Tech at Georgia	ESPN+/SECN+
	3:30 p.m.	South Carolina at Kentucky	ABC
	3:30 p.m.	California at Auburn	ESPN2
	4:15 p.m.	Middle Tennessee at Ole Miss	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	South Florida at Alabama	ESPN
	7 p.m.	Samford at Florida	ESPN+/SECN+
	7 p.m.	Buffalo at Missouri	ESPN+/SECN+
	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee vs. NC State (from Charlotte)	ABC
	7:30 p.m.	Alcorn State at Vanderbilt	ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	Nicholls at LSU	ESPN+/SECN+
	7:45 p.m.	Houston at Oklahoma	SEC Network
Sat, Sep 14	Noon	LSU at South Carolina	ABC
	12:45 p.m.	Boston College at Missouri	SEC Network
	3:30 p.m.	Texas A&M at Florida	ABC
	3:30 p.m.	Tulane at Oklahoma	ESPN or ESPN2
	4:15 p.m.	UAB at Arkansas	SEC Network
	7 p.m.	UTSA at Texas	ESPN
	7:30 p.m.	Georgia at Kentucky	ABC
	7:30 p.m.	New Mexico at Auburn	ESPN2 or ESPNU
	7:30 p.m.	Toledo at Mississippi State	ESPN2 or ESPNU
	7:45 p.m.	Kent State at Tennessee	SEC Network
Weeks 4-14
Date	Time/ Window (ET)	Matchup	Platform
Sat, Sep 21	Noon	Florida at Mississippi State	ABC or ESPN
	12:45 p.m.	Ohio at Kentucky	SEC Network
	7:30 p.m.	Bowling Green at Texas A&M	ESPN+/SECN+
	7:45 p.m.	Georgia Southern at Ole Miss	SEC Network
	8 p.m.	UL Monroe at Texas	ESPN+/SECN+
	Night	Akron at South Carolina
	Flex	Arkansas at Auburn
	Flex	UCLA at LSU
	Flex	Vanderbilt at Missouri
	Flex	Tennessee at Oklahoma
Sat, Sep 28	Noon	Kentucky at Ole Miss	ABC or ESPN
	Afternoon	Oklahoma at Auburn
	Afternoon	Mississippi State at Texas
	Afternoon	Arkansas vs. Texas A&M (from Arlington)
	7:30 p.m.	Georgia at Alabama	ABC
	7:45 p.m.	South Alabama at LSU	SEC Network
Sat, Oct 5	Noon	Missouri at Texas A&M	ABC or ESPN
	Afternoon	Alabama at Vanderbilt
	Night	UCF at Florida
	Flex	Tennessee at Arkansas
	Flex	Auburn at Georgia
	Flex	Ole Miss at South Carolina
Sat, Oct 12	Noon	South Carolina at Alabama	ABC or ESPN
	3:30 p.m.	Texas vs. Oklahoma (from Dallas)	ABC or ESPN
	Night	Ole Miss at LSU
	Flex	Vanderbilt at Kentucky
	Flex	Mississippi State at Georgia
	Flex	Florida at Tennessee
Sat, Oct 19	Early	South Carolina at Oklahoma
	Early	Auburn at Missouri
	7 p.m.	Ball State at Vanderbilt	ESPN+/SECN+
	Night	LSU at Arkansas
	Flex	Kentucky at Florida
	Flex	Texas A&M at Mississippi State
	Flex	Alabama at Tennessee
	Flex	Georgia at Texas
Sat, Oct 26	Early	Oklahoma at Ole Miss
	Early	Arkansas at Mississippi State
	Afternoon	Texas at Vanderbilt
	Night	Auburn at Kentucky
	Flex	Missouri at Alabama
	Flex	LSU at Texas A&M
Sat, Nov 2	Early	Ole Miss at Arkansas
	Early	Vanderbilt at Auburn
	2:30 p.m.	Maine at Oklahoma	ESPN+/SECN+
	3:30 p.m.	Florida vs. Georgia (from Jacksonville)	ABC
	4:15 p.m.	Massachusetts at Mississippi State	SEC Network
	Night	Kentucky at Tennessee
	Night	Texas A&M at South Carolina
Sat, Nov 9	Noon	Florida at Texas	ABC or ESPN
	Afternoon	South Carolina at Vanderbilt
	Night	Mississippi State at Tennessee
	Flex	Alabama at LSU
	Flex	Oklahoma at Missouri
	Flex	Georgia at Ole Miss
Sat, Nov 16	Noon	Texas at Arkansas	ABC or ESPN
	12:45 p.m.	UL Monroe at Auburn	SEC Network
	1:30 p.m.	Murray State at Kentucky	ESPN+/SECN+
	2 p.m.	Mercer at Alabama	ESPN+/SECN+
	Afternoon	Missouri at South Carolina
	7:45 p.m.	New Mexico State at Texas A&M	SEC Network
	Flex	LSU at Florida
	Flex	Tennessee at Georgia
Sat, Nov 23	Noon	Ole Miss at Florida	ABC or ESPN
	12:45 p.m.	Massachusetts at Georgia	SEC Network
	1 p.m.	UTEP at Tennessee	ESPN+/SECN+
	4 p.m.	Wofford at South Carolina	ESPN+/SECN+
	Afternoon	Missouri at Mississippi State
	Night	Vanderbilt at LSU
	Flex	Texas A&M at Auburn
	Flex	Alabama at Oklahoma
	Flex	Kentucky at Texas
	TBD	Louisiana Tech at Arkansas	ESPN+/SECN+
Fri, Nov 29	3:30 p.m.	Mississippi State at Ole Miss	ABC
	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech at Georgia	ABC
Sat, Nov 30	Early	Tennessee at Vanderbilt
	Afternoon	Arkansas at Missouri
	Flex	Auburn at Alabama
	Flex	Louisville at Kentucky
	Flex	Oklahoma at LSU
	Flex	Texas at Texas A&M
Sat, Dec 7	4 p.m.	SEC Championship (from Atlanta)	ABC