ESPN Announces Television Start Times and Windows for 2025 SEC Football Season

Week 5: Notre Dame/Arkansas Set for Noon on ABC, Alabama/Georgia Gears Up for ABC Saturday Night Football

Following the May 29th announcement of all start times for the first three weeks, ESPN has released the approximate start times for the complete 2025 SEC football season. The schedule was unveiled during SEC Now: Inside the 2025 Schedule on SEC Network, as host Dari Nowkhah and analysts Roman Harper and Chris Doering took a deep dive into the 2025 college football campaign.

Week 5 Saturday already has a pair of high stakes showdowns set for Saturday, Sept 27. At noon, Notre Dame faces off in Fayetteville against Arkansas on ABC for the first time. In primetime, all eyes turn to Athens as Alabama takes on Georgia between the hedges on ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One. This is the 75th meeting between the two teams.

All SEC-controlled games starting with Week 4 (Sept. 20) will have set television windows, with select games tagged as Flex games between the Afternoon and Night windows. Designating windows for all games after Week 3 prior to the start of the season is a benefit of the rights agreement between the Southeastern Conference and ESPN which kicked off last fall.

Television start time windows for Weeks 4-14 are defined as follows:

· Early: Noon 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

For all listed windows (Early, Afternoon, Night, Flex), the exact start time within such window(s) will be confirmed no later than six days prior unless otherwise noted below.

2025 SEC Football Game Windows and Platforms

Italics indicates previously announced

Date Time (ET) Matchup ESPN Platform

Thu, Aug 28 7:30 p.m. Central Arkansas at Missouri SEC Network

Sat, Aug 30 Noon Aflac Kickoff: Syracuse vs. Tennessee (from Atlanta) ABC 12:45 p.m. Toledo at Kentucky SEC Network 3:30 p.m. Marshall at Georgia ESPN 4:15 p.m. Alabama A&M at Arkansas SEC Network 6 p.m. Illinois State at Oklahoma ESPN+/SECN+ 7 p.m. UTSA at Texas A&M ESPN 7 p.m. Long Island U. at Florida ESPN+/SECN+ 7 p.m. Charleston Southern at Vanderbilt ESPN+/SECN+ 7:45 p.m. Georgia State at Ole Miss SEC Network

Sun, Aug 31 3 p.m. Aflac Kickoff: Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina (from Atlanta) ESPN

Sat, Sep 6 Noon San Jose State at Texas ABC or ESPN 12:45 p.m. Utah State at Texas A&M SEC Network 3:30 p.m. Ole Miss at Kentucky ABC 3:30 p.m. Kansas at Missouri ESPN2 3:30 p.m. Austin Peay at Georgia ESPN+/SECN+ 3:30 p.m. East Tennessee State at Tennessee ESPN+/SECN+ 4:15 p.m. South Florida at Florida SEC Network 5 p.m. Arkansas State at Arkansas (from Little Rock) ESPN+/SECN+ 7 p.m. South Carolina State at South Carolina ESPN+/SECN+ 7:30 p.m. Michigan at Oklahoma ABC 7:30 p.m. Arizona State at Mississippi State ESPN2 7:30 p.m. Ball State at Auburn ESPNU 7:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech at LSU ESPN+/SECN+ 7:45 p.m. UL Monroe at Alabama SEC Network

Sat, Sep 13 Noon Wisconsin at Alabama ABC or ESPN 12:45 p.m. South Alabama at Auburn SEC Network 3:30 p.m. Georgia at Tennessee ABC 4 p.m. Louisiana at Missouri ESPN+/SECN+ 4:15 p.m. UTEP at Texas SEC Network 6 p.m. Alcorn State at Mississippi State ESPN+/SECN+ 7 p.m. or 7:45 p.m. Arkansas at Ole Miss ESPN or SEC Network 7 p.m. or 7:45 p.m. Vanderbilt at South Carolina ESPN or SEC Network 7:30 p.m. Florida at LSU ABC 7:30 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Kentucky ESPNU

Sat, Sep 20 12:45 p.m. UAB at Tennessee SEC Network 4:15 p.m. Northern Illinois at Mississippi State SEC Network 7:30 p.m. Georgia State at Vanderbilt ESPN2 or ESPNU 7:45 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana at LSU SEC Network 8 p.m. Sam Houston at Texas ESPN+/SECN+ Flex Tulane at Ole Miss Flex South Carolina at Missouri Flex Auburn at Oklahoma

Sat, Sep 27 Noon Notre Dame at Arkansas ABC 12:45 p.m. Utah State at Vanderbilt SEC Network 7:30 p.m. Alabama at Georgia ABC Afternoon Auburn at Texas A&M Night Massachusetts at Missouri Flex LSU at Ole Miss Flex Tennessee at Mississippi State Flex Kentucky at South Carolina

Sat, Oct 4 Noon Kentucky at Georgia ABC or ESPN 4 p.m. Kent State at Oklahoma SEC Network Night Mississippi State at Texas A&M Flex Vanderbilt at Alabama Flex Texas at Florida

Sat, Oct 11 Noon Alabama at Missouri ABC or ESPN 12:45 p.m. Washington State at Ole Miss SEC Network 3:30 p.m. Allstate Red River Rivalry: Oklahoma vs. Texas (from Dallas) ABC or ESPN Night Georgia at Auburn Flex South Carolina at LSU Flex Arkansas at Tennessee Flex Florida at Texas A&M

Sat, Oct 18 Early Oklahoma at South Carolina Early LSU at Vanderbilt Afternoon Mississippi State at Florida Night Texas at Kentucky Flex Tennessee at Alabama Flex Texas A&M at Arkansas Flex Missouri at Auburn Flex Ole Miss at Georgia

Sat, Oct 25 Early Auburn at Arkansas Early Ole Miss at Oklahoma Night Tennessee at Kentucky Flex Texas A&M at LSU Flex Texas at Mississippi State Flex Alabama at South Carolina Flex Missouri at Vanderbilt

Sat, Nov 1 Noon Vanderbilt at Texas ABC or ESPN 3:30 p.m. Georgia vs. Florida (from Jacksonville) ABC Afternoon Mississippi State at Arkansas Flex Kentucky at Auburn Flex South Carolina at Ole Miss Flex Oklahoma at Tennessee

Sat, Nov 8 Noon Georgia at Mississippi State ABC or ESPN 1 p.m. The Citadel at Ole Miss ESPN+/SECN+ Afternoon Auburn at Vanderbilt Night LSU at Alabama Flex Florida at Kentucky Flex Texas A&M at Missouri

Sat, Nov 15 1:30 p.m. Tennessee Tech at Kentucky ESPN+/SECN+ 4:15 p.m. New Mexico State at Tennessee SEC Network Early Arkansas at LSU Early South Carolina at Texas A&M Night Mississippi State at Missouri Flex Oklahoma at Alabama Flex Texas at Georgia Flex Florida at Ole Miss

Sat, Nov 22 Noon Missouri at Oklahoma ABC or ESPN Noon Samford at Texas A&M ESPN+/SECN+ 12:45 p.m. Charlotte at Georgia SEC Network 2 p.m. Eastern Illinois at Alabama ESPN+/SECN+ 2 p.m. Mercer at Auburn ESPN+/SECN+ Afternoon Coastal Carolina at South Carolina Afternoon Kentucky at Vanderbilt Night Western Kentucky at LSU Flex Tennessee at Florida Flex Arkansas at Texas

Fri, Nov 28 Noon Ole Miss at Mississippi State ABC or ESPN 7:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas ABC

Sat, Nov 29 Noon Clemson at South Carolina ABC or ESPN Afternoon Vanderbilt at Tennessee Night Missouri at Arkansas Flex Alabama at Auburn Flex Florida State at Florida Flex LSU at Oklahoma

Sat, Dec 6 4 p.m. SEC Championship Game (from Atlanta) ABC

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