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Rejoice, football fans, because Saturday, August 31, will be a day full of SEC football action.
Arkansas and Missouri were the first SEC teams to kick off their season, with both playing on Thursday and dominating their opponents. Oklahoma got their season started on Friday by throttling Temple. Now, most of the remaining SEC teams will play on Saturday. LSU is the lone exception as the Tigers take on USC on Sunday night.
Here’s a look at every SEC game on the Week 1 docket for Saturday, along with kickoff times and TV listings:
- Virginia Tech at Vanderbilt — 12:00 p.m. ET on ESPN
- No. 14 Clemson vs. No. 1 Georgia — 12:00 p.m. ET on ABC
- Chattanooga at No. 15 Tennessee — 12:45 pm ET on SECN
- Colorado State at No. 4 Texas — 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
- No. 19 Miami (FL) at Florida — 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC
- Old Dominion at South Carolina — 4:15 p.m. ET on SECN
- EKU at Mississippi State — 6:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+
- WKU at No. 5 Alabama — 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN
- Furman at No. 6 Ole Miss — 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+
- Alabama A&M at Auburn — 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+
- No. 7 Notre Dame at No. 20 Texas A&M — 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC
- Southern Miss at Kentucky — 7:45 p.m. ET on SEC
Some of these games will almost definitely be blowouts, as is expected in Week 1.
However, Clemson-Georgia and Notre Dame-Texas A&M are both top-25 matchups and should be exciting games. Regardless, seeing an entire slate of games for the first time in months is exciting. Enjoy a Saturday full of college football, y’all!
Bryce Lazenby covers college football for Saturday Down South. A Nashville native, his previous stops include FanSided, Dimers, and The Leaf-Chronicle.