SEC officially sets kickoff times

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian talks with media members during the 2024 SEC Media Days in Dallas. Sarkisian's Longhorns were in the very first 12-team College Football Playoff last season; Georgia and Tennessee also represented the Southeastern Conference in the playoff, eventually won by Ohio State. (TFB file photo by VIRGINIA HAGLER)

The most powerful, most entertaining brand of college football – and you know who I’m talking about – has announced its kickoff times for the 2025 season.

I don’t mean to offend anyone, but my lede was serious.

The Southeastern Conference announced on Wednesday kickoff times across the board for games for its member schools for the upcoming season, unveiled, appropriately enough, on the SEC Network’s SEC Now: Inside the 2025 Schedule.

These kickoff times, now, are times for all SEC-controlled games, and the times here are in Eastern time, for convenience for you guys, our readers. Adjust to your own viewership, of course.

Of note, and straight from the SEC release of these times: Television start time windows for Weeks 4-14 are defined as follows: early games are defined as those with kickoffs betweenNoon to 1 p.m. ET; afternoon games are defined as those kickoff off between 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. ET; Night is defined as a start between6 to 8 p.m.; and flex games are those flexed between the afternoon and night windows

For all listed windows (early, afternoon, night, and 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

(as announced by the conference on Wednesday, June 11)

Italics indicates previously announced

DateTime (ET)MatchupESPN Platform
Thu, Aug 287:30 p.m.Central Arkansas at MissouriSEC Network
Sat, Aug 30NoonAflac Kickoff: Syracuse vs. Tennessee (from Atlanta)ABC
12:45 p.m.Toledo at KentuckySEC Network
3:30 p.m.Marshall at GeorgiaESPN
4:15 p.m.Alabama A&M at ArkansasSEC Network
 6 p.m.Illinois State at OklahomaESPN+/SECN+
7 p.m.UTSA at Texas A&MESPN
 7 p.m.Long Island U. at FloridaESPN+/SECN+
 7 p.m.Charleston Southern at VanderbiltESPN+/SECN+
7:45 p.m.Georgia State at Ole MissSEC Network
Sun, Aug 313 p.m.Aflac Kickoff:
Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina (from Atlanta)
ESPN
Sat, Sep 6NoonSan Jose State at TexasABC or ESPN
12:45 p.m.Utah State at Texas A&MSEC Network
3:30 p.m.Ole Miss at KentuckyABC
3:30 p.m.Kansas at MissouriESPN2
 3:30 p.m.Austin Peay at GeorgiaESPN+/SECN+
 3:30 p.m.East Tennessee State at TennesseeESPN+/SECN+
4:15 p.m.South Florida at FloridaSEC Network
 5 p.m.Arkansas State at Arkansas (from Little Rock)ESPN+/SECN+
 7 p.m.South Carolina State at South CarolinaESPN+/SECN+
7:30 p.m.Michigan at OklahomaABC
7:30 p.m.Arizona State at Mississippi StateESPN2
7:30 p.m.Ball State at AuburnESPNU
 7:30 p.m.Louisiana Tech at LSUESPN+/SECN+
7:45 p.m.UL Monroe at AlabamaSEC Network
Sat, Sep 13NoonWisconsin at AlabamaABC or ESPN
12:45 p.m.South Alabama at AuburnSEC Network
3:30 p.m.Georgia at TennesseeABC
 4 p.m.Louisiana at MissouriESPN+/SECN+
4:15 p.m.UTEP at TexasSEC Network
 6 p.m.Alcorn State at Mississippi StateESPN+/SECN+
7 p.m. or 7:45 p.m.Arkansas at Ole MissESPN or SEC Network
7 p.m. or 7:45 p.m.Vanderbilt at South CarolinaESPN or SEC Network
 7:30 p.m.Florida at LSUABC
7:30 p.m.Eastern Michigan at KentuckyESPNU
Sat, Sep 2012:45 p.m.UAB at TennesseeSEC Network
4:15 p.m.Northern Illinois at Mississippi StateSEC Network
7:30 p.m.Georgia State at VanderbiltESPN2 or ESPNU
 7:45 p.m.Southeastern Louisiana at LSUSEC Network
 8 p.m.Sam Houston at TexasESPN+/SECN+
FlexTulane at Ole Miss
FlexSouth Carolina at Missouri
FlexAuburn at Oklahoma
Sat, Sep 27NoonNotre Dame at ArkansasABC
12:45 p.m.Utah State at VanderbiltSEC Network
 7:30 p.m.Alabama at GeorgiaABC
AfternoonAuburn at Texas A&M
NightMassachusetts at Missouri
FlexLSU at Ole Miss
FlexTennessee at Mississippi State
FlexKentucky at South Carolina
Sat, Oct 4NoonKentucky at GeorgiaABC or ESPN
4 p.m.Kent State at OklahomaSEC Network
NightMississippi State at Texas A&M
FlexVanderbilt at Alabama
FlexTexas at Florida
Sat, Oct 11NoonAlabama at MissouriABC or ESPN
12:45 p.m.Washington State at Ole MissSEC Network
3:30 p.m.Allstate Red River Rivalry:
Oklahoma vs. Texas (from Dallas)
ABC or ESPN
NightGeorgia at Auburn
FlexSouth Carolina at LSU
FlexArkansas at Tennessee
FlexFlorida at Texas A&M
Sat, Oct 18EarlyOklahoma at South Carolina
EarlyLSU at Vanderbilt
AfternoonMississippi State at Florida
NightTexas at Kentucky
FlexTennessee at Alabama
FlexTexas A&M at Arkansas
FlexMissouri at Auburn
FlexOle Miss at Georgia
Sat, Oct 25EarlyAuburn at Arkansas
EarlyOle Miss at Oklahoma
NightTennessee at Kentucky
FlexTexas A&M at LSU
FlexTexas at Mississippi State
FlexAlabama at South Carolina
FlexMissouri at Vanderbilt
Sat, Nov 1NoonVanderbilt at TexasABC or ESPN
3:30 p.m.Georgia vs. Florida (from Jacksonville)ABC
AfternoonMississippi State at Arkansas
FlexKentucky at Auburn
FlexSouth Carolina at Ole Miss
FlexOklahoma at Tennessee
Sat, Nov 8NoonGeorgia at Mississippi StateABC or ESPN
 1 p.m.The Citadel at Ole MissESPN+/SECN+
AfternoonAuburn at Vanderbilt
NightLSU at Alabama
FlexFlorida at Kentucky
FlexTexas A&M at Missouri
Sat, Nov 151:30 p.m.Tennessee Tech at KentuckyESPN+/SECN+
 4:15 p.m.New Mexico State at TennesseeSEC Network
 EarlyArkansas at LSU 
EarlySouth Carolina at Texas A&M
NightMississippi State at Missouri
FlexOklahoma at Alabama
FlexTexas at Georgia
FlexFlorida at Ole Miss
Sat, Nov 22NoonMissouri at OklahomaABC or ESPN
 NoonSamford at Texas A&MESPN+/SECN+
12:45 p.m.Charlotte at GeorgiaSEC Network
 2 p.m.Eastern Illinois at AlabamaESPN+/SECN+
 2 p.m.Mercer at AuburnESPN+/SECN+
AfternoonCoastal Carolina at South Carolina
AfternoonKentucky at Vanderbilt
NightWestern Kentucky at LSU
FlexTennessee at Florida
FlexArkansas at Texas
Fri, Nov 28NoonOle Miss at Mississippi StateABC or ESPN
7:30 p.m.Texas A&M at TexasABC
Sat, Nov 29NoonClemson at South CarolinaABC or ESPN
AfternoonVanderbilt at Tennessee
NightMissouri at Arkansas
FlexAlabama at Auburn
FlexFlorida State at Florida
FlexLSU at Oklahoma
Sat, Dec 64 p.m.SEC Championship Game (from Atlanta)ABC
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