SEC Sets Sept. 26 Kickoff Times, TV Assignments

The SEC finalized television assignments and kickoff times for several Sept. 26 football games. Tennessee will host No. 1 Texas at noon ET on ABC, while Vanderbilt will open SEC play at Auburn at 3:15 p.m. CT on SEC Network. South Carolina will visit No. 10 Alabama at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN, and Texas A&M will visit LSU at 6:30 p.m. CT on ABC in a matchup initially listed as featuring unbeaten, top-10 teams. Missouri, ranked No. 20, will play at Mississippi State at 6:45 p.m. CT on SEC Network; both teams were 2-0 entering the game. The games include conference openers for Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Texas A&M, LSU, Missouri and Mississippi State, while Alabama will begin its home SEC schedule against South Carolina.