ESPN/ABC announce early-season SEC football TV schedule

ESPN and ABC have announced their SEC football broadcast schedules for the first three weeks and select other games for the 2022 season.

The season begins Thursday, Sept. 1 with two SEC games — Ball State at Tennessee at 6 p.m. Central on SEC Network and Louisiana Tech at Missouri at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.

Sept. 3 is the traditional Week 1 Saturday for 2022, headlines by Oregon vs. Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta. That game kicks off at 2:30 p.m. on ABC.

Other key games that Saturday are Cincinnati at Arkansas (2:30 p.m., ESPN) Utah at Florida (6 p.m. ESPN), Memphis at Mississippi State (6:30 p.m., ESPNU) and Utah State at Alabama (6:30 p.m., SEC Network. Florida State meets LSU in the Allstate Louisiana Kickoff in New Orleans on Sunday night (6:30 p.m., ABC).

Here’s the full ESPN/ABC SEC TV schedule for the 2022 season announced on Thursday. Other games will be announced closer to kickoff (all times Central):

Thursday, Sept. 1

Ball State at Tennessee, 6 p.m., SEC Network

Louisiana Tech at Missouri, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Saturday, Sept. 3

Sam Houston State at Texas A&M, 11 a.m., SEC Network

Oregon vs. Georgia (at Atlanta), 2:30 p.m., ABC

Cincinnati at Arkansas, 2:30 p.m., ESPN

Troy at Ole Miss, 3 p.m., SEC Network

Utah at Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN

Miami, Ohio at Kentucky, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SEC+

Elon at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SEC+

Mercer at Auburn, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SEC+

Memphis at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU

Utah State at Alabama, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network

Georgia State at South Carolina, 6:30 p.m., ESPN+/SEC+

Sunday, Sept. 4

Florida State vs. LSU (at New Orleans), 6:30 p.m., ABC

Saturday, Sept. 10

South Carolina at Arkansas, 11 a.m., ESPN

Missouri at Kansas State, 11 a.m., ESPN2

Wake Forest at Vanderbilt, 11 a.m., SEC Network

Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m., ABC

Appalachian State at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2

Samford at Georgia, 3 p.m., SEC Network

Kentucky at Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN

Central Arkansas at Ole Miss, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

San Jose State at Auburn, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU

Southern at LSU, 6:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., SEC Network

Saturday, Sept. 17

Georgia at South Carolina, 11 a.m., ESPN

Youngstown State at Kentucky, 11 a.m., SEC Network

Abilene Christian at Missouri, 11 a.m., ESPN+/SEC+

Ole Miss at Georgia Tech, 2:30 p.m., ABC

Louisiana-Monroe at Alabama, 3 p.m., SEC Network

Mississippi State at LSU, 6 p.m., ESPN

Akron at Tennessee, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SEC+

Missouri State at Arkansas, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SEC+

South Florida at Florida, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network

Miami at Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Sept. 24

Kent State at Georgia, 11 a.m., ESPN+/SEC+

New Mexico at LSU, 6:30 p.m., ESPN+/SEC+

Saturday, Oct. 1

Eastern Washington at Florida, 11 a.m., ESPN+/SEC+

Saturday, Oct. 15

Arkansas at BYU, TBD, TBD

Saturday, Nov. 19

Austin Peay at Alabama, 11 a.m., ESPN+/SEC+

UMass at Texas A&M, TBD, ESPN+/SEC+

East Tennessee State at Mississippi State, TBD, ESPN+/SEC+

Thursday, Nov. 24

Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 6 p.m., ESPN

Friday, Nov. 25

Florida at Florida State, 6:30 p.m., ABC