Five Alabama Football Kickoff Times Announced for 2020 Season
CBS, ESPN and the Southeastern Conference announced on Monday morning a selected number of football games that will be televised on their respective networks during the 2020 college football season.
A total of six regular-season games were announced by CBS, with three of the matchups being Alabama games. ESPN announced a total of 25 games across their networks, with two of the games being Alabama games.
With the unique situation that 2020 has presented the conference, the SEC requested that all television partners select their games ahead of schedule. These six preliminary games were the first selections by CBS, while ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and the SEC Network were now able to make selections following CBS' selections.
CBS will also be broadcasting the SEC Championship game as well as four other games yet to be determined.
Alabama fans will noted that its three games against Texas A&M, Georgia and LSU have been selected as the SEC game of the week. In an exciting move by CBS, the Crimson Tide will take on the Bulldogs at 7 p.m. CT in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
One odd kickoff time is the 5 p.m. CT kickoff of the Alabama/LSU game in Death Valley, which is typically a 7 p.m. CT kickoff.
Here is the full list of CBS games announced on Monday, with Alabama games highlighted in bold:
- Sept. 26 – Mississippi State at LSU, 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT
- Oct. 3 – Texas A&M at Alabama, 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT
- Oct. 17 – Georgia at Alabama, 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT
- Oct. 31 – LSU at Auburn, 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT
- Nov. 7 – Florida vs. Georgia (Jacksonville), 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT
- Nov. 14 – Alabama at LSU, 6 pm ET / 5 pm CT
- Dec. 19 – SEC Football Championship Game, time TBD
Regarding ESPN, the network selected many more games across their networks. For Alabama, both the opening weekend game against Missouri and the game against Mississippi State were selected.
After a drought regarding night games last season, both of the Crimson Tide's matchups against Missouri and Mississippi State are slated for a 6 p.m. CT kickoff time. Combined with CBS' schedule, Alabama now has four night games on their schedule with five games remaining unannounced.
Here is the full slate of SEC games on ESPN announced today, with Alabama games highlighted in bold:
Saturday, Sept. 26:
- Florida at Ole Miss, Noon ET/11am CT on ESPN
- Kentucky at Auburn, Noon ET/11am CT on SEC Network
- Georgia at Arkansas, 4pm ET/3pm CT on SEC Network
- Alabama at Missouri, 7pm ET/6pm CT on ESPN
- Tennessee at South Carolina, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on SEC Network
- Vanderbilt at Texas A&M, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on SEC Network Alternate
Saturday, Oct. 3:
- South Carolina at Florida, Noon ET/11am CT on ESPN
- Missouri at Tennessee, Noon ET/11am CT on SEC Network
- Ole Miss at Kentucky, 4pm ET/3pm CT on SEC Network
- Auburn at Georgia, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on ESPN
- LSU at Vanderbilt, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on SEC Network
- Arkansas at Mississippi State, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on SEC Network Alternate
Saturday, Oct. 17:
- LSU at Florida, 3:30pm ET/2:30pm CT on ESPN ESPN2
- Vanderbilt at Missouri, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on SEC Network
The following games will be televised at either Noon ET/11 am CT 3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT 4 pm ET/3 pm CT on the SEC Network, SEC Network Alternate or another ESPN platform:
- Ole Miss at Arkansas
- Texas A&M at Mississippi State
- Auburn at South Carolina
- Kentucky at Tennessee
Saturday, Oct. 31:
- Kentucky at Missouri, Noon ET/11am CT on SEC Network
- Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, 4pm ET/3pm CT on SEC Network
- Mississippi State at Alabama, 7pm ET/6pm CT on ESPN
- Arkansas at Texas A&M, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on SEC Network
Saturday, Nov. 7
- Vanderbilt at Mississippi State, 4pm ET/3pm CT on SEC Network
- Texas A&M at South Carolina, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on ESPN SEC Network
- Tennessee at Arkansas, 7:30pm ET/6:30pm CT on ESPN SEC Network
For any games not selected, the networks will have the usual 12- or 6-day selection process throughout the season.