The SEC and ESPN have released several more kickoff times and TV network assignments for the 2025 football season.

Several games were held back with “window” designations for kickoff and to-be-determined television assignments — Early, Afternoon, Night or Flex. “Early” means 11 a.m.-noon Central start, “Afternoon” means 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. start, “Night” means 5 p.m.-7 p.m. start and “Flex” can be either Afternoon or Night.

Full kickoff times and television assignments will be announced on a week-to-week basis once the season begins.

Here’s the updated list (all times Central):

Thursday, Aug. 28

Central Arkansas at Missouri, 6:30 p.m., SEC Network

Friday, Aug. 29

Auburn at Baylor, 7 p.m., Fox

Saturday, Aug. 30

Syracuse vs. Tennessee (Atlanta), 11 a.m., ABC

Texas at Ohio State, 11 a.m., Fox

Mississippi State at Southern Miss, 11 a.m., ESPN

Toledo at Kentucky, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network

Alabama at Florida State, 2:30 p.m., ABC

Marshall at Georgia, 2:30 p.m., ESPN

Alabama A&M at Arkansas, 3:15 p.m., SEC Network

Illinois State at Oklahoma, 5 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Texas-San Antonio at Texas A&M, 6 p.m., ESPN

Long Island at Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Charleston Southern at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

LSU at Clemson, 6:30 p.m., ABC

Georgia State at Ole Miss, 6:45 p.m., SEC Network

Sunday, Aug. 31

Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina (Atlanta), 2 p.m., ESPN

Saturday, Sept. 6

San Jose State at Texas, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

Utah State at Texas A&M, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network

Ole Miss at Kentucky, 2:30 p.m., ABC

Kansas at Missouri, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2

East Tennessee State at Tennessee, 2:30 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Austin Peay at Georgia, 2:30 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

South Florida at Florida, 3:15 p.m., SEC Network

Arkansas State at Arkansas (Little Rock), 4 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

South Carolina State at South Carolina, 6 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Michigan at Oklahoma, 6:30 p.m., ABC

Arizona State at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2

Vanderbilt at Virginia Tech, 6:30 p.m., ACC Network

Ball State at Auburn, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU

Louisiana Tech at LSU, 6:30 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Louisiana-Monroe at Alabama, 6:45 p.m., SEC Network

Saturday, Sept. 13

Wisconsin at Alabama, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

Oklahoma at Temple, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

South Alabama at Auburn, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network

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

Louisiana at Missouri, 3 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

UTEP at Texas, 3:15 p.m., SEC Network

Alcorn State at Mississippi State, 5 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

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

Texas A&M at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m., NBC

Eastern Michigan at Kentucky, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU

Arkansas at Ole Miss, 6 p.m. or 6:45 p.m., ESPN or SEC Network

Vanderbilt at South Carolina, 6 p.m. or 6:45 p.m., ESPN or SEC Network

Saturday, Sept. 20

UAB at Tennessee, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network

Northern Illinois at Mississippi State, 3:15 p.m., SEC Network

Georgia State at Vanderbilt, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 or ESPNU

Southeastern Louisiana at LSU, 6:45 p.m., SEC Network

Arkansas at Memphis, TBA

Florida at Miami, TBA

Tulane at Ole Miss, Flex

South Carolina at Missouri, Flex

Auburn at Oklahoma, Flex

OPEN: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas, Texas A&M

Saturday, Sept. 27

Notre Dame at Arkansas, 11 a.m., ABC

Utah State at Vanderbilt, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network

Alabama at Georgia, 6:30 p.m., ABC

Sam Houston at Texas, 7 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Auburn at Texas A&M, Afternoon

Massachusetts at Missouri, Night

LSU at Ole Miss, Flex

Tennessee at Mississippi State, Flex

Kentucky at South Carolina, Flex

OPEN: Florida, Oklahoma

Saturday, Oct. 4

Kentucky at Georgia, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

Kent State at Oklahoma, 3 p.m., SEC Network

Mississippi State at Texas A&M, Night

Vanderbilt at Alabama, Flex

Texas at Florida, Flex

OPEN: Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee

Saturday, Oct. 11

Alabama at Missouri, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

Washington State at Ole Miss, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network

Oklahoma vs. Texas (Dallas), 2:30 p.m., ABC or ESPN

Georgia at Auburn, Night

South Carolina at LSU, Flex

Arkansas at Tennessee, Flex

Florida at Texas A&M, Flex

OPEN: Kentucky, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt

Saturday, Oct. 18

Oklahoma at South Carolina, Early

LSU at Vanderbilt, Early

Mississippi State at Florida, Afternoon

Texas at Kentucky, Night

Tennessee at Alabama, Flex

Texas A&M at Arkansas, Flex

Missouri at Auburn, Flex

Ole Miss at Georgia, Flex

Saturday, Oct. 25

Auburn at Arkansas, Early

Ole Miss at Oklahoma, Early

Tennessee at Kentucky, Night

Texas A&M at LSU, Flex

Texas at Mississippi State, Flex

Alabama at South Carolina, Flex

Missouri at Vanderbilt, Flex

OPEN: Florida, Georgia

Saturday, Nov. 1

Vanderbilt at Texas, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

Georgia vs. Florida (Jacksonville), 2:30 p.m., ABC

Mississippi State at Arkansas, Afternoon

Kentucky at Auburn, Flex

South Carolina at Ole Miss, Flex

Oklahoma at Tennessee, Flex

OPEN: Alabama, LSU, Missouri, Texas A&M

Saturday, Nov. 8

Georgia at Mississippi State, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

The Citadel at Ole Miss, noon, ESPN+/SECN+

Auburn at Vanderbilt, Afternoon

LSU at Alabama, Night

Florida at Kentucky, Flex

Texas A&M at Missouri, Flex

OPEN: Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas

Saturday, Nov. 15

Tennessee Tech at Kentucky, 12:30 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

New Mexico State at Tennessee, 3:15 p.m., SEC Network

Arkansas at LSU, Early

South Carolina at Texas A&M, Early

Mississippi State at Missouri, Night

Oklahoma at Alabama, Flex

Texas at Georgia, Flex

Florida at Ole Miss, Flex

OPEN: Auburn, Vanderbilt

Saturday, Nov. 22

Missouri at Oklahoma, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

Samford at Texas A&M, 11 a.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Charlotte at Georgia, 11:45 a.m., SEC Network

Eastern Illinois at Alabama, 1 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Mercer at Auburn, 1 p.m., ESPN+/SECN+

Coastal Carolina at South Carolina, Afternoon

Kentucky at Vanderbilt, Afternoon

Western Kentucky at LSU, Night

Tennessee at Florida, Flex

Arkansas at Texas, Flex

OPEN: Ole Miss, Mississippi State

Friday, Nov. 28

Ole Miss at Mississippi State, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

Texas A&M at Texas, 6:30 p.m., ABC

Saturday, Nov. 29

Clemson at South Carolina, 11 a.m., ABC or ESPN

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

Vanderbilt at Tennessee, Afternoon

Missouri at Arkansas, Night

Alabama at Auburn, Flex

Florida State at Florida, Flex

LSU at Oklahoma, Flex

Saturday, Dec. 6

SEC championship game (Atlanta), 3 p.m., ABC

The Texas Tech softball team nearly won a national championship with a lot of pitching, running and defense and a smidgen of slugging.

The Friday news dump to end all Friday news dumps came last week at roughly 6:15 p.m., when U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken approved the settlement terms of the landmark House v. NCAA antitrust lawsuit that begins a new era for major college sports.

The ensuing hours brought a series of statements and responses from various conferences, schools and industry stakeholders.

At 9:05 p.m., Washington chimed in.

The Huskies unveiled Dawgs Unleashed, described by athletic director Pat Chun as “an internal business unit” designed “to assist our student-athletes with maximizing their Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) opportunities.

“The potential number of valid business-purpose NIL opportunities for our student athletes, both locally and globally,” Chun added, “will be unmatched.”

Chun was referring to his school, which shares a metropolitan area with Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon. But he could have easily been speaking to the collective might of Washington’s institutional brethren in the Big Ten.

No conference is better positioned for the era of revenue sharing and legitimate NIL. That includes the SEC, which used its fan passion and proximity to talent to dominate the sport for years. But the creation of the transfer portal and the rise of booster-run NIL collectives this decade have reshaped the roster construction process.

Since that point, the playing field has leveled out. The Big Ten won the national championship in 2023 (Michigan) and 2024 (Ohio State) and bolstered its success at the top with quality depth. The conference went 5-1 against the SEC in bowl games last season, with two playoff victories (both courtesy of Ohio State).

The post-settlement world could supercharge the recalibration of the competitive landscape and herald a golden age for Big Ten football.

“And it’s not happenstance,” a conference source noted.

Every major strategic move made by the conference for the past 20 years — from the creation of the Big Ten Network to the bicoastal expansion — has positioned the Big Ten for the post-House world.

Two pillars of the settlement are rooted in real-time economics:

— Schools are allowed to share up to $20.5 million with athletes in the upcoming fiscal year, with the number expected to climb over time as revenues increase.

Most athletic departments in the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 will devote approximately $15 million to football. The schools with the largest revenue streams (media rights revenue, ticket and merchandise revenue, philanthropic revenue) are best equipped to absorb that massive expense without rolling back key resources like recruiting budgets and coaching staff salaries. The Big Ten’s TV deal, worth about $1 billion annually, is the largest in the country.

— The power conferences created the College Sports Commission to enforce “valid business-purpose NIL opportunities” (Chun’s phrasing) and eliminate the pay-for-play deals negotiated by booster-run collectives. Any agreement of $600 or more must be reported to NIL Go, a technology platform designed by Deloitte that will determine whether deals fall within a reasonable range for the service performed.

Legitimate NIL deals offer a means for schools to surpass the $15 million in revenue-sharing allocated to football rosters. To exceed the cap, in other words.

How far above the cap could they go? Some schools might use their in-house NIL units — their versions of Dawgs Unleashed — to broker $3 million or $4 million in valid NIL opportunities for football players; others might arrange for deals worth a total of $10 million.

The outcome hinges, to a large extent, on the local and regional business communities that will serve as the source of NIL opportunities.

And therein lies the Big Ten’s structural advantages: the depth and scope of its alumni base, the wealth of its communities and the size of its media markets.

In all regards, it seemingly owns a decisive advantage over its rival:

— The Big Ten’s 14-state footprint (and Washington, D.C.) features 235 companies listed in the Fortune 500. The SEC footprint has 130.

(Notably, publicly-traded companies are not subject to the reasonable compensation provision in the settlement, although their status can be changed if the College Sports Commission determines they are an associated entity of the school.)

— The Big Ten footprint features 12 of the top 25 media markets in the country, including four of the top five (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia). The SEC footprint features five of the top 25.

— Big Ten schools have a combined current enrollment of approximately 825,000 undergraduates compared to the SEC’s 600,000, an indication of the comparative size of the alumni bases.

— And perhaps most tellingly, the gross domestic product of the Big Ten states was $12.5 trillion last year, while the GDP of the SEC states totalled $8.4 trillion.

(We did not include the state of New York when calculating the GDP of the Big Ten footprint or Fortune 500 companies. However, we included New York City as a media market for the conference because the Big Ten Network is available on a basic, in-market tier on the cable systems. If you add New York’s GDP, the total for the Big Ten footprint jumps to $14.8 trillion. Adding Fortune 500 companies in New York would increase the Big Ten’s total to 287.)

On the foundation of roster construction in the post-House world, a source noted: “The last environment was about billionaires writing checks. This era will be about business opportunities.”

In theory, at least.

Legal experts question the validity of the NIL Go system used to determine whether deals fall within what the College Sports Commission (CSC) calls “a reasonable range of compensation.”

Paul Finebaum Warns House NIL Ruling Is a “Ticking Time Bomb” originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

Just days after the groundbreaking House Settlement cleared a major hurdle in court, ESPN’s Paul Finebaum is raising red flags, again.

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During a sharp segment on McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning, the SEC Network veteran didn’t mince words: The agreement may offer temporary clarity in the chaotic world of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) compensation, but the legal fight is far from over.

“Today they [Power Four commissioners] did [win],” Finebaum said. “But what’s behind the curtain is what always concerns and keeps people that run college athletics up at night.”

For fans celebrating what seemed like a turning point in college sports, Finebaum’s comments are a sobering reminder: This ruling might be just the beginning. While the House Settlement unlocks a future that includes backpay for past athletes, new NIL regulations, and even revenue sharing for current players, it also opens the floodgates to legal chaos.

Judge Claudia Wilken’s 76-page decision explicitly stated that every element of the agreement remains challengeable in court. That, according to Finebaum, is where things get dangerous.

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“If something is challengeable… it will be challenged,” he added. “I know attorneys are actively moving, trying to figure out where the best route is, where the best lawsuit lies.”

Finebaum didn’t just point fingers at the legal system, he lit it up. He criticized lawyers for prioritizing profit over fairness and warned fans to watch out for the same players who filed this case to begin with.

“There will be a bevy of lawsuits,” Finebaum said. “And that’s where this is gonna get uncomfortable.”

He’s not alone in his skepticism. The House ruling contradicts NIL-friendly laws in states like Tennessee, which still allow schools and collectives to exceed the proposed compensation caps. It also introduces a new enforcement body, the College Sports Commission, whose effectiveness remains untested.

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Meanwhile, a potential federal solution seems stalled in the same gridlock that’s frustrated college administrators for years.

“I don’t believe we’re any closer to that than we were… three years ago,” Finebaum said. “Congress is not a body made to make decisions.”

As the dust settles on the House Settlement, fans and athletes alike are left to wonder: Is this the long-awaited stabilization of college sports, or just the calm before another legal storm?

For now, the Power Four conferences are touting a win. But Finebaum, with his finger on the pulse of college athletics for decades, warns this could be a “ticking time bomb” waiting to explode.

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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 11, 2025, where it first appeared.