The Southeastern Conference revealed its complete television schedule for the first three weeks of the football season Tuesday afternoon, and that includes four league head-to-head matchups on Sept. 17.
Alabama's game at Ole Miss that day previously was announced by CBS as its 3:30 p.m. EDT telecast, and the LSU-Mississippi State, Auburn-Texas A&M and Georgia-Missouri contests will be shown that night. The games at LSU and at Auburn will be televised by ESPN or ESPN2 with kickoffs at 7, while Georgia's game at Missouri will have a 7:30 kickoff on the SEC Network.
Georgia will be making its third venture to Faurot Field, having drubbed the Tigers by a combined 75-20 the first two times.
Road teams are 3-1 in the Georgia-Missouri series since Mizzou joined the SEC in 2012, and they're 4-0 in the Auburn-Texas A&M series in that same stretch. Auburn continued the road success last season with a 26-10 win in College Station.
LSU and Mississippi State will play in Baton Rouge for the first time since the 2014 meeting, when Dak Prescott led the Bulldogs to a 34-10 lead in an eventual 34-29 win. It was MSU's first triumph inside Tiger Stadium since 1992.
The 2016 SEC schedule opens Thursday, Sept. 1, with Appalachian State at Tennessee (7:30 on SEC Network) and South Carolina at Vanderbilt (8 on ESPN). Those starting times previously were announced, as were the prominent matchups of the first full Saturday, which includes LSU vs. Wisconsin in Green Bay (3:30 on ABC), Georgia vs. North Carolina in Atlanta (5:30 on ESPN), Alabama vs. Southern California (8 on ABC) and Clemson at Auburn (9 on ESPN).
On Labor Day night, Ole Miss and Florida State meet in Orlando (8 on ESPN).
The biggest Sept. 10 matchup previously was announced as well, with Tennessee and Virginia Tech meeting at the Bristol Motor Speedway at 8 on ABC.
One late-season game also was announced Tuesday, with LSU at Texas A&M taking place Thanksgiving night with a 7:30 EST kickoff on ESPN.
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SEC TV schedule
Thursday, Sept. 17:30 p.m., Appalachian State at Tennessee, SEC Network8 p.m., South Carolina at Vanderbilt, ESPNSaturday, Sept. 3noon, South Alabama at Mississippi State, SEC Network3:30 p.m., UCLA at Texas A&M, CBS3:30 p.m., LSU vs. Wisconsin (Green Bay), ABC4 p.m., Louisiana Tech at Arkansas, SEC Network5:30 p.m., North Carolina vs. Georgia (Atlanta), ESPN7:30 p.m., Southern Miss at Kentucky, ESPNU7:30 p.m., UMass at Florida, SEC Network8 p.m., Southern Cal vs. Alabama (Arlington), ABC9 p.m., Clemson at Auburn, ESPNMonday, Sept. 58 p.m., Ole Miss vs. Florida State (Orlando), ESPNSaturday, Sept. 10noon, Nicholls State at Georgia, SEC Networknoon, Prairie View A&M at Texas A&M, SEC Network Alt.3:30 p.m., Kentucky at Florida, CBS3:30 p.m., Western Kentucky at Alabama, ESPN24 p.m., Wofford at Ole Miss, SEC Network4 p.m., Middle Tennessee at Vanderbilt, SEC Network Alt.7 p.m., South Carolina at Mississippi State, ESPN or ESPN27:30 p.m., Jacksonville State at LSU, ESPNU7:30 p.m., Arkansas State at Auburn, SEC Network7:30 p.m., Eastern Michigan at Missouri, SEC Network Alt.8 p.m., Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech, ABCSaturday, Sept. 17noon, Ohio at Tennessee, SEC Network3:30 p.m., Alabama at Ole Miss, CBS4 p.m., East Carolina at South Carolina, SEC Network4 p.m., New Mexico State at Kentucky, SEC Network Alt.7 p.m., Mississippi State at LSU, ESPN or ESPN27 p.m., Texas A&M at Auburn, ESPN or ESPN27:30 p.m., North Texas at Florida, ESPNU7:30 p.m., Georgia at Missouri, SEC Network7:30 p.m., Texas State at Arkansas, SEC Network Alt.