TV networks delay revealing early season college football games

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Tennessee running back Eric Gray carries the ball during the Vols' home game against Georgia on Oct. 5, 2019.
Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / Tennessee running back Eric Gray carries the ball during the Vols' home game against Georgia on Oct. 5, 2019.

What time will Tennessee kick off when the Volunteers play at Oklahoma on Sept. 12?

Will CBS choose the Sept. 19 showdown between Georgia and Alabama inside Bryant-Denny Stadium as its prime-time telecast?

College football fans will have to stay tuned a little bit longer for those and other starting times.

CBS, ESPN and Fox have reached an agreement to push back the revealing of early season telecasts. This would have been the week the Southeastern Conference staged its spring meetings in Destin, Florida, but that gathering was quickly scratched by the coronavirus outbreak.

The SEC has typically released the first three weeks of its television schedule while in Destin.

"Collectively, the conferences and television networks have agreed to an extension for determining college football's early season game times beyond the standard June 1 deadline," a statement sent out by the major networks read. "These kickoff times and network designations will be announced at a later date as we all continue to prepare for the college football season."

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