The first SEC game between Texas and Oklahoma against each other will begin at 3:30 pm ET on October 12
Texas and Oklahoma’s first game as members of the SEC will start a little later than usual.
ESPN announced on Thursday that the Red River Rivalry would begin at 3:30 pm ET on ABC or ESPN on October 12. The two schools typically play their annual Cotton Bowl rivalry game in Dallas at noon ET.
The game’s start time was one of many season start times and marquee matchups announced by TV networks and conferences on Thursday. ESPN’s launch also included moving the Egg Bowl rivalry game between Mississippi State and Ole Miss to Black Friday. The game will begin at 3:30 pm ET on November 29th, after having been played on Thanksgiving night in recent seasons.
The rivalry game between Georgia and Georgia Tech is also moving to Black Friday. The two teams will face off at 7:30 pm ET on ABC that Friday night. A full list of SEC releases announced Thursday is here.
The 2024 college football season is the first with just four powerhouse conferences and new television deals across the sport. ESPN holds the rights to all SEC broadcasts, while CBS, NBC and Fox share Big Ten rights. ACC games are also exclusively on the ESPN networks, outside of a weekly game on the CW, and the Big 12’s TV contract includes games on the Fox and ESPN networks. The CW will broadcast the home games of Oregon State and Washington State, the remaining members of the Pac-12.
Fox will broadcast Oregon vs. Oregon State
The continuation of the rivalry between Oregon and Oregon State will be played on September 14 at 3:30 pm ET on Fox. The two schools agreed to continue their rivalry game after the Ducks moved to the Big Ten. At the same time, on the same day, Washington State will visit Washington. This game will only be available on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service.
The 3:30 pm ET time slot on CBS will now exclusively show Big Ten games. Ohio State’s home game against Akron will be the first Big Ten game in that slot for the network on Aug. 31. Later that night, the network will show UCLA’s visit to Hawaii at 7:30 p.m. ET. A full list of Big Ten games revealed Thursday is here.
Fox will also air nine Big Ten games on Friday nights starting September 20. The first game will be Illinois’ visit to Nebraska. The week before, on September 13, the network will show Arizona’s first visit to Kansas State as a member of the Big 12. The full list of Big 12 games announced Thursday is available here.
Colorado will host Oklahoma State on Black Friday
Colorado will have a 10 a.m. local kickoff on Black Friday, with Oklahoma State visiting for a noon ET game. This is the final game of the regular season for the Buffaloes. In Week 1, Colorado hosts FCS powerhouse North Dakota State on August 29. That game starts at 8pm ET on ESPN and could be a very tight contest for the Buffs in their first game back as members of the Big 12.
Two days after Colorado hosts North Dakota State, the Big 12 game of the weekend is Penn State’s visit to West Virginia. That game starts at noon ET on Fox, alongside Clemson’s game against Georgia in Atlanta on ABC.
SMU’s first game as a member of the ACC will take place at 8 p.m. ET on August 24 on CBS Sports Network as the Mustangs visit Nevada. Stanford plays its first ACC game Aug. 30 at home against TCU (10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN), while Cal’s home opener against UC Davis on Aug. 31 will be televised on an ACC Network streaming channel. You can see the full list of ACC start times announced Thursday here.
