SEC announces early season 2012 Football TV Schedule

By Kevin Kelley -

SECThe SEC has announced their early season 2012 football TV schedule. The season kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 30 with South Carolina traveling to face Vanderbilt.

Three neutral site match-ups involving SEC teams are featured during week one. In the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta, Tennessee faces NC State (Fri., Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU) and Auburn takes on Clemson (Sat., Sept. 1, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN).

At 8 p.m. on Sept. 1, defending national champion Alabama takes on Michigan at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas (8 p.m. ET, ABC).

The 2012 SEC Championship Game will be televised by CBS at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, December, 1, 2012.

Listed below are the SEC games have been selected for television as of July 16:

2012 – Week 1
Date Game Time (ET) Network/Online
Thu., Aug. 30 South Carolina at Vanderbilt 7:00 p.m. ESPN
Thu., Aug. 30 Texas A&M at Louisiana Tech 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Fri., Aug. 31 Tennessee vs. N.C. State 7:30 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 1 Buffalo at Georgia 12:21 p.m. SEC Network
Sat., Sept. 1 Bowling Green at Florida 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 1 Auburn vs. Clemson 7:00 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 1 North Texas at LSU 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 1 Jackson State at Mississippi State 7:00 p.m. FSN
Sat., Sept. 1 Alabama vs. Michigan 8:00 p.m. ABC
Sat., Sept. 1 Central Arkansas at Ole Miss 7:00 p.m. PPV
Sat., Sept. 1 Jacksonville State at Arkansas 7:00 p.m. PPV
Sat., Sept. 1 Southeastern Louisiana at Missouri 7:00 p.m. PPV
Sun., Sept. 2 Kentucky at Louisville 3:30 p.m. ESPN
2012 – Week 2
Sat., Sept. 8 Auburn at Mississippi State 12:00 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 8 East Carolina at South Carolina 12:21 p.m. SEC Network
Sat., Sept. 8 Florida at Texas A&M 3:30 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 8 Western Kentucky at Alabama 3:39 p.m. SEC Network
Sat., Sept. 8 Washington at LSU 7:00 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 8 UTEP at Ole Miss 7:00 p.m. FSN
Sat., Sept. 8 ULM at Arkansas 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 8 Kent State at Kentucky 7:30 p.m. CSS
Sat., Sept. 8 Georgia at Missouri 7:45 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 8 Vanderbilt at Northwestern 8:00 p.m. Big Ten Network
Sat., Sept. 8 Georgia State at Tennessee 4:00 p.m. PPV
2012 – Week 3
Sat., Sept. 15 ULM at Auburn 12:21 p.m. SEC Network
Sat., Sept. 15 Presbyterian at Vanderbilt 12:30 p.m. CSS
Sat., Sept. 15 Alabama at Arkansas 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports
Sat., Sept. 15 Texas A&M at SMU 3:30 p.m. FSN
Sat., Sept. 15 Florida at Tennessee 6:00 p.m. ESPN
Sat., Sept. 15 Arizona State at Missouri 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
Sat., Sept. 15 Western Kentucky at Kentucky 7:00 p.m. ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 15 UAB at South Carolina 7:00 p.m. FSN
Sat., Sept. 15 Mississippi State at Troy 7:00 p.m. ESPN3
Sat., Sept. 15 Florida Atlantic at Georgia 7:30 p.m. CSS
Sat., Sept. 15 Idaho at LSU 8:00 p.m. PPV
Sat., Sept. 15 Texas at Ole Miss 9:15 p.m. ESPN
2012 – Week 4
Sat., Sept. 22 Ole Miss at Tulane 12:00 p.m. FSN
Sat., Sept. 22 Kentucky at Florida 12:21 ET SEC Network
Sat., Sept. 22 Missouri at South Carolina 3:30 ET CBS
Sat., Sept. 22 Florida Atlantic at Alabama 5:00 ET PPV
Sat., Sept. 22 LSU at Auburn 7:00 ET ESPN
Sat., Sept. 22 Rutgers at Arkansas 7:00 ET ESPNU
Sat., Sept. 22 South Carolina St. at Texas A&M 7:00 ET FSN
Sat., Sept. 22 South Alabama at Mississippi State 7:00 ET PPV
Sat., Sept. 22 Akron at Tennessee 7:30 ET CSS
Sat., Sept. 22 Vanderbilt at Georgia 7:45 ET ESPN2
2012 – Week 9
Sat., Oct. 27 Georgia vs. Florida 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports
2012 – Week 10
Sat., Nov. 3 CBS Doubleheader – Game 1 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports
Sat., Nov. 3 Alabama at LSU 8:00 p.m. CBS Sports
2012 – Week 11
Sat., Nov. 10 CBS Doubleheader – Game 1 12:00 p.m. CBS Sports
Sat., Nov. 10 CBS Doubleheader – Game 2 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports
2012 – Week 13
Fri., Nov. 23 LSU at Arkansas 2:30 p.m. CBS Sports
2012 – Week 14
Sat., Dec. 1 SEC Championship Game 4:00 p.m. CBS Sports