The season begins with an ESPN primetime kickoff on Thursday night with Mississippi State hosting LSU in Starkville. It is the only SEC conference game played during the opening weekend of the season.
CBS Sports will televise the SEC Football Championship Game from the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Saturday, Dec. 1.
The SEC slate features three weekends in which there are five SEC conference games on the schedule. On Oct. 13, Oct. 20 and Nov. 10, there are five SEC games.
SEC teams will play five games against non-conference teams ranked in the 2006 final AP poll. On Sept. 15, Kentucky will host Louisville, which finished sixth in last season’s final ranking, on Oct. 20, Mississippi State will travel to West Virginia, which finished 10th in last season’s final poll, on Sept. 1, Tennessee visits California, which was 14th in last season’s final ranking, on Nov. 24, Vanderbilt hosts Wake Forest, which finished last season ranked 18th, and on Sept. 8, LSU will host Virginia Tech, which concluded last season ranked 19th.
The top two ranked SEC team’s in last season’s final ranking - #1 Florida and #3 LSU – will play on Oct. 6 in Baton Rouge.
There are three other SEC conference games that will be played on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday, Oct. 4, South Carolina will host Kentucky, and on Friday, Nov. 23, Ole Miss visits Mississippi State and Arkansas travels to LSU.
Each SEC team plays at least seven teams that went to post-season bowls last season. Georgia plays nine teams while LSU, Miss. State, Tennessee and Vanderbilt play eight each. The breakdown is below:
Alabama (7) – Arkansas, Georgia, Florida State, Houston, Tennessee, LSU, Auburn
Arkansas (7) – Troy, Alabama, Kentucky, Auburn, South Carolina, Tennessee, LSU
Auburn (7) – Kansas State, South Florida, Florida, Arkansas, LSU, Georgia, Alabama
Florida (8) – Troy, Tennessee, Auburn, LSU, Kentucky, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida State
Georgia (9) – Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Troy, Auburn, Kentucky, Georgia Tech
Kentucky (7) – Louisville, Arkansas, South Carolina, LSU, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee
LSU (8) – Virginia Tech, Middle Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, Auburn, Alabama, Arkansas
Ole Miss (7) – Missouri, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, LSU
Miss. State (8) – LSU, Auburn, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas
South Carolina (7) – Georgia, LSU, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida, Clemson
Tennessee (8) – California, Southern Miss, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas, Kentucky
Vanderbilt (8) – Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wake Forest
Fans are encouraged to log on to SECsports.com to get the latest on all SEC football action, including the latest on television selections and game times as they are announced during the 2007 season.
* - denotes SEC game
2007 SEC Week-by-Week Schedule (Dates and Sites Subject to Change)
Thu., Aug. 30 *LSU at Mississippi State
Sat., Sept. 1 Western Carolina at Alabama Troy at Arkansas Kansas State at Auburn Western Kentucky at Florida Oklahoma State at Georgia Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky Louisiana-Lafayette at South Carolina Tennessee at California Richmond at Vanderbilt Ole Miss at Memphis
Sat., Sept. 8 *Alabama at Vanderbilt Mississippi State at Tulane South Florida at Auburn Troy at Florida *South Carolina at Georgia Kent State at Kentucky Virginia Tech at LSU Missouri at Ole Miss Southern Miss at Tennessee OPEN: Arkansas
Sat., Sept. 15 *Arkansas at Alabama *Tennessee at Florida Western Carolina at Georgia Louisville at Kentucky *Mississippi State at Auburn Middle Tennessee at LSU *Ole Miss at Vanderbilt South Carolina State at South Carolina
Sat., Sept. 22 *Georgia at Alabama New Mexico State at Auburn *Florida at Ole Miss *Kentucky at Arkansas *South Carolina at LSU Gardner-Webb at Mississippi State Arkansas State at Tennessee OPEN: Vanderbilt
Sat., Sept. 29 Alabama vs. Florida State (at Jacksonville, Fla.) North Texas at Arkansas *Auburn at Florida *Ole Miss at Georgia Florida Atlantic at Kentucky LSU at Tulane *Mississippi State at South Carolina Eastern Michigan at Vanderbilt OPEN: Tennessee
Thu., Oct. 4 *Kentucky at South Carolina
Sat., Oct. 6 Houston at Alabama Chattanooga at Arkansas *Vanderbilt at Auburn *Florida at LSU *Georgia at Tennessee Louisiana Tech at Ole Miss UAB at Mississippi State
Sat., Oct. 13 *Alabama at Ole Miss *Auburn at Arkansas *Georgia at Vanderbilt *LSU at Kentucky *Tennessee at Mississippi State South Carolina at North Carolina OPEN: Florida
Sat., Oct. 20 *Tennessee at Alabama *Arkansas at Ole Miss *Auburn at LSU *Florida at Kentucky Mississippi State at West Virginia *Vanderbilt at South Carolina OPEN: Georgia
Sat., Oct. 27 Florida International at Arkansas *Ole Miss at Auburn *Florida vs. Georgia (at Jacksonville, Fla.) *Mississippi State at Kentucky *South Carolina at Tennessee Miami (Ohio) at Vanderbilt OPEN: Alabama, LSU
Sat., Nov. 3 *LSU at Alabama *South Carolina at Arkansas Tennessee Tech at Auburn *Vanderbilt at Florida Troy at Georgia Northwestern State at Ole Miss Louisiana-Lafayette at Tennessee OPEN: Kentucky, Mississippi State
Sat., Nov. 10 *Alabama at Mississippi State *Arkansas at Tennessee *Auburn at Georgia *Florida at South Carolina *Kentucky at Vanderbilt Louisiana Tech at LSU OPEN: Ole Miss
Sat., Nov. 17 Louisiana-Monroe at Alabama *Mississippi State at Arkansas Florida Atlantic at Florida *Kentucky at Georgia *LSU at Ole Miss *Vanderbilt at Tennessee OPEN: South Carolina
Fri., Nov. 23 *Arkansas at LSU *Ole Miss at Mississippi State
Sat., Nov. 24 *Alabama at Auburn Florida State at Florida Georgia at Georgia Tech *Tennessee at Kentucky Clemson at South Carolina Wake Forest at Vanderbilt