South Carolina-Oklahoma game time announced

South Carolina’s week eight matchup with Oklahoma now has a kick time. After a previous announcement that the Gamecocks and Sooners would play at either noon or 12:45 p.m., the SEC Network revealed late Saturday night that kickoff had been set for the later time.

South Carolina (3-3; 1-3) will host Oklahoma (5-1; 2-1) at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday, October 19th at 12:45 p.m. SEC Network will carry the television broadcast. The ESPN app will also make the game available for streaming.

Saturday’s early kick will be the first one of the season for the Gamecocks and will be just the second non-night game for Shane Beamer’s team in 2025.

The South Carolina State Fair will be in Columbia next weekend, as well.

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Both South Carolina and Oklahoma will enter next week’s game coming off a loss. The Gamecocks dropped a road contest to LSU, 20-10. The Sooners also lost the Red River Shootout to Texas, 23-6. Quarterback John Mateer returned early from hand surgery and struggled in the loss.

The Oklahoma game will be the second of five straight top-15 contests on USC’s schedule. The Gamecocks played LSU this weekend, and will face off against Oklahoma, Alabama, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M in their next four times on the field.

Last season, Carolina whipped Oklahoma in Norman, 35-9, in the first-ever matchup between the two programs. That game was also a 12:45 kick on SEC Network. The Gamecocks logged nine sacks by nine different defenders in a dominant showing. That contest marked the first of six straight wins for the Gamecocks following a 3-3 start to the season.

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer was an assistant coach at Oklahoma from 2018-2020. Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables was the defensive coordinator at Clemson from 2012-2021.

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