Start times and TV: What we know so far about Tennessee Football's 2024 schedule
Kickoff times and TV information for Tennessee Football’s first three games are set. The season-opener against Chattanooga will be a 12:45 p.m. Eastern Time start, the North Carolina State game Charlotte is set for 7:30 p.m. ET and Kent State will kick at 7:45 p.m. ET.
The Chattanooga game on August 31 at Neyland Stadium will be on SEC Network. The neutral-site game against N.C. State in the Duke’s Mayo Classic at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on September 7 will be on ABC and the night game against Kent State a week later in Knoxville will also be an SEC Network game.
The SEC this season moves to ABC, ending its longtime run on CBS, and will bring new kickoff times and format for the announcement of kickoff times.
SEC will reportedly announce ‘kickoff times for majority of all games’ by late June
In years past, the league would announce kickoff times and TV designations two weeks in advance during the season. Action Network’s Brett McMurphy reported Wednesday that fans won’t have to wait that long moving forward.
“(The) SEC will also have kickoff times for majority of all games announce by late June,” McMurphy posted on social media.
There’s also one Tennessee kickoff time that can already be eliminated in October. McMurphy reported on Thursday that the Texas-Oklahoma game on October 12, the first edition of the Red River Rivalry as an SEC game, will be a 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time start.
The Vols host Florida on October 12 at Neyland Stadium, the first of four straight SEC home games over a five-week span.
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Tennessee has open dates on September 28 and October 26
After opening conference play with road games at Oklahoma on September 21 and at Arkansas on October 5, Tennessee hosts Florida, Alabama (October 19), Kentucky (November 2) and Mississippi State (November 9), with the second bye week of the season set for October 26, in the middle of the four-game run at home.
The first bye week of the season is on September 28, splitting up the Oklahoma and Arkansas trips.
Tennessee goes to Georgia on November 16, hosts UTEP on November 23 and closes the regular-season schedule at Vanderbilt on November 30.
The SEC Championship Game is set for December 7 in Atlanta and the new 12-team College Football Playoff will begin December 20 and December 21.
The Fiesta Bowl will host a quarterfinal game on December 31 and the Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl will host quarterfinals on January 1. The Orange Bowl will host the first semifinal game on January 9 and the Cotton Bowl will host the second semifinal on January 10.
The national championship game will be played in Atlanta on January 20.
