The kickoff time and broadcast details are set for Tennessee football’s marquee matchup against Georgia. Kickoff is at Sanford Stadium at 7:30 p.m. ET and ABC is broadcasting the game, the SEC announced on Monday.
It’s the fourth time that Tennessee has played in the ABC primetime this game with all four games away from Neyland Stadium. The Vols played in the time slot against NC State, Oklahoma and Arkansas earlier this season.
Before the season Tennessee-Georgia was flexed as either an afternoon or night game. With the winner of the game likely headed to the SEC Championship, it was a no doubter to put the game in the primetime slot.
Tennessee and Georgia are both in the thick of the College Football Playoff race and need to win out in the regular season to assure that they’ll make the expanded 12-team playoff this season.
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Georgia is currently 7-1 (5-1 SEC) entering a critical SEC showdown at No. 16 Ole Miss this season. The Bulldogs fell to Alabama early in the season but is riding a four-game winning streak since including an impressive victory at No. 1 Texas. Kirby Smart’s team enters this week’s matchup at Ole Miss after surviving a scare against Florida last week in Jacksonville.
Tennessee is also currently 7-1 (4-1 SEC) following last week’s 28-18 win over Kentucky at Neyland Stadium. The Vols face a Mississippi State team that’s one of the worst in the SEC this week before heading on the road to face a Georgia program that they haven’t defeated since 2016.
Josh Heupel’s fourth Tennessee team could make the playoffs at 10-2 but needs to go 11-1 to assure that reality. The Vols also have remaining matchups against UTEP and Vanderbilt following their next two games.
Other top SEC games in wee 12 include LSU-Florida at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC, Missouri-South Carolina at 4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network and Texas-Arkansas at noon ET on ABC.
