Tennessee announces two kickoff times and TV windows

Start times for five of Tennessee’s 2025 football games, including the first four have been announced. Television windows for the remaining seven games have also been released.
Tennessee will open the season in Atlanta as they take on Syracuse in noon start that will be televised on ABC.
The following two weeks Tennessee will play in Neyland Stadium with 3:30 start times against ETSU and Georgia.
The Vols host UAB in week four in a 12:45pm start that will be broadcast on the SEC Network.
Tennessee’s homecoming game against UTEP will be a 4:15pm start on the SEC network.
Mississippi State, Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma and Florida have all been given a flex window for television meaning the games will start either between 3:30-4:30 ET. or 6pm-8pm ET.
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Tennessee’s road game at Kentucky will be a night game starting sometime between 6-8pm ET. And the Vanderbilt game has been put in the afternoon window meaning it will kickoff between 3:30-4:30 ET.
Date | Opponent | start time/TV |
Aug. 30 | Syracuse (Atlanta, Ga) | Noon, ABC |
Sept. 6 | ETSU | 3:30pm ET, SECN+ |
Sept. 13 | Georgia | 3:30pm ET, ABC |
Sept. 20 | UAB | 12:45pm ET, SEC Network |
Sept. 27 | @Miss. State | Flex |
Oct. 4 | OPEN | |
Oct. 11 | Arkansas | Flex |
Oct. 18 | @Alabama | Flex |
Oct. 25 | @Kentucky | Night |
Nov. 1 | Oklahoma | Flex |
Nov. 8 | OPEN | |
Nov. 15 | New Mexico State | 4:15pm ET, SEC Network |
Nov. 22 | @Florida | Flex |
Nov. 29 | Vanderbilt | Afternoon |
TV Windows
Early – noon-1 p.m. ET
Afternoon – 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET
Night – 6-8 p.m. ET
Flex – 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET or 6-8 p.m. ET