Game times are officially set for the first three weeks of the season for both schools in the Yellowhammer State.
The Auburn Tigers will be playing one of the first games of the college football season when they hit the road to face the Baylor University Bears on the Friday night before the first Saturday of the season.
As for the time and television, the game will be taking place at 7:00 p.m. CST on FOX.
Meanwhile for the Alabama Crimson Tide, it was previously announced their opening game on the road against Florida State would be played at 2:30 p.m. CST on ABC, however the times for both Auburn’s and Alabama’s first two home games have been announced as well.
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For Auburn, they will take on Ball State on Saturday, September 6 in Jordan-Hare Stadium in a game that will take place on ESPNU under the lights at 6:30 p.m. CST.
Alabama will have a night game at Bryant-Denny that same evening against Louisiana-Monroe which will kick off at 6:45 p.m. CST on the SEC Network.
The following week will overlap for both as well as the Tigers play an in-state game against South Alabama which will kick offat 11:45 a.m. CST on SEC Network. The Tide will have already kicked off, hosting Wisconsin on ABC or ESPN at 11:00 a.m. CST.
As more game times start to trickle out, it’s just another sign of how college football will be here before we know it and fans get to mark their calendars and plan out their fall Saturdays.
Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP and hear him every weekday morning from 6 to 9 a.m. on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5, available free online.
