{"id":303500,"date":"2026-06-11T04:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303500\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:00:26","slug":"kickoff-times-tv-networks-announced-for-florida-gators-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303500\/","title":{"rendered":"Kickoff times, TV networks announced for Florida Gators games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The kickoff times and TV networks have been announced for multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/florida-gators\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Gators<\/a> games this upcoming season. The games were unveiled for UF and the rest of the league Wednesday night on SEC Network.<\/p>\n<p>The Gators have kickoff times and TV networks set for five games: <\/p>\n<p>* Sept. 5 vs. FAU at 7:45 p.m. ET on SEC Network<br \/>* Sept. 12 vs. Campbell at 5:30 p.m. ET on SEC Network+<br \/>* Sept. 19 at Auburn at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN<br \/>* Oct. 31 vs. Georgia at 3:30 p.m. on ABC<br \/>* Nov. 27 at Florida State at 3:30 p.m. on ABC<\/p>\n<p>Florida will play a night game (6-8 p.m. ET) at Kentucky on Nov. 14 and has early kicks (12-1 p.m. ET) on Oct. 10 against South Carolina, Oct. 17 at Texas and Nov. 21 vs. Vanderbilt. UF has flex times (3:30-4:30 p.m. or night) on Sept. 26 against Ole Miss, Oct. 3 at Missouri and Nov. 7 vs. Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>The Gators\u2019 SEC opener in Week 3 will be their first road trip to Auburn since 2011. Florida hasn\u2019t played the Gamecocks or the Commodores since 2023. UF faces rival Georgia in Atlanta on Halloween after the bye week. <\/p>\n<p>Next season will mark the Sooners\u2019 first-ever visit to Gainesville. The teams have previously played twice in the postseason, with the Gators defeating Oklahoma 24-14 in their first-ever meeting to win the 2008 national championship. <\/p>\n<p>The Gators open the season in The Swamp against FAU. UF\u2019s other home games will be Campbell, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Vanderbilt. Florida\u2019s road games are Auburn, Missouri, Texas and Kentucky and FSU.  <\/p>\n<p>The Gators will be led by first-year coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/coach\/jon-sumrall-131272\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Sumrall<\/a>. He won the American Conference title with Tulane last year and led the Green Wave to the College Football Playoff. <\/p>\n<p>DateOpponentLocationTime (ET)NetworkSept. 5Florida AtlanticGainesville, Florida7:45 p.m.SEC NetworkSept. 12CampbellGainesville, Florida5:30 p.m.SEC Network+Sept. 19at AuburnAuburn, Alabama7:00 p.m.ESPNSept. 26Ole MissGainesville, FloridaFlexTBAOct. 3at Missouri Columbia, Missouri FlexTBAOct. 10South CarolinaGainesville, FloridaEarlyTBAOct. 17at Texas Austin, TexasEarlyTBAOct. 24ByeOct. 31GeorgiaAtlanta, Georgia3:30 p.m.ABCNov. 7OklahomaGainesville, FloridaFlexTBANov. 14at KentuckyLexington, KentuckyNightTBANov. 21VanderbiltGainesville, FloridaEarlyTBANov. 27 (Friday)at Florida StateTallahassee, Florida3:30 p.m.ABC<\/p>\n<p>Not a member of Gators Online?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/florida-gators\/join\/?utm_source=writer&amp;utm_campaign=Zach+Abolverdi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE<\/a>\u00a0to join the Gators Online community for 50% OFF! It\u2019s the top place for passionate Florida fans to find the best insight and news in the market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Boasting a talented collection of experienced journalists, we dig deep into recruiting and provide breaking news and analysis on UF sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The kickoff times and TV networks have been announced for multiple Florida Gators games this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-303500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}