UGA at Alabama on October 17th will be a night kickoff

Georgia plays in SEC Champ game vs. Alabama 12/1/18 - Atlanta - Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Mecole Hardman (4) returns an Alabama kickoff to 26 during the first half. The University of Georgia Bulldogs played the Alabama Crimson Tide in a NCAA college football game for the Southeastern Conference Championship Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM (BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM)

By Logan Booker

When Georgia Football travels to Alabama on October 17th it will kickoff under the lights.

The Southeastern Conference announced today that the high-profile Top-5 match up of the Bulldogs and the Crimson Tide is set for 8pm and will be televised on CBS.

The announcement was part of several games that have been assigned kickoff times to be aired on CBS. Other kickoff times announced are as follows:

Sept. 26 - Mississippi State at LSU, 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT


Oct. 3 - Texas A&M at Alabama, 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT

Oct. 17 - Georgia at Alabama, 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT

Oct. 31 - LSU at Auburn, 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT

Nov. 7 - Florida vs. Georgia (Jacksonville), 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT

Nov. 14 - Alabama at LSU, 6 pm ET / 5 pm CT

Dec. 19 - SEC Football Championship Game, time TBD


While officially announced today, the Georgia-Florida game in Jacksonville has long been known to be a 3:30pm kickoff on CBS.