College football season is coming and will be here before fans across the nation know it, and this week presented a huge piece of news to fans who are looking to travel to games especially in the Yellowhammer State.
With SEC Spring Meetings going on in Destin as the kickoff to summer and the final stretch ahead of the 2026 season beginning, the game times for the first three weeks of the season in the conference were revealed, and that included the Alabama Crimson Tide and Auburn Tigers.
For Alabama, the first game of the season against Eastern Carolina was already set for 11:00 a.m. CST, but now weeks two and three were revealed as well with one game on the road and one at home.
Week 2 & 3 are SET! 🏟️🏈 pic.twitter.com/MzgDQan3Z6
— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) May 27, 2026
Week two, which is going to be played in Lexington against the Kentucky Wildcats, will be played at 2:30 p.m. CST (3:30 p.m. local time in Kentucky). In week three, with the Tide looking for revenge against the Florida State Seminoles, this game will also be played at 2:30 p.m. CST at Bryant-Denny Stadium, meaning fans will have to await the matchup for the first night game of the season.
Auburn on the other hand will be facing Baylor in a neutral site game in Atlanta at 2:30 p.m. CST to start the season with two showdowns under the lights at Jordan-Hare Stadium in the following two games.
The countdown is on ⏳🦅
First 3️⃣ kickoff times are set!🗞️: https://t.co/Pd2jjKUTSg pic.twitter.com/rmtbDBeKb7
— Auburn Football (@AuburnFootball) May 27, 2026
Facing Southern Miss in week two, the Tigers will begin at 6:30 in the first official home game of the Alex Golesh era, but will be extremely exciting is the week three showdown against the Florida Gators as the first conference game of the season.
To add even more intrigue to what will already be a wild day on The Plains between Golesh and the other top candidate in the Auburn search in new Gators head coach and former Troy head coach Jon Sumrall, the game is also going to be played under the lights at 6:00 p.m. CST.
It should be a great first month of football in the state, and it sounds like both fanbases have a ton to look forward to.
