NOTE: Future TV assignments are tentative. Before the season starts, CBS and ESPN enter a game draft and CBS picks 1,2,3,5,6,8 and 9 and ESPN picks 4, 7 and 10. They get to keep this game or give it up if they choose. After this occurs, for the rest of the games, CBS has the first choice at SEC games and ESPN picks second. Sometimes there is a game on both ESPN and ESPN2. Jefferson Pilot (JP), out of Charlotte, NC (who also does ACC games), then get's the third pick. JP games on their TV schedule reflect their best guess at who will be taken by CBS and ESPN. When teams over- or under-achieve this sometimes changes the networks choices. Also, JP, CBS and ESPN have a "no-conflict" contract. That is why games start at the times they do and create a weekly virtual tripleheader. The SEC also has a contract that stipulates a 2 or 3 Thursday night games and one late 8:00 PM game a season. Press HERE for the SEC Rotating Schedule.
