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Gameday Gameplan for Tennessee fans: Mississippi State

Joel Hollingsworth

It’s Gameday on Rocky Top, with the Vols hosting the Mississippi State Bulldogs today at Neyland Stadium. Winning this game as a 6.5-point underdog could change the narrative of the season by turning a handful of other 60/40 games into 50/50 games or better. Here’s the Gameday Gameplan for Tennessee fans. Where and when to find the Tennessee-Mississippi State game on TV, what other games to watch as well, and what to listen to and read as you wait for kickoff.

When is the Vols game, and what TV channel is it on?

Here are the particulars for today’s Tennessee game:

The best games for Vols fans to watch today

The Gameday Gameplan for Tennessee fans doesn’t just include watching the Vols take on the Bulldogs. Here’s our list of games to watch today, curated just for Vols fans:

Away Home Time TV How Why
NOON
Mississippi State Tennessee 12:00 PM SECN Live Go Vols
South Carolina No. 3 Georgia 12:00 PM ESPN DVR Future and prior opponents
No. 6 Oklahoma No. 11 Texas 12:00 PM FOX Top 15 matchup
AFTERNOON
No. 1 Alabama No. 24 Texas A&M 3:30 PM CBS Live Future opponent, Top 25 matchup
UNLV Vanderbilt 4:00 PM SECN DVR, Check-in Future opponent
UAB UTSA 6:00 PM ESPN+ DVR, Check-in Future opponent
EVENING
No. 7 Florida No. 5 LSU 8:00 PM ESPN Live Former opponent, Top 10 matchup
Ole Miss Missouri 7:00 PM ESPN2 DVR Future opponent

And here’s a searchable version of this week’s entire college football TV schedule:

Date Away Home Time TV
10/9/19 Appalachian State Louisiana 8:00 PM ESPN2
10/10/19 Syracuse NC State 8:00 PM ESPN
10/10/19 UL Monroe Texas State 9:15 PM ESPNU
10/11/19 Virginia Miami 8:00 PM ESPN
10/11/19 Colorado State New Mexico 8:00 PM CBSSN
10/11/19 Colorado Oregon 10:00 PM FS1
10/12/19 South Carolina Georgia 12:00 PM ESPN
10/12/19 Oklahoma Texas 12:00 PM FOX
10/12/19 Michigan Illinois 12:00 PM ABC
10/12/19 Memphis Temple 12:00 PM ESPN2
10/12/19 Maryland Purdue 12:00 PM
10/12/19 Mississippi State Tennessee 12:00 PM SECN
10/12/19 Rutgers Indiana 12:00 PM
10/12/19 Miami (OH) Western Michigan 12:00 PM ESPNU
10/12/19 Toledo Bowling Green 12:00 PM
10/12/19 Georgia Tech Duke 12:30 PM ACCNX
10/12/19 Ball State Eastern Michigan 2:00 PM ESPN+
10/12/19 Old Dominion Marshall 2:30 PM
10/12/19 New Mexico State Central Michigan 3:00 PM ESPN3
10/12/19 Alabama Texas A&M 3:30 PM CBS
10/12/19 Florida State Clemson 3:30 PM ABC
10/12/19 Michigan State Wisconsin 3:30 PM
10/12/19 Washington State Arizona State 3:30 PM PAC12
10/12/19 Cincinnati Houston 3:30 PM ESPN2
10/12/19 BYU South Florida 3:30 PM CBSSN
10/12/19 Kent State Akron 3:30 PM ESPN3
10/12/19 Northern Illinois Ohio 3:30 PM ESPN+
10/12/19 UConn Tulane 3:45 PM ESPNU
10/12/19 Texas Tech Baylor 4:00 PM
10/12/19 San Jose State Nevada 4:00 PM
10/12/19 UNLV Vanderbilt 4:00 PM SECN
10/12/19 Iowa State West Virginia 4:00 PM ESPN
10/12/19 Rhode Island Virginia Tech 4:00 PM ACCN
10/12/19 Middle Tennessee Florida Atlantic 4:00 PM ESPN+
10/12/19 Georgia State Coastal Carolina 5:00 PM ESPN+
10/12/19 UAB UTSA 6:00 PM ESPN+
10/12/19 Army Western Kentucky 7:00 PM
10/12/19 UMass Louisiana Tech 7:00 PM ESPN3
10/12/19 North Texas Southern Mississippi 7:00 PM
10/12/19 Fresno State Air Force 7:00 PM CBSSN
10/12/19 Ole Miss Missouri 7:00 PM ESPN2
10/12/19 Charlotte Florida International 7:00 PM ESPN+
10/12/19 USC Notre Dame 7:30 PM NBC
10/12/19 Penn State Iowa 7:30 PM ABC
10/12/19 Louisville Wake Forest 7:30 PM ACCN
10/12/19 Nebraska Minnesota 7:30 PM
10/12/19 Arkansas Kentucky 7:30 PM SECN
10/12/19 Navy Tulsa 7:30 PM ESPNU
10/12/19 Florida LSU 8:00 PM ESPN
10/12/19 Utah Oregon State 8:00 PM PAC12
10/12/19 Hawai'i Boise State 10:15 PM ESPN2
10/12/19 Wyoming San Diego State 10:30 PM CBSSN
10/12/19 Washington Arizona 11:00 PM

GRT games and contests

While you’re waiting for the games to begin, make sure that you submit your answers to the GRT Guessing Game questions and update your picks for the GRT Pick ‘Em.

GRT game-week audio

Here’s the GRT Podcast from earlier this week:

And here is Will’s regular Friday appearance with Josh Ward and Heather Harrington on WNML’s Sports 180.

Pre-game prep

To catch up on your pre-game reading, have a look at our game preview posts from earlier this week:

Tennessee vs Mississippi State: Behold, Opportunity!
Will the Vols cover against Mississippi State?
Mid-Season Replacement QBs in Their Second Start
Tennessee-Mississippi State: Head-to-head statistical rankings
Vols Have the Need, the Need…for LBs
Tennessee Vols statistical ranking trends – after Georgia
Vols Need Playmakers. Period.
Does It Spark Joy?

Go Vols!