Auburn will begin the 2024 season with five straight home games. The SEC released kickoff times and TV networks for the first three on Thursday.
In week two, Auburn will host Cal at 2:30 p.m. CT on Sept. 7 in a rematch of last year’s game when the Tigers went to Cal and won 14-10 in the first ever meeting between the two schools. This year’s matchup will be televised on ESPN2.
It will be another night game in Jordan-Hare Stadium the following week with Auburn and New Mexico slated for a 6:30 p.m. CT start on Sept. 14. The game will be televised on either ESPN2 or ESPNU and is also Auburn’s Homecoming.
New this year is the debut of a new scheduling format for SEC games across all ESPN platforms, with the opportunity for teams and fans to know approximate start times for the entire season.
TV windows will be announced for all remaining SEC-controlled games on Tuesday, June 11, with select games tagged as Flex games between the Afternoon and Night windows.
Returning for its sixth year at Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, Florida, the invitational is set for Feb. 13-16. The 16-team field for the 2025 Shriners Children’s Clearwater Invitational Presented by EvoShield features 14 teams that qualified for the 2024 NCAA Tournament, including three teams that made the Women’s College World Series.
The 2025 field also includes Alabama, Charlotte, Clemson, Florida State, Kentucky, Liberty, Missouri, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, San Diego State, Texas A&M, UCF, UCLA, Virginia and Wichita State.
During the 2022 event, Auburn posted a 4-1 record, which included a 6-2 upset win over No. 11 Texas. The Tigers also picked up wins over Texas Tech, Wisconsin and USF that season.
The 2025 event will be the sixth year that the city of Clearwater has teamed up with ESPN Events to host the invitational. Of the 16 teams that participated in the 2024 Invitational, 12 teams made this year’s NCAA Tournament field and four made the Women’s College World Series.
