The SEC has announced their early season 2012 football TV schedule. The season kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 30 with South Carolina traveling to face Vanderbilt.
Three neutral site match-ups involving SEC teams are featured during week one. In the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta, Tennessee faces NC State (Fri., Aug. 31, 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU) and Auburn takes on Clemson (Sat., Sept. 1, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN).
At 8 p.m. on Sept. 1, defending national champion Alabama takes on Michigan at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas (8 p.m. ET, ABC).
The 2012 SEC Championship Game will be televised by CBS at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday, December, 1, 2012.
Listed below are the SEC games have been selected for television as of July 16:
| 2012 – Week 1 | |||
| Date | Game | Time (ET) | Network/Online |
| Thu., Aug. 30 | South Carolina at Vanderbilt | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN |
| Thu., Aug. 30 | Texas A&M at Louisiana Tech | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| Fri., Aug. 31 | Tennessee vs. N.C. State | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Buffalo at Georgia | 12:21 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Bowling Green at Florida | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Auburn vs. Clemson | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | North Texas at LSU | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Jackson State at Mississippi State | 7:00 p.m. | FSN |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Alabama vs. Michigan | 8:00 p.m. | ABC |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Central Arkansas at Ole Miss | 7:00 p.m. | PPV |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Jacksonville State at Arkansas | 7:00 p.m. | PPV |
| Sat., Sept. 1 | Southeastern Louisiana at Missouri | 7:00 p.m. | PPV |
| Sun., Sept. 2 | Kentucky at Louisville | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| 2012 – Week 2 | |||
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Auburn at Mississippi State | 12:00 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | East Carolina at South Carolina | 12:21 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Florida at Texas A&M | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Western Kentucky at Alabama | 3:39 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Washington at LSU | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | UTEP at Ole Miss | 7:00 p.m. | FSN |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | ULM at Arkansas | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Kent State at Kentucky | 7:30 p.m. | CSS |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Georgia at Missouri | 7:45 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Vanderbilt at Northwestern | 8:00 p.m. | Big Ten Network |
| Sat., Sept. 8 | Georgia State at Tennessee | 4:00 p.m. | PPV |
| 2012 – Week 3 | |||
| Sat., Sept. 15 | ULM at Auburn | 12:21 p.m. | SEC Network |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Presbyterian at Vanderbilt | 12:30 p.m. | CSS |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Alabama at Arkansas | 3:30 p.m. | CBS Sports |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Texas A&M at SMU | 3:30 p.m. | FSN |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Florida at Tennessee | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Arizona State at Missouri | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Western Kentucky at Kentucky | 7:00 p.m. | ESPNU |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | UAB at South Carolina | 7:00 p.m. | FSN |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Mississippi State at Troy | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Florida Atlantic at Georgia | 7:30 p.m. | CSS |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Idaho at LSU | 8:00 p.m. | PPV |
| Sat., Sept. 15 | Texas at Ole Miss | 9:15 p.m. | ESPN |
| 2012 – Week 4 | |||
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Ole Miss at Tulane | 12:00 p.m. | FSN |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Kentucky at Florida | 12:21 ET | SEC Network |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Missouri at South Carolina | 3:30 ET | CBS |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Florida Atlantic at Alabama | 5:00 ET | PPV |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | LSU at Auburn | 7:00 ET | ESPN |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Rutgers at Arkansas | 7:00 ET | ESPNU |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | South Carolina St. at Texas A&M | 7:00 ET | FSN |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | South Alabama at Mississippi State | 7:00 ET | PPV |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Akron at Tennessee | 7:30 ET | CSS |
| Sat., Sept. 22 | Vanderbilt at Georgia | 7:45 ET | ESPN2 |
| 2012 – Week 9 | |||
| Sat., Oct. 27 | Georgia vs. Florida | 3:30 p.m. | CBS Sports |
| 2012 – Week 10 | |||
| Sat., Nov. 3 | CBS Doubleheader – Game 1 | 3:30 p.m. | CBS Sports |
| Sat., Nov. 3 | Alabama at LSU | 8:00 p.m. | CBS Sports |
| 2012 – Week 11 | |||
| Sat., Nov. 10 | CBS Doubleheader – Game 1 | 12:00 p.m. | CBS Sports |
| Sat., Nov. 10 | CBS Doubleheader – Game 2 | 3:30 p.m. | CBS Sports |
| 2012 – Week 13 | |||
| Fri., Nov. 23 | LSU at Arkansas | 2:30 p.m. | CBS Sports |
| 2012 – Week 14 | |||
| Sat., Dec. 1 | SEC Championship Game | 4:00 p.m. | CBS Sports |