| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
| Tennessee State | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Georgia | 28 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
Final. Saturday, September 5, 2026. Kicked off 3:00 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.
Georgia opens at Sanford Stadium against Tennessee State. Before you look for it on television: this game is not on TV. SEC Network+ is a streaming-only service and the only place it appears.
| Kickoff | 3:00 p.m. ET · 2:00 CT · 1:00 MT · 12:00 PT |
| TV | None — streaming only |
| Streaming | SEC Network+ via the ESPN App |
| Venue | Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia |
How to Actually Watch This
SEC Network+ is the overflow streaming tier for SEC games that don’t get a linear television window. It is not a channel — there is no cable box position and no antenna option.
Access runs through the ESPN App, and you must authenticate with a pay-TV or streaming subscription that includes SEC Network. If your provider carries SEC Network you already have SEC Network+ at no extra charge. If it doesn’t, you cannot buy SEC Network+ separately.
Fubo, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV and DirecTV Stream all qualify.
Why Georgia’s Opener Is Here
The SEC produces more games each week than its linear networks can carry, so non-competitive non-conference openers get pushed to the streaming tier. It reflects the matchup, not the programs.
Georgia’s schedule turns real quickly — they visit South Carolina on November 21 and play at Georgia Tech to close the regular season.
Tennessee State’s Visit
Tennessee State is a historically Black university in Nashville competing at the FCS level in the Ohio Valley Conference. Games like this fund a substantial share of an FCS athletic department’s annual budget.
Prediction and Odds
Line: Georgia -47.5 (DraftKings), the largest spread of Week 1.
No. 3 Georgia against an FCS opponent from the Big South-OVC. Kirby Smart’s teams are 56-5 at home under him and have never lost to an FCS team. The only question is the running clock and how many series the starters get.
Our pick: Georgia 55, Tennessee State 7. See all of our Week 1 predictions.
The Bottom Line
Tennessee State at Georgia kicks off 3:00 p.m. ET Saturday, September 5, streaming exclusively on SEC Network+ through the ESPN App. There is no television broadcast — you need a provider carrying SEC Network to authenticate.