Fans react as Mizzou-Ole Miss game draws unprecedented short straw on TV assignment

The SEC’s Week 7 slate is loaded. We have three games between ranked opponents, a matchup between two teams that just beat top-10 squads (Kentucky-Oklahoma) and the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry (Auburn-Georgia). With so many hotly contested games, some fanbases were bound to be upset with their start times. However, two in particular are feeling particularly wronged.

According to St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Eli Hoff, the Mizzou–Ole Miss game, featuring the No. 13 Tigers and No. 9 Rebels, is the first meeting between top-13 SEC teams to not earn an ABC broadcast since the “SEC on ABC” deal began in 2024.

From the source No. 13 #Mizzou and No. 9 Ole Miss have the right to feel snubbed that they'll be playing on SEC Network on Saturday.

Since the SEC on ABC deal began in 2024, there have been 12 reg season SEC-SEC games b/t teams ranked inside the top 13. All have been on ABC — until this one.

Naturally, Missouri fans felt disrespected by the SEC for the scheduling decision. However, Tiger fans didn’t necessarily mind being slept on, like they have been most of the season.

It's fine. This is what we want. Keep the disrespect flowing.

Brand rankings matter more than AP rankings.

The Missouri-Ole Miss matchup drew the same time slot (3:30 p.m. ET) as Alabama-Tennessee and Auburn-Georgia.

There’s no shame in playing third fiddle to that pair of contests, but there’s no denying the Tiger-Rebel matchup has more College Football Playoff ramifications than the game in Athens. It may also have more on the line than the Crimson Tide-Vols affair, with Tennessee trying to get the quarterback position sorted out.