Big 12/SEC Challenge Pairings Announced

The Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences announced Thursday the matchups for the 2018 Big 12/SEC Challenge.

For the third straight year, all games in the Challenge will be played in one day. ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU will combine to televise all contests of the fifth annual event matching every Big 12 squad with 10 members from the Southeastern Conference. Each league will host five games. In addition, ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm will originate from a to be determined site of one of the day’s matchups.

Tip times and specific TV network information for the Big 12/SEC Challenge will be released at a later date.

2018 Big 12/SEC Challenge Pairings (Saturday, Jan. 27)

Baylor at Florida

Tennessee at Iowa State

Texas A&M at Kansas

Georgia at Kansas State

Oklahoma at Alabama

Oklahoma State at Arkansas

TCU at Vanderbilt

Mississippi at Texas

Texas Tech at South Carolina

Kentucky at West Virginia

Written by Adam Zagoria

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