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No Mizzou football today. What to watch?

By Thomas Huitt-Johnson

COLUMBIA, MO - SEPTEMBER 21: Ronnell Perkins #3 of the Missouri Tigers receives congratulations from head coach Barry Odom of the Missouri Tigers following the 34-14 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks at Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. Perkins had a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown in the game. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images)
COLUMBIA, MO - SEPTEMBER 21: Ronnell Perkins #3 of the Missouri Tigers receives congratulations from head coach Barry Odom of the Missouri Tigers following the 34-14 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks at Faurot Field/Memorial Stadium on September 21, 2019 in Columbia, Missouri. Perkins had a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown in the game. (Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images) /
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With Mizzou football on a bye, there are four SEC games.

The Mizzou football team is off today, and many teams in the conference are taking the weekend off along with the Tigers. Joining the Tigers for their first bye week is Tennessee, Georgia, and LSU.

But there are 10 teams around the league that are playing today.

First up is No. 23 Texas A&M (2-2, 0-1 SEC) vs. Arkansas (2-2, 0-1), which will be played in Dallas, on ESPN. Razorbacks QB Nick Starkel will face his old team.

Vanderbilt (0-3, 0-2) hosts Northern Illinois (1-2) in the other 11 a.m. kickoff on SEC Network, looking for its first win of the season.

In the 2:30 game on CBS, No. 2 Alabama (4-0, 1-0) hosts Ole Miss (2-2, 1-0). It will be a good game to watch as Mizzou play the Rebels in two weeks.

At 3 p.m. on SEC Network, No. 9 Florida (4-0, 2-0) hosts Towson (3-1), which lost last week to Villanova in overtime, ending hope of at least an undefeated contest.

The first night game at 6 p.m. on ESPN today is Mississippi State (3-1, 1-0) going on the road to face No. 7 Auburn (4-0, 1-0). This could be the best matchup of the day.

Finally, at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network is a battle of teams probably fighting for fourth place in the SEC East in Kentucky (2-2, 0-2) facing South Carolina (1-3, 0-2) on the road. That feels nice to think Mizzou will be ahead of these two programs this season. Hopefully that holds true.

Bonus: If you’re wanting to do so, Troy (2-1) is playing Arkansas State (2-2) in a home contest at 5 p.m. on ESPN+. The Tigers will face the Trojans next week at 3 p.m. on SEC Network.

As for the rest of the slate around the country, two games feature ranked teams pitted against each other.

No. 18 Virginia (4-0) travels to No. 10 Notre Dame (2-1) at 2:30 p.m. on NBC while No. 21 USC (3-1) travels to No. 17 Washington at the same time on FOX. (3-1). On Friday, No. 15 California lost to unranked Arizona State 24-17.

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