Kickoff times for LSU football vs Clemson, Ole Miss revealed

Kickoff times for LSU football vs Clemson, Ole Miss revealed

LSU football will play night games in two of the first three weeks of the 2026 college football season.

Kickoff times for the LSU-Clemson season opener at Tiger Stadium and LSU's SEC opener at Ole Miss have been set and both will start at 6:30 p.m. CT and will broadcast on ABC, the school announced Tuesday. The LSU-Clemson game is Saturday, Sept. 5 while LSU-Ole Miss is Saturday, Sept. 19.

Earlier Tuesday, ESPN announced that it's popular road show, College Gameday, will be in Baton Rouge for the season opener between LSU and Clemson to help usher in the Lane Kiffin era at LSU.

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Since the SEC released its conference schedule for the 2026 season that featured Kiffin and LSU heading to face his former team at Ole Miss in Week 3, the speculation has been that it would be a night game as well as a College Gameday choice.

The two matchups for LSU are arguably the most anticipated games on that particular day. Expectation is that both games will be ranked matchups.

LSU faces in Week 2 on Sept. 12 but a game time has not yet been set. The rest of LSU's slate will be given kickoff times at a later date.