Vanderbilt football's game at Mississippi State will be a 3:15 p.m. CT kick and televised on SEC Network, the conference announced Oct. 26.
The game had previously been announced as a "flex" game, meaning it could have been assigned either an afternoon or evening kickoff.
The afternoon kick comes after two straight night kickoffs for Vanderbilt (3-5, 0-5 SEC) against Arkansas and Kentucky
, both losses.The Commodores are currently on their open week.
Mississippi State (4-3, 2-3) has three straight losses to Alabama, LSU and Oklahoma. The Bulldogs will face Texas before hosting Vanderbilt. Mississippi State's two SEC wins were against Missouri and South Carolina.
The Commodores are on a nearly month-long stretch without a home game, as the Kentucky
game was on the road, followed by the open week, then the contest with Mississippi State before returning home to face Alabama on Nov. 14.
Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on X @aria_gerson.
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