Florida volleyball will have five of its 2026 matchups featured on ESPN platforms, according to ESPN's and the SEC Network's schedule reveal on Wednesday. That brings the total to eight matches the Lady Gators will play in front of a national audience this fall.
The first match to get the ESPN treatment this season comes against the national title runner-up Kentucky, who travel to the O'Connell Center on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 8:30 p.m. ET for Florida's third SEC matchup of the schedule. Five days later, the Gators head to Columbia to face Missouri on Friday, Oct. 9; that intraconference battle will be broadcast on ESPNU starting at 8 p.m. ET.
The final match that places the Orange and Blue in front of a national audience comes on Sunday, Oct. 18,
in Austin against Texas, which also begins at 8 p.m. ET.
The two other matches featured on ESPN's family of platforms will be broadcast on the SEC Network: Florida's in-state battle against Miami in the ACC/SEC Challenge held inside the O'Connell Center on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 8 p.m. ET and the conference showdown against reigning national champion Texas A&M in College Station on Friday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. ET.
The other three matches that will be aired on national TV are against Minnesota (Big Ten Network, 9 p.m. ET) and Wisconsin (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m. ET) in the Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge held in Madison on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 1 and 2, respectively, and against Florida State on Friday, Sept. 18 in Tallahassee at 7 p.m. ET.
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