Gainesville, Fla. – ESPN and the Southeastern Conference announced the 2021 baseball television programming schedule Wednesday afternoon, with one of its crown jewels being No. 1 Florida’s season-opening game against No. 21 Miami.
First pitch for the inaugural game at Florida Ballpark at Alfred A. McKethan Field is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 on SEC Network.
The Gators, who are the unanimous preseason No. 1 team, are scheduled to play 10 other television games this season. Nine of UF’s 11 television games are set to be broadcast via SEC Network, including a Tuesday, April 13 meeting with in-state rival Florida State. The Friday and Sunday games of Florida’s series against No. 4 Vanderbilt will air via ESPNU and ESPN2, respectively.
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2021 Florida Baseball Network TV Schedule
Date
Away
Home
Time (ET)
Network
February 19 (Friday)
Miami
Florida
3 p.m.
SEC Network
March 18 (Thursday)
Texas A&M
Florida
7 p.m.
SEC Network
March 28 (Sunday)
Florida
South Carolina
12 p.m.
SEC Network
April 1 (Thursday)
Ole Miss
Florida
8 p.m.
SEC Network
April 10 (Saturday)
Florida
Tennessee
7 p.m.
SEC Network
April 13 (Tuesday)
Florida State
Florida
7 p.m.
SEC Network
April 24 (Saturday)
Florida
Auburn
12 p.m.
SEC Network
April 30 (Friday)
Vanderbilt
Florida
7 p.m.
ESPNU
May 2 (Sunday)
Vanderbilt
Florida
3 p.m.
ESPN2
May 6 (Thursday)
Florida
Kentucky
7 p.m.
SEC Network
May 20 (Thursday)
Florida
Arkansas
7 p.m.
SEC Network
A total of 76 SEC baseball games are slated to be televised during the 2021 regular season, with the SEC Network airing 59 games. Another 16 will be telecast by ESPNU, while the Florida-Vanderbilt matchup will be the only regular-season game on ESPN2.
In addition, two wildcard games during the final weekend of the regular season (May 21-22) will be selected to air on the SEC Network.
