On Tuesday, ESPN unveiled the game times and channel details for all of its Week 0 and Week 1 games in anticipation of the 2026 Auburn football season.
The Tigers’ first official game of the Alex Golesh era is set to be broadcast on ABC at 2:30 p. m. CT on September 5, when they will kick off the season against Baylor.
Following Auburn’s decision to transfer the game from Jordan-Hare Stadium to Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta as part of the Aflac Kickoff Game, it will now take place there.
Auburn will have more third-party NIL prospects as a result of its involvement in the Aflac Kickoff Game. The decision would have been “irresponsible” not to take, according to John Cohen, the athletic director at Auburn, in an interview with AL. com.
The 2026 game between Auburn and Baylor is a rematch of the season opener from the previous year in Waco. The Tigers won that contest with a score of 38-24. With a 2-1 record in the game, Auburn will participate in the Aflac Kickoff Game for the fourth time this year.
