Start time, TV channel, announcers for Alabama football vs Eastern Illinois in Week 13

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Start time, TV channel, announcers for Alabama football vs Eastern Illinois in Week 13

The Alabama Crimson Tide will play their last home game of the 2025 college football regular season at Bryant-Denny Stadium this Saturday when the Eastern Illinois Panthers visit Tuscaloosa in Week 13.

Alabama (8-2 overall, 6-1 SEC) is ranked No. 10 in the US LBM Coaches Poll, as well as the latest CFP rankings, after falling 23-21 to the Oklahoma Sooners last Saturday.

The Crimson Tide committed three turnovers that led to 17 points and had a field goal blocked just before halftime. Alabama’s final drive ended in a turnover on downs at the Crimson Tide 48-yard line. The loss to Oklahoma snapped an eight-game Alabama winning streak.

Eastern Illinois (3-8), a member of the OVC-Big South Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), fell to Lindenwood, 42-12, in Week 12. The Panthers have lost six straight games.

Will Alabama football game vs Eastern illinois be on TV?

Alabama-Eastern Illinois will not be shown on an actual television channel. Fans can stream the game on SEC Network+ through the ESPN app. It’s the Crimson Tide’s first game of the 2025 season that won’t be shown on a TV channel.

Alabama vs. Eastern Illinois start time

Kickoff for Alabama-Eastern Illinois at Bryant-Denny Stadium is 1 p.m. CT Saturday.

TV announcers for Alabama vs Eastern Illinois

Ahead of Alabama-Eastern Illinois, ESPN announced who will have the call of Saturday’s game in Tuscaloosa. The broadcast crew of Jay Alter (play-by-play) and Rocky Boiman (analyst) will call the action from the booth at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Tori Petry will report from the sidelines.

It’s the first time this season that the broadcast crew of Alter and Boiman has called an Alabama game. The two called Alabama’s Week 12 game against Mercer on Nov. 16, 2024, at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

The Crimson Tide Sports Network radio broadcast of the game featuring Alabama play-by-play voice Chris Stewart and analyst Tyler Watts can be heard on SiriusXM channel 192.

Alabama football series history vs Eastern Illinois

Alabama and Eastern Illinois will be meeting for the first time in series history Saturday.

Alabama football schedule 2025

ATLANTA, GA - JANUARY 08: A detailed view of the helmet of VanDarius Cowan #43 of the Alabama Crimson Tide during the warm ups prior to the game against the Georgia Bulldogs in the CFP National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 8, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

All start times Central.

  • Aug. 30: at Florida State (L, 31-17)
  • Sept. 6: vs. UL Monroe (W, 73-0)
  • Sept. 13: vs. Wisconsin (W, 38-14)
  • Sept. 27: at Georgia (W, 24-21)
  • Oct. 4: vs. Vanderbilt (W, 30-14)
  • Oct. 11: at Missouri (W, 27-24)
  • Oct. 18: vs. Tennessee (W, 37-20)
  • Oct. 25: at South Carolina (W, 29-22)
  • Nov. 8: vs. LSU (W, 20-9)
  • Nov. 15: vs. Oklahoma (L, 23-21)
  • Nov. 22 vs. Eastern Illinois, 1 p.m., SEC Network+
  • Nov. 29: at Auburn, 6:30 p.m., ABC

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