Gamecocks Set for Night Game at Kentucky

The South Carolina Gamecocks will return to SEC action on Saturday, Oct. 8, when they travel to Lexington, Ky., to face the No. 7/8 Kentucky Wildcats. Game time has been set for 7:30 pm ET and the contest will be televised on the SEC Network, the SEC office announced today.

The Wildcats have turned the tables in the series, winning seven of the last eight meetings after Carolina won 10-straight from 2000-2009. The Gamecocks still hold an 18-14-1 advantage overall, including a 9-8 mark in Lexington. Kentucky won in Columbia last season by a 16-10 score.

South Carolina (2-2, 0-2 SEC) hosts South Carolina State (1-2, 0-0 MEAC) in a non-conference game this week, while Kentucky (4-0, 1-0 SEC) is at No. 14/11 Ole Miss (4-0, 0-0 SEC).

Here is the entire SEC television schedule for games of Saturday, Oct. 8:

Tennessee at LSU 12:00 ET ESPN

Arkansas at Mississippi State 12:00ET SEC NETWORK

Missouri at Florida 12:00 ET ESPNU

Auburn at Georgia 3:30 ET CBS

Ole Miss at Vanderbilt 4:00 ET SEC NETWORK

South Carolina at Kentucky 7:30 ET SEC NETWORK

Texas A&M at Alabama 8:00 ET CBS