'SEC Nation' Show to Return to Mizzou for Alabama Matchup

For the second time this season, the SEC Network's pregame show is coming to Columbia.

ESPNs SEC Nation goes live on the Plaza of the Americas in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, October 4, 2025. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun] | Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The SEC Network's "SEC Nation" show is set to return to Columbia for No. 14. Missouri's game against No. 8 Alabama in Week 7, the network announced Sunday morning.

The show was also in Columbia for Week 2 when the Tigers hosted Kansas.

This time, the show will be set at Walsworth Plaza in front of Mizzou Arena. The pregame show will be broadcast live from 9-11 a.m. Saturday before the Tigers kick off against the Crimson Tide at 11 a.m. on ABC. Fans are invited to watch the show behind the stage.

In the hour before the "SEC Nation" show begins, the "Marty & McGee" show, featuring ESPN's Marty Smith and Ryan McGee, will film live from the same location.

The panel for the "SEC Nation" show features host Laura Rutledge and analysts Paul Finebaum, Tim Tebow, Jordan Rodgers and Roman Harper.

Additionally, "The Paul Finebaum Show" will also be set for a live broadcast from Walsworth Plaza from 2-6 p.m. Friday.

The last time the network visited campus, host Paul Finebaum had on-set interviews with football coach Eli Drinkwitz, director of athletics Laird Veatch and University President Mun Choi.

Following the live taping of the Finebaum show, fans can head inside Mizzou Arena for open practices from Missouri's men's and women's basketball teams. The women's team will begin practice at 6 p.m., followed by the men's team. After the conclusion of the practices, players from both teams will be available for autographs.

The stakes for Missouri's matchup with Alabama is worth the extra attention. It will mark the first matchup at Columbia with two teams ranked inside the top 15 of the AP Poll since September of 1979, where No. 5 Missouri lost 21-0 to No. 4 Texas.

Grabbing a win will be crucial to the Tigers' chances at forming a bid for the College Football Playoff.
Missouri has started the season 5-0, but are now searching for resume-building wins. Alabama is one of four of the Tigers' remaining opponents ranked inside the top 25, joined by No. 5 Texas A&M, No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 20 Vanderbilt.

It would be Missouri's first regular-season win over a top-10 team since its victory over No. 7 Georgia in 2013. It would also make Missouri's current win streak, which dates back to the victory over Mississippi State on Nov. 23 of 2024, the program's longest since 1961.