How to watch Tennessee football vs. Ball State Cardinals on TV, live stream

The Tennessee Volunteers football team kicks off its 2022 season Thursday night against the Ball State Cardinals.

The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. ET at Neyland Stadium.

Second-year coach Josh Heupel is looking to improve on last season's 7-6 record.

Here is everything you need to know to watch Thursday's game.

How to watch Tennessee football vs. Ball State on TV, live stream

Start time: 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Sept. 1

Location: Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee

TV: SEC Network

SECN is channel 404 or 408 on Dish Network, channel 611 on DirecTV and channel 75 or 575 on Verizon FiOS.

SECN commentators are scheduled to be Tom Hart (play-by-play), Jordan Rodgers (analyst) and Cole Cubelic (sideline reporter).

Online live stream: ESPN.com/watch

Online radio broadcast: Tennessee sports radio

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Josh Heupel is the Tennessee football head coach. Mike Neu is the Ball State football head coach.

Gabe Hauari is a digital producer for the USA Today Network. You can follow him on Twitter @GabeHauari.

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: How to watch Tennessee football vs. Ball State on TV, live stream