Florida football to air postgame highlight show from spring game
Florida Gators football spring game won't be televised live for the second year, but fans can watch highlights at later date on SEC Network
Florida football won't be televising its spring game live for the second straight year, But Florida Gators fans will get a chance to watch highlights from the spring game as part of an all-access show that will air following the game on the SEC Network and re-air on ESPN and ESPN2 leading up to Week Zero of the 2026 season. The airtime of the highlight show will be announced at a later date. Florida 's spring game is scheduled for Saturday, April 11, at noon at The Swamp.
Admission is free. The decision not to televise the spring game continues a league-wide trend of keeping spring games low key. A decade ago, airing spring games in front of large crowds was viewed as a recruiting tool.
But over the last several years, the SEC TV partners have been producing fewer linear broadcasts of league spring football games. The last time a league member had a SEC Spring game on linear TV was 2024 and generally the networks were only broadcasting the league champion or national champion. Linear broadcasts have been replaced by digital broadcasts, with UF's last spring game appearing via streaming on ESPN+ in 2024.
Currently only two league teams plan on streaming their spring games live in 2026, with both being online only and not on linear television. Some schools, such as LSU under first-year coach Lane Kiffin, have opted to scrap spring games altogether, for fear of having opposing teams pick up on schemes or tendencies. Last year, coaches feared players being discovered and leaving for the spring portal, but the NCAA has since done away with the spring portal period.