Ground stop lifts, but Saturday’s kickoff plans have changed

Auburn at Mississippi State will begin at 4:15 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, November 14. Arizona State at UCF will start at 5:30 p.m. Eastern on ESPNU. Those are two confirmed changes fans should make to their weekend plans after Friday’s nationwide ground stop disrupted team travel.

The FAA said at 10:05 p.m. Eastern Friday that it had lifted the ground stop and that some flight departures were resuming. The agency said it tested its systems before clearing flights to resume and directed passengers to their airlines for flight updates. That statement establishes the resumption of departures; individual team arrivals still require confirmation.

Two school-confirmed kickoff changes

Auburn’s announcement moves its game at Mississippi State from 11 a.m. Central to 3:15 p.m. Central, a four-hour-and-15-minute delay. Converted to Eastern, the new kickoff is 4:15 p.m. The school said the disruption forced travel changes and that the team would reach its hotel in Tupelo late Friday.

Auburn listed television coverage as still to be determined. Fans should check the school’s current announcement before relying on the original broadcast listing. The venue remains Davis Wade Stadium.

UCF’s 10 p.m. update says the Big 12, UCF and Arizona State agreed to move their game two hours later, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Eastern, with coverage changing to ESPNU. That update replaces the earlier 8:15 p.m. statement that had kept the original time while the schools assessed travel options.

The disruption reaches beyond college football

ESPN reported disruptions across several sports, including the Nets’ planned flight from New Orleans to Memphis. The report also described uncertainty around the Kansas City Current’s travel for Sunday’s match against Gotham. Travel difficulty alone does not establish a postponement, and no new kickoff for that match is announced here.

For Saturday’s football viewers, the practical changes are already concrete: Auburn–Mississippi State is now an afternoon game, and Arizona State–UCF starts at 5:30 p.m. on a different network. The updated times belong on calendars even as teams continue arranging their journeys.

The linked school announcements are the primary references for these two games. Airline status is separate from the sporting schedule, and the FAA directs travelers to their carrier for their own flight information.