# Week 11 SEC Football Game Rescheduled Owing to Airport Ground Stop

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7 outlets covering · First listed: EssentiallySports, Nov 14, 2026, 4:30 AM · Read it: <https://www.essentiallysports.com/ncaa-college-football-news-week-elevn-sec-football-game-rescheduled-owing-to-airport-ground-stop-auburn-tigers-mississippi-state-bulldogs/>

Auburn’s trip to Starkville was supposed to be a noon game. Then the FAA stopped every departing flight in the country on Friday afternoon, and the SEC pushed the kickoff back more than four hours. Teams from Knoxville to Seattle spent Friday night on tarmacs, on buses, or back at their own facilities. Week 11

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 13, 2026, 3:06 PM: [All US airports are currently ground stopped](<https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/2121347654714077605>) — Hacker News (Aggregator, United States)
- Nov 13, 2026, 4:54 PM: [A Nationwide Ground Stop](<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/13/briefing/a-nationwide-ground-stop.html>) — New York Times (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean left)
  Also, Russia lays out its hard-line demands. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
- Nov 13, 2026, 6:54 PM: [SEC issues statement on all flights grounded, door open to rescheduling football games](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sec-issues-statement-flights-grounded-005411901.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  The SEC issued a statement hours after the FAA issued a ground stoppage for all flights, impacting college football travel.
- Nov 13, 2026, 7:14 PM: [College football games could be derailed by the FAA ground stop](<https://www.businessinsider.com/college-football-games-canceled-postponed-faa-ground-stop-2026-11>) — Business Insider (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left)
  Some college football games are up in the air this weekend after the FAA's nationwide ground stop prevented teams from flying.
- Nov 13, 2026, 7:46 PM: [The FAA Nationwide Ground Stop Is Over](<https://www.wired.com/story/the-faa-nationwide-ground-stop-is-over/>) — Wired (Magazine, United States)
  The five-hour ordeal ended Friday evening. Planes will be allowed to fly again, but the effects of the stoppage will be felt throughout the weekend.
- Nov 13, 2026, 8:42 PM: [Nationwide Ground Stop At Airports Lifted, FAA Says](<https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/11/13/nationwide-ground-stop-at-airports-lifted-faa-says/>) — Forbes (Magazine, United States, rated Center)
  Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the ground stop was ordered following a "communication issue” impacting all air traffic control centers.
- Nov 14, 2026, 4:30 AM: [Week 11 SEC Football Game Rescheduled Owing to Airport Ground Stop](<https://www.essentiallysports.com/ncaa-college-football-news-week-elevn-sec-football-game-rescheduled-owing-to-airport-ground-stop-auburn-tigers-mississippi-state-bulldogs/>) — EssentiallySports (Sports)
  Auburn’s trip to Starkville was supposed to be a noon game. Then the FAA stopped every departing flight in the country on Friday afternoon, and the SEC pushed the kickoff back more than four hours. Teams from Knoxville to Seattle spent Friday night on tarmacs, on buses, or back at their own facilities. Week 11