SEC FOOTBALL 2011 2011-12 Post-Season Bowl Games Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) • [email protected] Southeastern Conference Media Relations Chuck Dunlap, Associate Media Relations Director (Secondary Football Contact) • [email protected] SECDigitalNetwork.com • CollegePressBox.com Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 EASTERN DIVISION Current Ranking SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2010 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Streak AP USA HI BCS *Georgia 7-1 .875 234 145 10-3 .769 418 255 6-7 5-1 4-0 1-2 4-1 2-3 L 1 18 18 18 16 South Carolina 6-2 .750 206 135 10-2 .833 361 226 9-3 6-1 3-1 1-0 5-0 1-1 W 3 10 9 9 9 Florida 3-5 .375 166 191 6-6 .500 307 247 7-5 5-2 1-3 0-1 3-2 0-5 L 1 Vanderbilt 2-6 .250 169 187 6-6 .500 323 245 2-10 5-2 1-4 0-0 1-4 0-3 W 1 Kentucky 2-6 .250 94 242 5-7 .417 190 296 6-6 4-3 0-4 1-0 1-4 0-4 W 1 Tennessee 1-7 .125 92 222 5-7 .417 244 271 6-6 5-3 0-4 0-0 0-5 0-5 L 1 WESTERN DIVISION Current Ranking SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2010 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Streak AP USA HI BCS #LSU 8-0 1.000 280 67 13-0 1.000 500 137 11-2 6-0 5-0 2-0 5-0 8-0 W 13 1 1 1 1 Alabama 7-1 .875 271 67 11-1 .917 432 106 9-3 6-1 5-0 0-0 4-1 4-1 W 3 2 2 2 2 Arkansas 6-2 .750 266 197 10-2 .833 449 273 10-2 7-0 2-2 1-0 3-2 3-2 L 1 7 7 7 6 Auburn 4-4 .500 160 246 7-5 .583 291 352 12-0 6-1 1-4 0-0 2-3 3-4 L 1 25 Mississippi State 2-6 .250 145 185 6-6 .500 306 239 8-4 3-3 3-3 0-0 1-4 0-5 W 1 Ole Miss 0-8 .000 93 292 2-10 .167 193 385 4-8 1-6 1-4 0-0 0-5 0-3 L 7 NOTES: 2010 - Record after same number of games in 2010 / vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 (AP, USA Today, Harris, BCS) when game was played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable. * - SEC Eastern Division Champion / # - SEC Champion & Western Division Champion 2011-12 SEC POST-SEASON BOWL SCHEDULE Bowl Game Date/Time (ET) Stadium/Site *Matchup Network Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Dec. 30 / 6:40 p.m. LP Field (67,000) / Nashville, Tenn. Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6) ESPN Series History: First Meeting AutoZone Liberty Bowl Dec. 31 / 3:30 p.m. Liberty Bowl Memorial (62,506) / Memphis, Tenn. Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3) ABC Sports Series History: Vanderbilt leads, 4-3 • Last Meeting: Oct. 8, 1994 at Cincinnati, Ohio (Vanderbilt, 34-24) Chick-fil-A Bowl Dec. 31 / 7:30 p.m. Georgia Dome (71,147) / Atlanta, Ga. #25 Auburn (7-5) vs. Virginia (8-4) ESPN Series History: Tied 1-1 • Last Meeting: Sept. 3, 1998 at Auburn (Virginia, 19-0) Capital One Bowl Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Florida Citrus Bowl (65,438) / Orlando, Fla. #9 South Carolina (10-2) vs. #20 Nebraska (9-3) ESPN Series History: Nebraska leads, 3-0 • Last Meeting: Oct. 3, 1987 at Lincoln, Neb. (Nebraska, 30-21) Outback Bowl Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Raymond James Stadium (65,657) / Tampa, Fla. #16 Georgia (10-3) vs. #17 Michigan State (10-3) ABC Sports Series History: Georgia leads, 2-0 • Last Meeting: Jan. 1, 2009 at Orlando, Fla. (Capital One Bowl) (Georgia, 24-12) TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Everbank Field (73,000) / Jacksonville, Fla. Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6) ESPN2 Series History: Florida leads, 1-0 • Last Meeting: Jan. 8, 2007 at Glendale, Ariz. (BCS National Championship Game) (Florida, 41-14) AT&T Cotton Bowl Jan. 6 / 8 p.m. Cowboys Stadium (71,167) / Arlington, Texas #6 Arkansas (10-2) vs. #8 Kansas State (10-2) FOX Series History: Kansas State leads, 3-1 • Last Meeting: Oct. 28, 1967 at Little Rock, Ark. (Arkansas, 28-7) Allstate BCS National Championship Game Jan. 9 / 8:30 p.m. Mercedes-Benz Superdome (75,000) / New Orleans, La. #1 LSU (13-0) vs. #2 Alabama (11-1) ESPN Series History: Alabama leads, 45-25-5 • Last Meeting: Nov. 5, 2011 at Tuscaloosa, Ala. (LSU, 9-6, OT) * - BCS Standings Rank (Final Poll - Dec. 4, 2011) SECDigitalNetwork.com • SECSportsMedia.com • CollegePressBox.com • Twitter.com/SECSportsUpdate • SEC Fan Page on Facebook 2011 SEC Football • Page 2 Bowl Games SEC FOOTBALL ... SECond To None During the last six years (2006-11), Southeastern Conference football has experienced success that is Big 12 19-20 .487 unparalleled in its football history and, perhaps, in the college football history. During this tenure, Independents 4-5 .444 the SEC’s achievements have been demonstrated by: WAC 9-12 .429 ACC 17-25 .405 • Triumphs in BCS bowl games, including the BCS National Championship Game Conference USA 11-18 .379 • Non-conference success in regular season and bowl games Big Ten 13-24 .351 • Defeating highly-ranked non-conference teams MAC 4-17 .190 • Success in the polls and rankings • Individual awards and All-America Teams SEC vs. OTHER CONFERENCES • Academic and Community Service Standouts • Since 2006, the SEC has posted the highest non-conference winning percentage (regular season & • Continued accomplishments of former SEC student-athletes in the NFL bowls) than any other conference. The league has a 273-61 record, an 81.7 winning percentage. The SEC has won no less than 43 non-conference games (regular season & bowls) during the last five SEC IN THE BCS completed seasons (2006-2010). This season, not counting bowl games, the SEC was 42-6 (.875), • The SEC has won five consecutive national championships, seven BCS National Championships and the second highest percentage among FBS conferences. 21 overall national titles (AP, BCS, FWAA, coaches poll). The SEC is guaranteed its sixth straight national title with Alabama and LSU playing in this year’s BCS National Championship Game. SEC 273-61 .817 Big 12 227-82 .735 • Four different SEC schools have won the BCS National Championship since 2006 (Auburn, 2010; Big East 192-77 .714 Alabama, 2009; Florida, 2006 and 2008; LSU, 2007). Tennessee (1998) and LSU (2004) have also Big Ten 214-90 .704 won the BCS crown. The Big 12 (Texas and Oklahoma) and the ACC (Miami and Florida State) have Pac-12 138-79 .636 each had two schools win titles since 1998. ACC 207-123 .627 Mountain West 138-105 .568 • Since 2006, more than half of the slots in the BCS National Championship Game have been taken WAC 117-146 .445 by SEC teams (7 of 12). The Big Ten and the Big 12 have two each and the Pac-10 has one. Conference USA 125-193 .393 MAC 108-226 .323 • No other conference has won a BCS National Championship Game since Texas defeated Southern Sun Belt 57-176 .245 California, 41-38, in the Rose Bowl following the 2005 regular season. The SEC has won the last five. • Teams from the SEC have posted 35 wins in the last six years against non-conference Top 25 teams • An SEC team has led at the end of 16 of the last 20 quarters of BCS National Championship Game (at time game was played), an average of almost six wins per season. Nine of the 12 SEC teams have play. at least one win against a non-conference Top 25 team in the last five years with LSU (8), Georgia (7), Alabama (5), Florida (4) and Auburn (3) and South Carolina (3) leading the way. SEC teams have • Since 2006, an SEC team has been ranked first in the weekly BCS standings in 26 of the 48 weeks, beaten teams ranked 1-25 since 2006 with the exception of 5-6-8-11. with four different teams holding the top spot. Florida was first for seven weeks, Alabama for six weeks, Auburn for three and LSU for 10 weeks, including all eight polls of this season. The Big Ten 1 – Florida def. #1 Ohio State, 41-14, 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game; LSU def. Ohio has held the top spot for 13 weeks (all Ohio State), the Big 12 for five weeks (Texas and Oklahoma State, 38-24, 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game twice, Missouri once) and the Pac-10 four weeks (all Oregon). 2 – Florida def. #2 Oklahoma, 24-14, 2009 FedEx BCS National Championship Game; Alabama def. #2 Texas, 37-21, 2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game; Auburn def. #2 Oregon, 22-19, 2011 • The SEC has had more teams ranked in the BCS standings for the most times than any other con- Tostitos BCS National Championship Game ference since 2006. The league has had 11 of its 12 teams ranked at one time or another since 2006 3 - LSU def. #3 Oregon, 40-27, Sept. 3, 2011 for a total of 238 times.