SEC FOOTBALL 2012 Week 9 - Games of Oct. 27 Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) • [email protected] Southeastern Conference Media Relations Chuck Dunlap, Associate Media Relations Director (Secondary Football Contact) • [email protected] SECsports.com • CollegePressBox.com Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 EASTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2011 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Streak Florida 6-0 1.000 184 71 7-0 1.000 211 85 4-3 4-0 3-0 0-0 4-0 3-0 W 7 Georgia 4-1 .800 176 126 6-1 .857 277 169 5-2 4-0 2-1 0-0 4-1 0-1 W 1 South Carolina 4-2 .667 153 114 6-2 .750 250 130 7-1 4-0 2-2 0-0 4-1 1-2 L 2 Vanderbilt 2-3 .400 69 124 3-4 .429 140 147 4-3 2-2 1-2 0-0 1-3 0-3 W 1 Missouri 0-4 .000 55 133 3-4 .429 162 179 3-4 2-3 1-1 0-0 0-3 0-3 L 2 Tennessee 0-4 .000 108 173 3-4 .429 241 233 3-4 2-2 0-2 1-0 0-2 0-4 L 3 Kentucky 0-5 .000 62 181 1-7 .125 154 259 3-5 1-4 0-3 0-0 0-3 0-5 L 6 WESTERN DIVISION SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2011 Home Away Neutral vs. Div. Top 25 Streak Alabama 4-0 1.000 171 37 7-0 1.000 287 58 7-0 3-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 W 7 Mississippi State 3-0 1.000 96 55 7-0 1.000 257 101 3-4 5-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 W 7 LSU 3-1 .750 65 64 7-1 .875 248 117 8-0 5-0 2-1 0-0 2-0 2-1 W 2 Texas A&M 2-2 .500 124 81 5-2 .714 301 155 4-3 2-2 3-0 0-0 2-1 1-2 L 1 Arkansas 2-2 .500 83 124 3-4 .429 189 217 6-1 2-3 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-1 W 2 Ole Miss 1-2 .333 82 83 4-3 .571 229 186 2-5 3-2 1-1 0-0 1-2 0-2 W 1 Auburn 0-5 .000 60 122 1-6 .143 110 176 5-2 1-2 0-3 0-1 0-4 0-2 L 4 NOTES: 2011 - Record after same number of games in 2011 / 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 WEEK 9 SEC FOOTBALL PREVIEW GAMES OF SATURDAY, OCT. 27 SEC HIGHLIGHTS Kentucky (1-7, 0-5 SEC) at Missouri (3-4, 0-4 SEC) • SEC Players of the Week for Oct. 20 games are QB Aaron Murray, Georgia (offense); LB 11 a.m. CT • ESPNU • Sirius 113 • XM 200 Kevin Minter, LSU (defense); P Kyle Christy, Florida (special teams); C Joe Townsend, Columbia, Mo. • Memorial Stadium / Faurot Field (71,004) Vanderbilt (offensive lineman); DE Damontre Moore, Texas A&M (defensive lineman); and, Tennessee (3-4, 0-4 SEC) at South Carolina (6-2, 4-2 SEC) WR Amari Cooper, Alabama (freshman). 12 p.m. ET • ESPN • Sirius 85 • XM 85 Columbia, S.C. • Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250) • The SEC has seven teams ranked in the BCS Rankings, Harris Interactive, Associated Press Ole Miss (4-3, 1-2 SEC) at Arkansas (3-4, 2-2 SEC0 and USA Today Top 25 polls this week. Alabama is the top-ranked team in all four rank- 11:21 a.m. CT • SEC Network • Sirius 138 • XM 199 ings, followed by Florida, which is second in the BCS and third in AP, USA Today and Harris. Little Rock, Ark. • War Memorial Stadium (53,955) LSU is sixth in all four rankings, Georgia is 10th in the BCS, 11th in Harris and USA Today Florida (7-0, 6-0 SEC) vs. Georgia (6-1, 4-1 SEC) and 12th in USA Today. Mississippi State is 11th in the BCS, 12th in USA Today and Harris 3:30 p.m. ET • CBS Sports • Sirius 91 • XM 91 and 13th in AP. South Carolina is 13th in the BCS, 16th in USA Today and Harris and 17th Jacksonville, Fla. • EverBank Field (82,000) in AP and Texas A&M is 20th in the BCS, 21st in USA Today and Harris and 22nd in AP. Texas A&M (5-2, 2-2 SEC) at Auburn (1-6, 0-5 SEC) • In terms of wins and losses, Alabama is the highest ranked undefeated team in all four 6 p.m. CT • ESPNU • Sirius 94 • XM 201 polls, LSU is the highest ranked one-loss team in the polls and South Carolina is the high- Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium / Pat Dye Field (87,451) est ranked two-loss team in all polls. Massachusetts (0-7) at Vanderbilt (3-4, 2-3 SEC) 6 p.m. CT • FSN • Sirius 132 • XM 190 • This Saturday’s games feature games pitting the top two teams in each division’s stand- Nashville, Tenn. • Vanderbilt Stadium (40,350) ings. In the Eastern Division, Florida and Georgia play in Jacksonville in the CBS Sports Mississippi State (7-0, 3-0 SEC) at Alabama (7-0, 4-0 SEC) contest at 3:30 p.m. ET. In the Western Division, Alabama hosts Mississippi State on ESPN 7:30 p.m. CT • ESPN • Sirius 85 • XM 85 at 7:30 p.m. CT. Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821) OPEN: LSU (7-1, 3-1 SEC) • The Tennessee-South Carolina rivalry is the most competitive (average scoring margin) in the SEC since 2000, with an average margin of 9.17 points per game in 12 meetings. SECDigitalNetwork.com • SECSportsMedia.com • CollegePressBox.com • Twitter.com/SECSportsUpdate • SEC Fan Page on Facebook 2012 SEC Football • Page 2 Week 9 2012 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (7-0, 4-0 SEC) GEORGIA BULLDOGS (6-1, 4-1 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (101,821) / All Times Central Home Stadium: Sanford (92,746) / All Times Eastern Sept. 1 [2/2] vs. Michigan (Arlington, Tex.) [8/8] [TV: 7] 90,413 W 41-14 Sept. 1 [6/6] BUFFALO [TV: 5-6-10] 92,446 W 45-23 Sept. 8 [1/1] WESTERN KENTUCKY [TV: 5-6-10] 101,821 W 35-0 Sept. 8 [7/7] at Missouri [TV: 3-6] [rv/rv] 71,004 W 41-20 Sept. 15 [1/1] at Arkansas [TV: 1] [rv/21] 74,617 W 52-0 Sept. 15 [7/7] FLORIDA ATLANTIC [TV: 6-8-10] 92,746 W 56-20 Sept. 22 [1/1] FLORIDA ATLANTIC [TV: 6-10-11] 101,821 W 40-7 Sept. 22 [5/6] VANDERBILT [TV: 3-6] 92,746 W 48-3 Sept. 29 [1/1] OLE MISS [TV: 2-6] 101,821 W 33-14 Sept. 29 [5/5] TENNESSEE [TV: 1] [rv/rv] 92,746 W 51-44 Oct. 13 [1/1] at Missouri [TV: 1] 71,004 W 42-10 Oct. 6 [5/5] at South Carolina [TV: 2-6] [6/6] 85,199 L 7-35 Oct. 20 [1/1] at Tennessee [TV: 2-6] 102,455 W 44-13 Oct. 20 [13/12] at Kentucky [TV: 6-9-10] 54,553 W 29-24 Oct. 27 MISSISSIPPI STATE [TV: 2-6] 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 vs. Florida [TV: 1] 3:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at LSU [TV: 1] 7 p.m. Nov. 3 OLE MISS [TV: 1 or 2-6 or 3-6] 12 p.m. / 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10 TEXAS A&M TBA Nov. 10 at Auburn TBA Nov. 17 WESTERN CAROLINA TBA Nov. 17 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 1:30 p.m. ET Nov. 24 AUBURN TBA Nov. 24 GEORGIA TECH TBA ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (3-4, 2-2 SEC) KENTUCKY WILDCATS (1-7, 0-5 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Reynolds Razorback (72,000); War Memorial (53,955) / All Times Central Home Stadium: Commonwealth / C.M. Newton Field (67,942) / All Times Eastern Sept. 1 [10/10] JACKSONVILLE STATE [TV: 6-10-11] 71,062 W 49-24 Sept. 2 at Louisville [25/--] [TV: 2-6] 55,386 L 14-32 Sept. 8 [8/10] LOUISIANA-MONROE (Little Rock) [TV: 4] 53,089 (1ot) L 31-34 Sept. 8 KENT STATE [TV: 6-8-10] 48,346 W 47-14 Sept. 15 [rv/21] ALABAMA [TV: 1] [1/1] 74,617 L 0-52 Sept. 15 WESTERN KENTUCKY [TV: 4] 53,980 (1ot) L 31-32 Sept. 22 RUTGERS [TV: 4] [rv/rv] 72,543 L 26-35 Sept. 22 at Florida [TV: 5-6-10] [14/14] 87,102 L 0-38 Sept. 29 at Texas A&M [TV: 5-6-10] [rv/rv] 86,442 L 10-58 Sept. 29 SOUTH CAROLINA [TV: 3-6] [6/6] 49,810 L 17-38 Oct. 6 at Auburn [TV: 3-6] 85,813 W 24-7 Oct. 6 MISSISSIPPI STATE [TV: 5-6-10] [20/19] 49,498 L 14-27 Oct. 13 KENTUCKY [TV: 6-9-10] 67,153 W 49-7 Oct. 13 at Arkansas [TV: 6-9-10] 67,153 L 7-49 Oct. 27 OLE MISS (Little Rock) [TV: 5-6-10] 11:21 a.m.