SEC FOOTBALL 2011 Week 9 - Games of Oct. 29 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 South Carolina 4-1 .800 147 76 6-1 .857 227 134 5-2 3-1 2-0 1-0 3-0 0-0 W 2 14 14 14 13 Georgia 4-1 .800 146 108 5-2 .714 226 143 3-4 2-1 3-0 0-1 2-1 0-2 W 5 22 21 21 22 Florida 2-3 .400 108 129 4-3 .571 188 132 4-3 3-1 1-2 0-0 2-0 0-3 L 3 rv Vanderbilt 1-3 .250 61 95 4-3 .571 179 146 2-5 4-1 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-2 W 1 Kentucky 0-3 .000 20 137 3-4 .429 116 191 4-3 2-2 0-2 1-0 0-2 0-3 W 1 Tennessee 0-4 .000 48 128 3-4 .429 176 177 2-5 3-2 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-3 L 3 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 Alabama 5-0 1.000 199 37 8-0 1.000 315 55 7-1 5-0 3-0 0-0 2-0 3-0 W 8 2 2 2 2 LSU 5-0 1.000 178 41 8-0 1.000 314 92 7-1 4-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 5-0 W 8 1 1 1 1 Arkansas 2-1 .667 81 76 6-1 .857 264 152 5-2 4-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 2-1 W 3 8 8 8 10 Auburn 3-2 .600 98 136 5-3 .625 194 226 8-0 4-0 1-3 0-0 1-2 3-2 L 1 rv rv rv 23 Ole Miss 0-4 .000 51 138 2-5 .286 144 204 3-4 1-4 1-1 0-0 0-2 0-2 L 2 Mississippi State 0-4 .000 62 98 3-4 .429 168 135 5-2 1-2 2-2 0-0 0-2 0-3 L 1 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. THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE GAMES OF SATURDAY, OCT. 29 SEC HEADLINES Arkansas (6-1, 2-1 SEC) at Vanderbilt (4-3, 1-3 SEC) • SEC Football Players of the Week for games of Oct. 22 are Arkansas RB Dennis Johnson (offense), 11:21 a.m. CT • SEC Network / ESPN3.com Alabama LB Dont’a Hightower (defense), LSU P Brad Wing (special teams), Vanderbilt OG Ryan Nashville, Tenn. • Vanderbilt Stadium (39,773) Seymour (offensive lineman), LSU DE Barkevious Mingo (defensive lineman) and Tennessee LB A.J. Series Record: UA leads, 6-2 • Last Meeting: Oct. 30, 2010 at Fayetteville (UA, 49-14) Johnson (freshman). Florida (4-3, 2-3 SEC) vs. Georgia (5-2, 4-1 SEC) 3:30 p.m. ET • CBS Sports • The SEC has six teams ranked in this week’s BCS Standings, which ties for tops in the nation. The Jacksonville, Fla. • EverBank Field (84,000) SEC has five teams in the AP, USA Today and Harris Interactive polls. Series Record: UF records list UGA leads, 46-40-2 • UGA records list UGA leads, 47-40-2 Last Meeting: Oct. 30, 2010 at Jacksonville (UF, 34-31, OT) • Tennessee’s Tauren Poole is this week’s SEC Community Service Team Player of the Week. Ole Miss (2-5, 0-4 SEC) at Auburn (5-3, 3-2 SEC) 6 p.m. CT • ESPNU • The SEC has a 31-4 non-conference record, a 88.6 winning percentage. Every SEC team has won its Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium / Pat Dye Field (87,451) last non-conference game. Series Record: AU leads, 26-9 • Last Meeting: Oct. 30, 2010 at Oxford (AU, 51-31) Mississippi State (3-4, 0-4 SEC) at Kentucky (3-4, 0-3 SEC) • In 50 home games, SEC stadiums are at 95.57 percent of capacity. A total of 3,787,974 fans have 7 p.m. ET • FS South / ESPN3.com attended SEC games, an average of 75,759 fans per game. Lexington, Ky. • Commonwealth Stadium / C.M. Newton Field (67,942) Series Record: UK leads, 21-17 • Last Meeting: Oct. 30, 2010 at Starkville (MSU, 24-17) • This weekend’s Florida-Georgia game will be a matchup of two of the three winningest programs in South Carolina (6-1, 4-1 SEC) at Tennessee (3-4, 0-4 SEC) the SEC since 2002. Georgia is second at 74.4 percent (93-32) and Florida is third at 73.6 percent 7:15 p.m. ET • ESPN or ESPN2 / ESPN3.com (92-33). Knoxville, Ala. • Neyland Stadium / Shields-Watkins Field (102,455) Series Record: UT leads, 22-5-2 • Last Meeting: Oct. 30, 2010 at Columbia (USC, 38-24) • This weekend’s South Carolina-Tennessee game is the SEC’s second most competitive series since OPEN: Alabama (8-0, 5-0 SEC); LSU (8-0, 5-0 SEC) 2000, with an average scoring margin of 9.00 points per game. • LSU’s opponents have scored only three points off of Tiger turnovers this season, leading the SEC. • Alabama’s defense leads the SEC, holding opponents to three-plays-and-out on 68.7 percent of opponent drives. SECDigitalNetwork.com • SECSportsMedia.com • CollegePressBox.com • Twitter.com/SECSportsUpdate • SEC Fan Page on Facebook 2011 SEC Football • Page 2 Week 9 2011 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (8-0, 5-0 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (4-3, 2-3 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (101,821) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Total Home Att.: 509,105 Avg. Home Att.: 101,821 Pct. of Capacity: 100.00 Total Home Att.: 357,813 Avg. Home Att.: 89,453 Pct. of Capacity: 101.02 Sept. 3 [2/2] KENT STATE [TV: 5-6-10] 101,821 W 48-7 Sept. 3 [22/23] FLORIDA ATLANTIC [TV: 4] 88,708 W 41-3 Sept. 10 [3/2] at Penn State [TV: 6-7][23/20] 107,846 W 27-11 Sept. 10 [18/18] UAB [TV: 6-9-10] 87,473 W 39-0 Sept. 17 [2/2] NORTH TEXAS [TV: 6-9-10] 101,821 W 41-0 Sept. 17 [16/17] TENNESSEE [TV: 1] [rv/rv] 90,744 W 33-23 Sept. 24 [3/2] ARKANSAS [TV: 1] [14/12] 101,821 W 38-14 Sept. 24 [15/15] at Kentucky [TV: 2-6] 65,134 W 48-10 Oct. 1 [3/T2] at Florida [TV: 1] [12/12] 90,888 W 38-10 Oct. 1 [12/12] ALABAMA [TV: 1] [3/T2] 90,888 L 10-38 Oct. 8 [2/3] VANDERBILT [HC] [TV: 4] 101,821 W 34-0 Oct. 8 [17/18] at LSU [TV: 1] [1/2] 93,022 L 11-41 Oct. 15 [2/3] at Ole Miss [TV: 3-6] 61,792 W 52-7 Oct. 15 [rv/rv] at Auburn [TV: 2-6] [24/rv] 87,451 L 6-17 Oct. 22 [2/3] TENNESSEE [TV: 3-6] 101,821 W 37-6 Oct. 29 [--/rv] *vs. Georgia [TV: 1] [22/21] 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5 LSU [TV: 1] 7 p.m. Nov. 5 VANDERBILT [HC] [TV: 5-6-10] 12:21 p.m. Nov. 12 at Mississippi State TBA Nov. 12 at South Carolina TBA Nov. 19 GEORGIA SOUTHERN [TV: 6-10-11] 1 p.m. Nov. 19 FURMAN TBA Nov. 26 at Auburn TBA Nov. 26 FLORIDA STATE TBA ALL TIMES CENTRAL * - Jacksonville, Fla. ALL TIMES EASTERN ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (6-1, 2-1 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Donald W. Reynolds Razorback (72,000); War Memorial (53,955) GEORGIA BULLDOGS (4-2, 3-1 SEC) Total Home Att.: 267,265 Avg. Home Att.: 66,816 Pct. of Capacity: 99.00 Home Stadium: Sanford (92,746) Total Home Att.: 277,438 Avg. Home Att.: 92,479 Pct. of Capacity: 99.71 Sept. 3 [15/14] MISSOURI STATE [TV: 6-10-11] 70,607 W 51-7 Sept. 10 [14/13] *NEW MEXICO [TV: 4] 52,606 W 52-3 Sept. 3 [19/22] #vs. Boise State [TV: 2-6] [5/7] 73,614 L 21-35 Sept. 17 [14/13] TROY [TV: 6-8-10] 69,861 W 38-28 Sept. 10 [rv/rv] SOUTH CAROLINA [TV: 2-6] [12/12] 92,746 L 42-45 Sept. 24 [14/12] at Alabama [TV: 1] [3/2] 101,821 L 14-38 Sept. 17 [rv/rv] COASTAL CAROLINA [TV: 6-10-11] 91,946 W 59-0 Oct. 1 [18/18] #vs. Texas A&M [TV: 2-6] [14/13] 69,838 W 42-38 Sept. 24 [rv/--] at Ole Miss [TV: 5-6-10] 58,042 W 27-13 Oct. 8 [10/12] AUBURN [TV: 2-6] [15/23] 74,191 W 38-14 Oct. 1 [rv/--] MISSISSIPPI STATE [TV: 6-9-10][rv/--] 92,746 W 24-10 Oct.