SEC FOOTBALL 2011 Week 12 - Games of Nov. 19 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 6-1 .857 215 135 8-2 .800 358 186 5-5 4-1 3-0 1-1 3-1 1-2 W 8 13 15 14 14 South Carolina 6-2 .750 206 135 8-2 .800 286 193 7-3 4-1 3-1 1-0 5-0 0-1 W 1 14 14 15 12 Florida 3-5 .375 166 191 5-5 .500 246 194 6-4 4-1 1-3 0-1 3-2 0-5 L 1 Vanderbilt 2-5 .286 148 160 5-5 .500 261 211 2-8 5-2 0-3 0-0 1-3 0-3 W 1 Kentucky 1-5 .167 74 216 4-6 .400 170 270 5-5 3-3 0-3 1-0 0-3 0-3 L 1 Tennessee 0-6 .000 58 191 4-6 .400 210 240 4-6 4-3 0-3 0-0 0-3 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 6-0 1.000 187 47 10-0 1.000 365 107 9-1 5-0 4-0 1-0 3-0 6-0 W 10 1 1 1 1 Alabama 6-1 .857 229 53 9-1 .900 345 71 8-2 5-1 4-0 0-0 3-1 3-1 W 1 3 3 3 3 Arkansas 5-1 .833 205 139 9-1 .900 388 215 8-2 6-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 3-1 W 6 6 6 6 6 Auburn 4-3 .571 146 204 6-4 .600 242 294 10-0 5-0 1-4 0-0 2-2 3-3 L 1 rv -- rv 24 Mississippi State 1-5 .167 97 138 5-5 .500 258 192 7-3 2-3 3-2 0-0 0-3 0-4 L 1 Ole Miss 0-6 .000 87 209 2-8 .200 187 302 4-6 1-5 1-3 0-0 0-2 0-2 L 5 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, NOV. 19 SEC HEADLINES Kentucky (4-6, 1-5 SEC) at Georgia (8-2, 6-1 SEC) • SEC Football Players of the Week for games of Nov. 12 are Vanderbilt running back Zac Stacy 12:21 p.m. ET • SEC Network / ESPN3.com (offense), Alabama linebacker Dont’a Hightower (defense), Arkansas wide receiver/return specialist Athens, Ga. • Sanford Stadium (92,746) Joe Adams (special teams), Georgia center Ben Jones (offensive lineman), South Carolina defensive Series Record: UGA leads, 50-12-2 • Last Meeting: Oct. 23, 2010 at Lexington (UGA, 44-31) tackle Travian Robertson (defensive lineman) and Georgia running back Isaiah Crowell (freshman). The Citadel (4-6) at South Carolina (8-2, 6-2 SEC) 12 p.m. ET • South Carolina PPV • SEC has five teams ranked in this week’s AP, USA Today and Harris Interactive polls. All five teams Columbia, S.C. • Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250) are ranked in the top 15, most of any conference. The Big Ten has five teams ranked in all three Top Series Record: USC leads, 39-7-3 • Last Meeting: Oct. 20, 1990 at Columbia (CIT, 38-35) 25 polls. LSU is tops in all three, followed by Alabama third in all three and Arkansas sixth in all Samford (6-4) at Auburn (6-4, 4-3 SEC) three. Georgia is 13th in the AP, 15th in USA Today and 14th in Harris. South Carolina is 14th in AP 12 p.m. CT • Auburn PPV and USA Today and 15th in Harris. Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) Series Record: AU leads, 25-0-1 • Last Meeting: Sept. 11, 1993 at Auburn (AU, 35-7) • This week’s SEC Community Service Team Player of the Week is LSU sophomore safety Eric Reid. The Furman (6-4) at Florida (5-5, 3-5 SEC) Geismar, La. Native is active in the Baton Rouge community, speaking to high school students, par- 1 p.m. ET • Florida PPV ticipating in hospital visits with children and participating in Thanksgiving and Halloween activities Gainesville, Fla. • Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) for underprivileged children. Series Record: UF leads, 6-2 • Last Meeting: Sept. 22, 1990 at Gainesville (UF, 27-3) Georgia Southern (9-1) at Alabama (9-1, 6-1 SEC) • SEC teams are 35-5 (.875) against non-conference competition this year. The percentage is second 1 p.m. CT • Alabama PPV in FBS (Big 12, 26-3, .897). Since 1992, the SEC is 79.1 percent against non-conference foes in the Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,82) regular season (640-168-2). The SEC’s best mark in non-conference competition (by percentage) Series Record: First Meeting since 1992 was in 1997, going 32-4 (.889). The most non-conference wins in a single regular season Mississippi State (5-5, 1-5 SEC) at Arkansas (9-1, 5-1 SEC) was 42 in 2009 (42-6). 2:30 p.m. CT • CBS Sports Little Rock, Ark. • War Memorial Stadium (53,955) • This week’s LSU-Ole Miss game is the third most competitive series in the SEC since 2000. The aver- Series Record: UA leads, 14-6-1 • Last Meeting: Nov. 20, 2010 at Starkville (UA, 38-31, 2 OT) age scoring margin in the 11 games played between the Rebels and Tigers is 9.91 points. Six of the LSU (10-0, 6-0 SEC) at Ole Miss (2-8, 0-6 SEC) 11 games have been decided by 9 points-or-less. 6 p.m. CT • ESPN Oxford, Miss. • Vaught-Hemingway Stadium / Hollingsworth Field (60,580) • SEC defenses have held opponents this season to an average of 20.7 points and 328.5 yards per Series Record: LSU leads, 56-39-4 • Last Meeting: Nov. 20, 2010 at Baton Rouge (LSU, 43-36) game. The totals are the lowest in the SEC since 2008 (20.5 points / 309.4 points). SEC pass defens- Vanderbilt (5-5, 2-5 SEC) at Tennessee (4-6, 0-6 SEC) es have limited opponents to 185.1 yards per game, which is the lowest since 1993. 7 p.m. ET • ESPNU Knoxville, Tenn. • Neyland Stadium / Shields-Watkins Field (102,455) * - SEC teams are 34-10 this season when they rush for more yards than pass in a game. When pass- Series Record: UT leads, 72-27-5 • Last Meeting: Nov. 20, 2010 at Nashville (UT, 24-10) ing for more yards than rushing, SEC teams are 41-35. SECDigitalNetwork.com • SECSportsMedia.com • CollegePressBox.com • Twitter.com/SECSportsUpdate • SEC Fan Page on Facebook 2011 SEC Football • Page 2 Week 12 2011 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (9-1, 6-1 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (5-5, 3-5 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (101,821) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Total Home Att.: 610,926 Avg. Home Att.: 101,821 Pct. of Capacity: 100.00 Total Home Att.: 447,958 Avg. Home Att.: 89,591 Pct. of Capacity: 101.18 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] 84,524 L 20-24 Nov. 5 [2/2] LSU [TV: 1] [1/1] 101,821 L 6-9 (ot) Nov. 5 VANDERBILT [HC] [TV: 5-6-10] 90,144 W 26-21 Nov. 12 [4/4] at Mississippi State [TV: 2-6] 57,871 W 24-7 Nov. 12 at South Carolina [TV: 1][15/15] 80,250 L 12-17 Nov. 19 [3/3] GEORGIA SOUTHERN [TV: 6-10-11] 1 p.m.