SEC FOOTBALL 2009 Week 5 • Oct. 3 SECsports.com Southeastern Conference Media Relations SECSportsMedia.com • CollegePressBox.com EASTERN DIVISION LASTEST RANKINGS SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral 2008 vs. Div. Top 25 Streak AP USA-T Harris BCS Florida 2-0 1.000 64 20 4-0 1.000 182 29 3-0 1-0 0-0 3-1 2-0 0-0 W 4 1 1 1 Georgia 2-0 1.000 93 78 3-1 .750 123 119 2-0 1-1 0-0 4-0 1-0 0-1 W 3 18 14 17 South Carolina 1-1 .500 53 51 3-1 .750 98 70 2-0 1-1 0-0 2-2 0-1 1-1 W 2 rv rv rv Kentucky 0-1 .000 7 41 2-1 .667 80 68 1-1 0-0 1-0 3-0 0-1 0-1 L 1 Tennessee 0-1 .000 13 23 2-2 .500 125 72 2-1 0-1 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-1 W 1 Vanderbilt 0-2 .000 12 38 2-2 .500 93 55 1-1 1-1 0-0 4-0 0-0 0-1 W 1 WESTERN DIVISION LASTEST RANKINGS SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA Home Away Neutral 2008 vs. Div. Top 25 Streak AP USA-T Harris BCS LSU 2-0 1.000 53 35 4-0 1.000 115 61 2-0 2-0 0-0 4-0 1-0 0-0 W 4 4 4 4 Alabama 1-0 1.000 35 7 4-0 1.000 162 52 3-0 0-0 1-0 4-0 1-0 1-0 W 4 3 3 3 Auburn 1-0 1.000 49 24 4-0 1.000 181 97 4-0 0-0 0-0 3-1 1-0 0-0 W 4 rv rv rv Mississippi State 1-2 .333 65 82 2-2 .500 110 89 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-3 0-2 0-2 L 1 Ole Miss 0-1 .000 10 16 2-1 .667 107 36 1-0 1-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0 L 1 21 18 18 Arkansas 0-2 .000 48 87 1-2 .333 96 97 1-1 0-1 0-0 2-1 0-1 0-2 L 2 NOTES: 2008 - Record after same number of games in 2008 / vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 when game played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable FEW SECONDS ON THE SEC THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE SEC FOOTBALL RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS GAMES OF SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 • SEC Football Players of the Week for games of Alabama (4-0, 1-0 SEC) at Kentucky (2-1, 0-1 SEC) 12:21 p.m. ET Sept. 24-26 are: Georgia WR A.J. Green SEC Network / ESPN360.com / ESPN GamePlan (offense), South Carolina LB Eric Norwood Lexington, Ky. • C.M. Newton Field / Commonwealth Stadium (67,942) (defense), LSU RS/FS Chad Jones (special LSU (4-0, 2-0 SEC) at Georgia (3-1, 2-0 SEC) 3:30 p.m. ET teams), Florida T Marcus Gilbert (offensive line), CBS Sports Georgia DE Justin Houston (defensive line) and Athens, Ga. • Sanford Stadium (92,746) Alabama RB Trent Richardson (freshman). Ole Miss (2-1, 0-1 SEC) at Vanderbilt (2-2, 0-2 SEC) 6 p.m. CT ESPNU • This weekend’s LSU at Georgia matchup fea- Nashville, Tenn. • Vanderbilt Stadium (39,773) tures SEC’s top home team (51-8, 86.4%) South Carolina State (3-0) at South Carolina (3-1, 1-1 SEC) 7 p.m. ET against one of league’s top road teams (28-13, ESPN Classic • ESPN360.com 68.3%) since 2000. Georgia has SEC’s best Columbia, S.C. • Williams-Brice Stadium (80,250) mark since 1999 (101-31, 76.5%) while LSU is Texas A&M (3-0) vs. Arkansas (1-2, 0-2 SEC) 6:30 p.m. CT tied for best mark since 2004 (55-14, 79.7%). ESPN2 Arlington, Texas • Cowboys Stadium (80,000) • SEC has five teams ranked in this week’s AP, Georgia Tech (3-1) at Mississippi State (2-2, 1-2 SEC) 6:30 p.m. CT USA Today and Harris Interactive Polls. The CSS / ESPN360.com / ESPN GamePlan league has three teams in the top four for the Starkville, Miss. • Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field (55,082) second straight week in the AP poll. Prior to last Auburn (4-0, 1-0 SEC) at Tennessee (2-2, 0-1 SEC) 7:45 p.m. ET week, no other conference had accomplished the ESPN feat since the final 1971 AP poll. Knoxville, Tenn. • Shield-Watkins Field / Neyland Stadium (100,011) OPEN: Florida (4-0, 2-0 SEC) • The SEC has a 24-2 non-conference record this season (92.3 percent), the best among NCAA RESULTS FROM SEPT. 24-26 OCT. 10 SCHEDULE FBS conferences this season. South Carolina 16, Ole Miss 10 (74,724 at Columbia) Alabama at Ole Miss (TBA) LSU 30, Mississippi State 26 (53,612 at Starkville) Auburn at Arkansas (TBA) • After four weeks and 28 home dates, SEC sta- Alabama 35, Arkansas 7 (92,012 at Tuscaloosa) Florida at LSU (CBS) 7 p.m. CT diums have been filled to 98.62 percent capaci- Florida 41, Kentucky 7 (71,011 at Lexington) Georgia at Tennessee (TBA) ty. More than 2.2 million fans have already Georgia 20, Arizona State 17 (92,746 at Athens) Kentucky at South Carolina (FS South) 12:30 p.m. ET attended SEC games this season. Auburn 54, Ball State 30 (83,118 at Auburn) Houston at Mississippi State (TBA) Tennessee 34, Ohio 23 (95,535 at Knoxville) Vanderbilt at Army (CBS College) 11 a.m. CT Vanderbilt 36, Rice 17 (19,753 at Houston) Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) • [email protected] Chuck Dunlap, Associate Media Relations Director (Secondary Football Contact) • [email protected] Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 SECSports.com • SECSportsMedia.com • Twitter.com/SECSportsUpdate • SEC Fan Page on Facebook • SECAcademicNetwork.com 2009 SEC Football • Page 2 Week 5 2009 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (4-0, 1-0 SEC) FLORIDA GATORS (4-0, 2-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (92,012) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Total Home Att.: 276,036 Avg. Home Att.: 92,012 Pct. of Capacity: 100.0 Total Home Att.: 271,864 Avg. Home Att.: 90,621 Pct. of Capacity: 102.3 Sept. 5 5 / 5 *Virginia Tech [7/7] (TV: 7) W 34-24 74,954 Sept. 5 1 / 1 CHARLESTON SOUTH. (TV: 6-9-10) W 62-3 90,621 Sept. 12 4 / 4 FLA. INTERNATIONAL (TV: 6-10-11) W 40-14 92,012 Sept. 12 1 / 1 TROY (TV: 5-6-10) W 56-6 90,349 Sept. 19 4 / 4 NORTH TEXAS (TV: 5-6-10) W 53-7 92,012 Sept. 19 1 / 1 TENNESSEE (TV: 1) W 23-13 90,894 Sept. 26 3 / 3 ARKANSAS (TV: 1) W 35-7 92,012 Sept. 26 1 / 1 at Kentucky [--/rv] (TV: 3) W 41-7 71,011 Oct. 3 3 / 3 at Kentucky (TV: 5-6-10) 11:21 a.m. Oct. 10 at LSU (TV: 1) 8 p.m. Oct. 10 at Ole Miss TBA Oct. 17 ARKANSAS [HC] TBA Oct. 17 SOUTH CAROLINA[HC] TBA Oct. 24 at Mississippi State TBA Oct. 24 TENNESSEE TBA Oct. 31 *vs. Georgia (TV: 1) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 LSU TBA Nov. 7 VANDERBILT TBA Nov. 14 at Mississippi State TBA Nov. 14 at South Carolina TBA Nov. 21 CHATTANOOGA TBA Nov. 21 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL TBA Nov. 27 at Auburn (TV: 1) 1:30 p.m. Nov. 28 FLORIDA STATE TBA * - at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. * - Jacksonville, Fla. ALL TIMES CENTRAL ALL TIMES EASTERN ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (1-2, 0-2 SEC) GEORGIA BULLDOGS (3-1, 1-0 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Reynolds Razorback (72,000); War Memorial (53,727) Home Stadium: Sanford (92,746) Total Home Att.: 129,782 Avg. Home Att.: 64,891 Pct. of Capacity: 103.2 Total Home Att.: 185,492 Avg. Home Att.: 92,746 Pct. of Capacity: 100.0 Sept. 5 rv/rv *MISSOURI STATE (TV: 6-10-11) W 48-10 55,572 Sept. 5 13/13 at Oklahoma State [9/11] (TV: 7) L 10-24 53,012 Sept. 19 rv/rv GEORGIA [23/20] (TV: 2) L 41-52 74,210 Sept. 12 21/21 SOUTH CAROLINA [rv/rv] (TV: 3-6) W 41-37 92,746 Sept. 26 at Alabama [3/3] (TV: 1) L 7-35 92,012 Sept. 19 23/20 at Arkansas [rv/rv] (TV: 2) W 52-41 74,210 Oct. 3 #vs. Texas A&M [--/rv] (TV: 3) 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26 21/17 ARIZONA STATE (TV: 4) W 20-17 92,746 Oct. 10 AUBURN TBA Oct. 3 18/14 LSU [4/4] (TV: 1) 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Florida TBA Oct. 10 at Tennessee TBA Oct. 24 at Ole Miss TBA Oct. 17 at Vanderbilt TBA Oct. 31 EASTERN MICHIGAN [HC] TBA Oct. 31 *vs. Florida (TV: 1) 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7 SOUTH CAROLINA TBA Nov. 7 TENNESSEE TECH [HC] TBA Nov. 14 TROY TBA Nov. 14 AUBURN TBA Nov. 21 *MISSISSIPPI STATE TBA Nov. 21 KENTUCKY TBA Nov. 28 at LSU TBA Nov.