Monday, November 3, 2008

This Week In The SEC


LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Ole Miss 17, Auburn 7 (57,324 at Oxford) Arkansas 30, Tulsa 23 (70,021 at Fayetteville) Kentucky 14, Mississippi State 13 (40,168 at Starkville) Alabama 35, Arkansas State 0 (92,138 at Tuscaloosa) Florida 49, Georgia 10 (84,649 at Jacksonville) South Carolina 27, Tennessee 6 (81,731 at Columbia) LSU 35, Tulane 10 (92,136 at Baton Rouge) OPEN: Vanderbilt

STATE OF THE SEC
Georgia and LSU have the SEC's best records during the last five and 10 seasons. Since 2003, LSU has posted the league's best overall mark at 62-12 (.838). Since 1998, Georgia has had the league's best record at 104-32 (.765). Below is a look at how each SEC team has fared during the last five and ten seasons:


SEC DIVISIONAL RACE UPDATE
Alabama and Florida control its own fates in its race to the SEC Football Championship Game (Dec. 6, 4 p.m. ET, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, CBS Sports).
In the Western Division, an Alabama win over LSU this weekend will clinch the divisional berth for the Crimson Tide. Should Alabama win, it would have a 6-0 conference record and no other team in the division would be able to get to six SEC wins.
In the Eastern Division, a Florida win over Vanderbilt this weekend would clinch the divisional berth for the Gators. Should Florida win, it would be 6-1 in the SEC with Georgia the only other Eastern Division team that could get to six wins. In that case, Florida would win the head-to-head tie-breaker with Georgia.
The earliest clinches in SEC Championship Game history belong were Oct. 29, 1994 (Florida); Oct. 30, 2004 (Auburn), Oct. 30, 1993 (Alabama) and Nov. 4, 2006 (Florida).

CONFERENCES IN AP / USA TODAY POLLS
This season, the SEC has had the most teams ranked in both the AP and USA Today Top 25 polls this season (8). The ACC has had eight teams ranked in the AP and seven in the USA Today polls.
The SEC and the Big 12 each have had four different teams that have been ranked in the Top 25 each week this season.
The SEC is the only conference this season to have had all of its teams receive points at some time during this season's voting for the AP and USA Today Top 25.
Combining the AP and USA Today polls, SEC teams have been ranked 113 times this season, second only to the Big 12's 118 weeks.


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