2010_SEC_football_season

2010 Southeastern Conference football season

2010 Southeastern Conference football season

Sports season


The 2010 Southeastern Conference football season began on Thursday, September 2, 2010 with South Carolina defeating Southern Miss on ESPN.

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Preseason

Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin left after his first season in Knoxville for Southern Cal. Kiffin was replaced by Louisiana Tech head coach Derek Dooley. Dooley opened his first season on September 4 against University of Tennessee – Martin.

Kentucky head coach Rich Brooks retired after seven seasons in Lexington, ending a coaching career that lasted over 40 years. As agreed on in 2008, Brooks was replaced by his offensive coordinator Joker Phillips, who began his first season as head coach on September 4 against archrival Louisville.

In July 2010, Vanderbilt head coach Bobby Johnson unexpectedly retired. He was replaced on an interim basis by Robbie Caldwell, who had the dual titles of Vanderbilt assistant head coach and offensive line coach in 2009. Caldwell made his Vanderbilt head coaching debut on September 4 against Northwestern.

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Rankings

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Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt went unranked throughout the season in the rankings shown below (AP and Coaches polls, and BCS standings).

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Regular season

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Rankings reflect that of the AP poll for that week until week eight when the BCS rankings will be used.

Week One

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Week Two

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Week Three

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Week Four

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Week Five

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Week Six

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Week Seven

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Week Eight

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Week Nine

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Week Ten

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Week Eleven

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Week Twelve

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Week Thirteen

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Week Fourteen (SEC Championship Game)

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SEC vs. BCS conference opponents

NOTE:. Games with a * next to the home team represent a neutral site game

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Bowl games

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Post-season awards and honors

All-SEC

The following players were named by the AP All-SEC team:[7]

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All-Americans

National award winners

The following SEC players listed below have been named to the national award semifinalist and finalist lists.


References

  1. "2010 NCAA Football Rankings (Aug. 4)". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  2. "2010 NCAA Football Rankings (Sept. 7)". ESPN. Retrieved September 7, 2010.
  3. "2010 NCAA Football Rankings (Sept. 12)". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  4. "2010 NCAA Football Rankings (Sept. 19)". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  5. "2010 NCAA Football Rankings (Sept. 26)". ESPN. Archived from the original on September 28, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
  6. "SEC Football Players Of The Week for games of October 30". SECdigitalnetwork.com. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  7. "CAM NEWTON OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY SELECTED AS THE 2010 HEISMAN WINNER". Heisman.com. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  8. "Bednarik Award Winner". Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  9. "Auburn quarterback Cam Newton Named Walter Camp 2010 Player of the Year". WalterCamp.org. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  10. "Hogs' D.J. Williams wins Mackey Award". Retrieved December 9, 2010.
  11. "M NEWTON NAMED 2010 DAVEY O'BRIEN NATIONAL QUARTERBACK AWARD WINNER". Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  12. "Watch List for the Inaugural Paul Hornung Award". Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved November 16, 2010.

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