2018_Southeastern_Conference_football_season

2018 Southeastern Conference football season

Sports season

The 2018 Southeastern Conference football season represents the 86th season of SEC football taking place during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 30 and will end with the SEC Championship Game, between Alabama and Georgia, on December 1. The SEC is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big Ten Conference, and the Pac-12 Conference. For the 2018 season, the SEC has 14 teams divided into two divisions of seven each, named East and West.^[2]

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2018 Southeastern Conference football season

League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 30, 2018 through January 2019
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Family (CBS, CBSSN), ESPN Family (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, SECN, ABC, ESPN+)
2019 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Quinnen Williams (Alabama)
Picked by	New York Jets, 3rd overall
Regular season
East champions	Georgia
East runners-up	Florida Kentucky
West champions	Alabama
West runners-up	LSU Texas A&M
SEC Championship Game
Champions	Alabama
Finals MVP	Josh Jacobs, RB
Football seasons
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2018 Southeastern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
No. 7т Georgia x	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 12 Kentucky	5	–	3	10	–	3
No. 7т Florida	5	–	3	10	–	3
South Carolina	4	–	4	7	–	6
Missouri	4	–	4	8	–	5
Vanderbilt	3	–	5	6	–	7
Tennessee	2	–	6	5	–	7
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 16 Texas A&M	5	–	3	9	–	4
No. 6 LSU	5	–	3	10	–	3
Mississippi State*	4	–	4	8	–	5
Auburn	3	–	5	8	–	5
Ole Miss	1	–	7	5	–	7
Arkansas	0	–	8	2	–	10
Championship: Alabama 35, Georgia 28
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Mississippi State vacated four conference and eight total wins due to NCAA violations.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

Background

Previous season

Georgia defeated Auburn 28–7 in a rematch from Week Ten in 2017 season (loss to Auburn by 40–17) for the 2017 SEC Championship Game.

Ten SEC teams participated in bowl games. Mississippi State defeated Louisville 31–27 in the TaxSlayer Bowl. South Carolina defeated Michigan 26–19 in the Outback Bowl. Missouri lost to Texas 16–33 in the Texas Bowl. Texas A&M lost to Wake Forest 52–55 in the Belk Bowl. Kentucky lost to Northwestern 23–24 in the Music City Bowl. LSU lost to Notre Dame 17–21 in the Citrus Bowl. Auburn lost to UCF 27–34 in the Peach Bowl.

Georgia defeated Oklahoma 54–48 at second overtime in the Rose Bowl semifinal game and Alabama defeated Clemson 24–6 in the Sugar Bowl semifinal game.

Alabama defeated Georgia 26–23 at overtime in the CFP National Championship game.

Preseason

Recruiting classes

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National Rankings
Team	ESPN^[3]	Rivals^[4]	Scout^[5]	24/7^[6]	Total Signees
Alabama	#1	#1	#1	#1	29
Arkansas	#26	#24	#27	#27	27
Auburn	#9	#14	#11	#9	23
Florida	#13	#9	#10	#10	23
Georgia	#3	#3	#2	#3	25
Kentucky	#30	#26	#35	#31	24
LSU	#7	#8	#7	#7	23
Ole Miss	#36	#39	#29	#29	21
Mississippi State	#24	#27	#25	#24	24
Missouri	#54	#48	#40	#42	24
South Carolina	#19	#16	#21	#21	24
Tennessee	#15	#15	#16	#17	27
Texas A&M	#11	#10	#9	#12	27
Vanderbilt	#60	#57	#69	#65	20

SEC media days

The SEC conducted its annual media days at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham – The Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Alabama on July 16–19. The event commenced with a speech by commissioner Greg Sankey, and all 14 teams sent their head coaches and three selected players to speak with members of the media. The event along with all speakers and interviews were broadcast live on the SEC Network and streamed live on ESPN.com.

Preseason media polls

The SEC Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just six times. Only nine times has the preseason pick even made it to the SEC title game. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.

SEC Champion Voting

Alabama (193)
Georgia (69)
Auburn (14)
South Carolina (4)
Florida (2)
Mississippi State (1)
Missouri (1)

West Division

1. Alabama (263) – 1971
2. Auburn (19) – 1664
3. Mississippi State (2) – 1239
4. Texas A&M – 1091
5. LSU – 1025
6. Ole Miss – 578
7. Arkansas – 412

East Division

1. Georgia (271) – 1977
2. South Carolina (8) – 1535
3. Florida (4) – 1441
4. Missouri – 1057
5. Kentucky (1) – 874
6. Tennessee (1) – 704
7. Vanderbilt – 392

First place votes in ()

References:

Preseason All-SEC Media

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First Team Offense
Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Drew Lock	SR	Missouri
RB	Damien Harris	SR	Alabama
RB	Benny Snell	JR	Kentucky
WR	A. J. Brown	JR	Ole Miss
WR	Deebo Samuel	RS SR	South Carolina
TE	Albert Okwuegbunam	RS SO	Missouri
OL	Jonah Williams	JR	Alabama
OL	Greg Little	JR	Ole Miss
OL	Martez Ivey	SR	Florida
OL	Trey Smith	SO	Tennessee
C	Ross Pierschbacher	SR	Alabama

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First Team Defense
Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	Raekwon Davis	JR	Alabama
DL	CeCe Jefferson	SR	Florida
DL	Montez Sweat	SR	Mississippi State
DL	Jeffery Simmons	JR	Mississippi State
LB	Devin White	JR	LSU
LB	Anfernee Jennings	RS JR	Alabama
LB	Mack Wilson	JR	Alabama
DB	Deandre Baker	SR	Georgia
DB	Greedy Williams	SO	LSU
DB	J. R. Reed	JR	Georgia
DB	Deionte Thompson	RS JR	Alabama

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First Team Special Teams
Position	Player	Class	Team
P	Corey Fatony	SR	Missouri
K	Rodrigo Blankenship	RS JR	Georgia
RS	Deebo Samuel	RS SR	South Carolina
AP	Deebo Samuel	RS SR	South Carolina

References:^[7]

Head coaches

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School	Coach	Year
Alabama	Nick Saban	12th
Arkansas	Chad Morris	1st
Auburn	Gus Malzahn	6th
Florida	Dan Mullen	1st
Georgia	Kirby Smart	3rd
Kentucky	Mark Stoops	6th
LSU	Ed Orgeron	2nd
Mississippi State	Joe Moorhead	1st
Missouri	Barry Odom	3rd
Ole Miss	Matt Luke	2nd
South Carolina	Will Muschamp	3rd
Tennessee	Jeremy Pruitt	1st
Texas A&M	Jimbo Fisher	1st
Vanderbilt	Derek Mason	5th

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

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		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Alabama	AP	1 (42)	1 (48)	1 (54)	1 (58)	1 (60)	1 (58)	1 (59)	1 (60)	1 (61)	1 (60)	1 (60)	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (61)	2
	C	1 (61)	1 (59)	1 (59)	1 (60)	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (60)	1 (62)	1 (63)	1 (64)	1 (63)	1 (63)	1 (62)	2
	CFP	Not released									1	1	1	1	1	1
Arkansas	AP
	C		RV
	CFP	Not released
Auburn	AP	9	7	7	9	10	8	21		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV
	C	10	7	7	11	10	9	21	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV			RV
	CFP	Not released										24
Florida	AP	RV	25			RV	22	14	11	9	13	19	15	13	11	10	7
	C	RV	25		RV	RV	RV	16	12	11	14	21	16	13	10	10	6
	CFP	Not released									11	15	13	11	9	10
Georgia	AP	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	6	7
	C	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	6	8
	CFP	Not released									6	5	5	5	4	5
Kentucky	AP	RV		RV	RV	17	13	18	14	12	11	12	20	17	16	16	12
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	17	15	20	17	14	12	12	21	18	15	15	11
	CFP	Not released									9	11	17	15	15	14
LSU	AP	25	11	12	6	5	5	13	5	4	4	9	10	8	12	11	6
	C	24	15	13	6	6	6	12	5	4	4	10	10	8	14	11	7
	CFP	Not released									3	7	7	7	10	11
Mississippi State	AP	18	18	16	14	23	RV	24	22	RV	21	18	25	22	20	18	RV
	C	18	18	16	14	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	15	23	20	19	18	25
	CFP	Not released									18	16	21	18	18	18
Missouri	AP				RV	RV	RV							RV	RV	24	RV
	C			RV	RV	RV	RV					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released													24	23
Ole Miss	AP		RV	RV
	C
	CFP	Not released
South Carolina	AP	RV	24	RV	RV	RV		RV
	C	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
Tennessee	AP
	C												RV
	CFP	Not released
Texas A&M	AP	RV	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	22	17	16	25	RV	RV	RV	22	21	16
	C	RV	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	22	18	17	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	20	16
	CFP	Not released									20			22	19	19
Vanderbilt	AP
	C			RV	RV
	CFP	Not released

Schedule

Regular season

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Non-conference matchup; SEC member won
Non-conference matchup; SEC member lost
Conference matchup

All times Eastern time. SEC teams in bold.

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week until week ten when CFP rankings are used.

Week One

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:30 p.m.	Northwestern State	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	SECN	W 59–7	95,855
September 1	Noon	Ole Miss	Texas Tech	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX (AdvoCare Texas Kickoff)	ESPN	W 47–27	40,333
September 1	Noon	Coastal Carolina	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 49–15	75,126
September 1	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 (FCS) Austin Peay	No. 3 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN	W 45–0	92,746
September 1	3:30 p.m.	No. 6 Washington	No. 9 Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game)	ABC	W 21–16	70,103
September 1	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	ESPNU	W 35–20	49,138
September 1	3:30 p.m.	Tennessee	No. 17 West Virginia	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina (Belk Kickoff Game)	CBS	L 14–40	66,793
September 1	4:00 p.m.	UT Martin	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	W 51–14	44,019
September 1	4:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	W 55–20	63,342
September 1	7:30 p.m.	Charleston Southern	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	W 53–6	81,164
September 1	7:30 p.m.	Stephen F. Austin	No. 18 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPNU	W 63–6	54,289
September 1	7:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	W 35–7	25,348
September 1	8:00 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	Louisville	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL (Camping World Kickoff)	ABC	W 51–14	57,280
September 2	7:30 p.m.	No. 25 LSU	No. 8 Miami (FL)	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX (Advocare Classic)	ABC	W 33–17	68,841
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Two

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	Noon	No. 18 Mississippi State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ESPN	W 31–10	49,784
September 8	Noon	Nevada	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	W 41–10	25,676
September 8	3:30 p.m.	No. 3 Georgia	No. 24 South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (rivalry)	CBS	UGA 41–17	83,140
September 8	3:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	W 57–7	100,495
September 8	4:00 p.m.	Southern Illinois	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECN	W 76–41	53,339
September 8	4:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	W 59–3	96,464
September 8	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Clemson	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	L 26–28	104,794
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Southeastern Louisiana	No. 11 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN2	W 31–0	96,883
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPNU	W 40–13	50,820
September 8	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	L 27–34	31,894
September 8	7:30 p.m.	Alabama State	No. 7 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	SECN	W 63–9	84,806
September 8	7:30 p.m.	Kentucky	No. 25 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	UK 27–16	80,651
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Three

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	Noon	Middle Tennessee	No. 3 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPNews	W 49–7	92,746
September 15	Noon	Murray State	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	W 48–10	48,217
September 15	Noon	UTEP	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	W 28–0	87,074
September 15	2:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 8 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	L 17–22	77,622
September 15	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 LSU	No. 7 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Tiger Bowl)	CBS	LSU 22–21	86,787
September 15	4:00 p.m.	Colorado State	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	W 48–10	80,021
September 15	4:00 p.m.	North Texas	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	L 17–44	62,355
September 15	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN	ALA 62–7	62,919
September 15	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	SECN	W 48–10	96,727
September 15	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana	No. 16 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN2	W 56–10	56,505
September 15	7:30 p.m.	Missouri	Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 40–37	48,103
September 15^[a]	7:30 p.m.	Marshall	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPNU	Cancelled	N/A
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Four

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 22	Noon	No. 2 Georgia	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPN	UGA 43–29	58,284
September 22	Noon	Kent State	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECN	W 38–17	50,417
September 22	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 Texas A&M	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	CBS	ALA 45–23	101,821
September 22	4:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	SCAR 37–14	26,078
September 22	7:00 p.m.	No. 14 Mississippi State	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	ESPN2	UK 28–7	60,037
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	No. 6 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	W 38–21	102,321
September 22	7:00 p.m.	Florida	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	FLA 47–21	100,027
September 22	7:30 p.m.	Arkansas	No. 9 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	SECN	AUB 34–3	84,188
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Five

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 29	Noon	Louisiana	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	SECN	W 56–14	101,471
September 29	Noon	Arkansas	Texas A&M	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	TAMU 24–17	55,383
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Tennessee	No. 2 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry)	CBS	UGA 38–12	92,246
September 29†	4:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	No. 10 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	SECN	W 24–13	83,792
September 29	4:00 p.m.	Tennessee State	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	W 31–27	27,340
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Florida	No. 23 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN	FLA 13–6	61,406
September 29	7:30 p.m.	South Carolina	No. 17 Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	UK 23–10	63,081
September 29	9:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	No. 5 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	ESPN	LSU 45–16	100,224
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Six

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 6	Noon	No. 1 Alabama	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	ESPN	ALA 65–31	64,974
October 6	Noon	Missouri	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	SCAR 37–35	73,393
October 6	3:30 p.m.	No. 5 LSU	No. 22 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	FLA 27–19	90,283
October 6	4:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECN	W 70–21	52,875
October 6	7:00 p.m.	No. 13 Kentucky	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	TAMU 20–14 ^OT	99,829
October 6	7:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 2 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry)	SECN	UGA 41–13	92,746
October 6	7:30 p.m.	No. 8 Auburn	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN2	MISS ST 23–9	60,635
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Seven

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 13	Noon	No. 14 Florida	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	FLA 37–27	31,118
October 13	Noon	Tennessee	No. 21 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (rivalry)	SECN	TENN 30–24	84,589
October 13	3:30 p.m.	No. 2 Georgia	No. 13 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	CBS	LSU 36–16	102,321
October 13	3:30 p.m	No. 22 Texas A&M	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	TAMU 26–23	76,871
October 13	7:00 p.m.	Missouri	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN	ALA 39–10	101,821
October 13	7:30 p.m.	Ole Miss	Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (rivalry)	SECN	MISS 37–33	51,438
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eight

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 20	Noon	Tulsa	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	W 23–0	56,691
October 20	Noon	Auburn	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN	AUB 31–16	56,885
October 20	3:30 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	ALA 58–21	97,087
October 20	4:00 p.m.	Memphis	Missouri	Farout Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	W 65–33	52,917
October 20	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Mississippi State	No. 5 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	LSU 19–3	101,340
October 20	7:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 14 Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY (rivalry)	SECN	UK 14–7	54,269
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Nine

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 27	Noon	Vanderbilt	Arkansas	Donald W. Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	VANDY 45–31	56,251
October 27	3:30 p.m.	No. 7 Georgia	No. 9 Florida	EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	UGA 36–17	84,463
October 27	4:00 p.m.	No. 12 Kentucky	Missouri	Farout Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	UK 15–14	53,397
October 27	7:00 p.m.	No. 16 Texas A&M	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN	MISS ST 28–13	57,085
October 27	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	SCAR 27–24	80,614
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Ten

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 3	Noon	No. 20 Texas A&M	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN	AUB 28–24	85,945
November 3	Noon	South Carolina	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECN	SCAR 48–44	56,798
November 3	3:30 p.m.	No. 6 Georgia	No. 9 Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	CBS	UGA 34–17	63,543
November 3	4:00 p.m.	Missouri	No. 11 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	MIZZOU 38–17	80,017
November 3	4:00 p.m.	Charlotte	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	W 14–3	86,753
November 3	7:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	No. 18 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	SECN	W 45–3	58,709
November 3	8:00 p.m.	No. 1 Alabama	No. 3 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	ALA 29–0	102,321
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eleven

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 10	Noon	South Carolina	No. 15 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	FLA 35–31	82,696
November 10	Noon	Vanderbilt	Missouri	Farout Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	MIZZOU 33–28	48,342
November 10	Noon	Ole Miss	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	CBS	TAMU 38–24	102,618
November 10	3:30 p.m.	No. 16 Mississippi State	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	CBS	ALA 24–0	101,821
November 10	3:30 p.m.	No. 11 Kentucky	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	TENN 24–7	95,258
November 10	7:00 p.m.	No. 24 Auburn	No. 5 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	UGA 27–10	92,746
November 10	7:30 p.m.	No. 7 LSU	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	SECN	LSU 24–17	64,135
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Twelve

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Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 17	Noon	The Citadel	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	SECN	W 50–17	101,681
November 17	Noon	Middle Tennessee	No. 17 Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	W 34–23	47,535
November 17	Noon	Idaho	No. 13 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPNU	W 63–10	81,467
November 17	Noon	Arkansas	No. 21 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN	MISS ST 52–6	57,772
November 17	3:30 p.m.	Missouri	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	CBS	MIZZOU 50–17	88,224
November 17	4:00 p.m.	UMass	No. 5 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	SECN	W 66–27	92,746
November 17	4:00 p.m.	Liberty	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	SECN	W 53–0	81,129
November 17	7:00 p.m.	UAB	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN2	W 41–20	97,584
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Rice	No. 7 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	W 42–10	100,323
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	VANDY 36–29 ^OT	24,866
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 49–9	72,832
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Thirteen

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 22	7:30 p.m.	No. 18 Mississippi State	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPN	MISS ST 35–3	56,561
November 23	2:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Battle Line Rivalry)	CBS	MIZZOU 38–0	52,482
November 24	Noon	No. 11 Florida	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Sunshine Showdown)	ABC	W 41–14	71,953
November 24	Noon	Georgia Tech	No. 5 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	SECN	W 45–21	92,746
November 24	3:30 p.m.	Auburn	No. 1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Iron Bowl)	CBS	ALA 52–21	101,821
November 24	4:00 p.m.	Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	VANDY 38–13	35,887
November 24	7:00 p.m.	South Carolina	No. 2 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN	L 35–56	81,436
November 24	7:00 p.m.	No. 15 Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)	ESPN2	W 56–10	49,988
November 24	7:30 p.m.	No. 7 LSU	No. 22 Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry)	SECN	TAMU 74–72 ^7OT	101,501
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Fourteen

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 1^[a]	Noon	Akron	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN	W 28–3	53,420
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship game

Further information: 2018 SEC Championship Game

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 1	4:00 pm	No. 1 Alabama	No. 4 Georgia	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	CBS	ALA 35–28	77,141
^#Rankings from College Football Playoff. All times are in Eastern Time.

^{^[a]}The game between South Carolina and Marshall, originally scheduled for September 15, 2018, was canceled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence. The Gamecocks scheduled Akron to replace Marshall, as Akron had their game against Nebraska canceled due to inclement weather earlier in the year.^[8]

SEC vs other conferences

SEC vs. Power 5 matchups

This is a list of teams considered by the SEC as "Power Five" teams for purposes of meeting league requirements that each member play at least one "power" team in non-conference play. In addition to the SEC, the NCAA officially considers all football members of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and Pac-12, plus independent Notre Dame (a full but non-football ACC member), as "Power Five" teams.

All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

More information Date, Visitor ...

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score
September 1	No. 1 Alabama	Louisville	Camping World Stadium • Orlando	Camping World Kickoff	W 51–14
September 1	Ole Miss	Texas Tech	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	AdvoCare Texas Kickoff	W 47–27
September 1	Tennessee	No. 17 West Virginia	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	Belk Kickoff Game	L 14–40
September 1	No. 8 Miami (FL)	No. 25 LSU	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	Advocare Classic	W 33–17
September 1	No. 6 Washington	No. 9 Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game	W 21–16
September 8	Clemson	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX		L 26–28
September 8	Mississippi State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS		W 31–10
September 15	Vanderbilt	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		L 17–22
September 15	Missouri	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 40–37
November 24	Georgia Tech	No. 5 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate	W 45–21
November 24	South Carolina	No. 2 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	Palmetto Bowl	L 35–56
November 24	No. 17 Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	Governor's Cup	W 56–10
November 24	No. 13 Florida	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	Florida–Florida State football rivalry	W 41–14

SEC records vs other conferences

2018-19 records against non-conference foes:

More information Power 5 Conferences, Record ...

Regular Season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	5–2
Big 12	2–1
Big Ten	1–0
Notre Dame	0–1
Pac 12	1–0
Power 5 Total	9–4

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	2–0
C-USA	10–1
Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame)	2–0
MAC	3–0
Mountain West	3–1
Sun Belt	6–0
Other FBS Total	26–2

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	15–0

Total Non-Conference Record	50–6

Post Season

Power Conferences 5	Record
ACC	1–2
Big 12	1–3
Big Ten	3–1
Power 5 Total	5–6

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	1–0

Other FBS Total	1–0
Total Bowl Record	6–6

Postseason

Bowl games

(Rankings from final CFP Poll; All times Eastern)

More information Date, Time ...

Date	Time	Bowl Game	Site	TV	SEC Team	Opponent	Result
January 7, 2019	8:00 p.m.	CFP National Championship	Levi's Stadium • Santa Clara, CA	ESPN	No. 1 Alabama (14–0)	No. 2 Clemson (14–0)	L 16–44
January 1, 2019	8:30 p.m.	Sugar Bowl (New Year's Six)	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	No. 5 Georgia (11–2)	No. 15 Texas (9–4)	L 21–28
January 1, 2019	1:00 p.m.	Fiesta Bowl (New Year's Six)	State Farm Stadium • Glendale, AZ	ESPN	No. 11 LSU (9–3)	No. 8 UCF (12–0)	W 40–32
January 1, 2019	1:00 p.m.	Citrus Bowl	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ABC	No. 14 Kentucky (9–3)	No. 12 Penn State (9–3)	W 27–24
January 1, 2019	12:00 p.m.	Outback Bowl	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	No. 18 Mississippi State (8–4)	Iowa (8–4)	L 22–27
December 31, 2018	7:30 p.m.	Gator Bowl	TIAA Bank Field • Jacksonville, FL	ESPN	No. 19 Texas A&M (8–4)	NC State (9–3)	W 52–13
December 31, 2018	3:45 p.m.	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN	ESPN	No. 23 Missouri (8–4)	Oklahoma State (6–6)	L 33–38
December 29, 2018	8:00 p.m.	Orange Bowl (CFP Semifinal)	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN	No. 1 Alabama (13–0)	No. 4 Oklahoma (12–1)	W 45–34
December 29, 2018	12:00 p.m.	Peach Bowl (New Year's Six)	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	No. 10 Florida (9–3)	No. 7 Michigan (10–2)	W 41–15
December 29, 2018	12:00 p.m.	Belk Bowl	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	South Carolina (7–5)	Virginia (7–5)	L 0–28
December 28, 2018	1:30 p.m.	Music City Bowl	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	Auburn (7–5)	Purdue (6–6)	W 63–14
December 27, 2018	9:00 p.m.	Texas Bowl	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	Vanderbilt (6–6)	Baylor (6–6)	L 38–45

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

More information Week, Offensive ...

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Offensive Line			Defensive Line			Specialist			Freshman
Week	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (Sept. 4)	Scottie Phillips	Ole Miss	RB	Darrell Williams Jacob Phillips	Auburn LSU	LB	Cory Little	Ole Miss	OL	Nick Coe Quinnen Williams	Auburn Alabama	DL	Luke Logan Cole Tracy	Ole Miss LSU	PK	Jaylen Waddle	Alabama	WR/PR
Week 2 (Sept. 10)	Kylin Hill	Mississippi State	RB	Josh Allen	Kentucky	LB	Jervontius Stallings	Kentucky	OG	Montez Sweat	Mississippi State	DE	Rodrigo Blankenship	Georgia	PK	Bryce Thompson	Tennessee	DB
Week 3 (Sept. 17)	Joe Burrow	LSU	QB	Christian Miller	Alabama	LB	Elgton Jenkins	Mississippi State	C	Jabari Zuniga	Florida	DL	Cole Tracy (2)	LSU	PK	Jalen Knox	Missouri	WR
Week 4 (Sept. 24)	Tua Tagovailoa	Alabama	QB	Josh Allen (2)	Kentucky	LB	Jervontius Stallings (2)	Kentucky	OG	Isaiah Buggs Javon Kinlaw	Alabama South California	DE DT	Noah Igbinoghene	Auburn	KR	Dameon Pierce	Florida	RB
Week 5 (Oct. 1)	Joe Burrow (2)	LSU	QB	Josh Allen (3)	Kentucky	LB	George Asafo-Adjei	Kentucky	OT	Jachai Polite	Florida	DL	Braden Mann	Texas A&M	P	Evan McPherson	Florida	PK
Week 6 (Oct. 8)	Nick Fitzgerald	Mississippi State	QB	Vosean Joseph	Florida	LB	Ross Pierschbacher	Alabama	C	Montez Sweat (2)	Mississippi State	DE	Braden Mann (2) Parker White	Texas A&M South Carolina	P PK	Jaycee Horn	South Carolina	DB
Week 7 (Oct. 15)	Jordan Ta'amu Jarrett Guarantano	Ole Miss Tennessee	QB	Devin White	LSU	LB	Jedrick Wills	Alabama	RT	Kyle Phillips	Tennessee	DE	Cole Tracy (3)	LSU	PK	Evan McPherson (2)	Florida	PK
Week 8 (Oct. 22)	Tua Tagovailoa (2)	Alabama	QB	Grant Delpit	LSU	S	George Asafo-Adjei (2)	Kentucky	OT	Nick Coe (2)	Auburn	DL	Cole Tracy (4)	LSU	PK	Jalen Knox (2)	Missouri	WR
Week 9 (Oct. 27)	Nick Fitzgerald Jake Fromm	Mississippi State Georgia	QB	Josh Allen (4)	Kentucky	LB	Justin Skule	Vanderbilt	OT	D. J. Wonnum	South Carolina	DL	Lynn Bowden	Kentucky	KR	Dylan Wonnum	South Carolina	OL
Week 10 (Nov. 4)	Drew Lock D'Andre Swift	Missouri Georgia	QB RB	Quinnen Williams	Alabama	DT	Jonah Williams Andrew Thomas	Alabama Georgia	OT OL	Nick Coe (3)	Auburn	DL	Deebo Samuel	South Carolina	WR (KR)	Seth Williams	Auburn	WR
Week 11 (Nov. 10)	D'Andre Swift (2) Trayveon Williams	Georgia Texas A&M	RB	Darrell Taylor	Tennessee	LB	Martez Ivey	Florida	OL	Quinnen Williams (2)	Alabama	DL	Braden Mann (3)	Texas A&M	P	Daniel Parker	Missouri	TE
Week 12 (Nov. 19)	Drew Lock (2)	Missouri	QB	Johnathan Abram Josh Paschal	Mississippi State Kentucky	S LB	Deion Calhoun	Mississippi State	OG	Dayo Odeyingbo	Vanderbilt	DL	Luke Logan	Ole Miss	PK	Justin Fields	Georgia	QB
Week 13 (Nov. 25)	Kyle Shurmur Tua Tagovailoa (3)	Vanderbilt Alabama	QB	Jordan Elliot Devin White (2)	Missouri LSU	DT LB	Erik McCoy Elgton Jenkins (2)	Texas A&M Mississippi State	C	Jeffery Simmons	Mississippi State	DL	Braden Mann (4)	Texas A&M	P	C.J. Bolar	Vanderbilt	WR

SEC Individual Awards

The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:

Offensive Player of the Year: Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama
Defensive Player of the Year: Josh Allen, LB, Kentucky
Coach of the Year: Mark Stoops, Kentucky
Special Teams Player of the Year: Braden Mann, P/K, Texas A&M
Freshman Player of the Year: Jaylen Waddle, WR, Alabama
Newcomer Player of the Year: Ke'Shawn Vaughn, RB, Vanderbilt
Jacobs Blocking Trophy: Jonah Allen, OL, Alabama
Scholar-Athlete Player of the Year: Hale Hentges, TE, Alabama

Reference:

All conference teams

Main article: 2018 All-SEC football team

Coaches

Media

All-Americans

All-Academic

National award winners

Home game attendance

More information Team, Stadium ...

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium	101,821^[9]	100,495	101,821	101,471	101,821	101,821	101,681	101,821	710,931	101,562	99.75%
Arkansas	Razorback Stadium	76,212	63,342	62,355	64,974	51,438^A	56,691	56,251	64,135	419,186	59,884	81.97%
Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium	87,451^[10]	84,806	86,787	84,188	83,792	84,589	85,945	81,129	591,236	84,462	96.58%
Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	88,548^[11]	81,164	80,651	80,021	90,283	80,017	82,696	81,467	576,299	82,328	92.98%
Georgia	Sanford Stadium	92,746^[12]	92,746	92,746	92,746	92,746	92,746	92,746	92,746	649,222	92,746	100%
Kentucky	Kroger Field	61,000^[13]	49,138	48,217	60,037	63,081	54,269	63,543	47,535	385,820	55,117	90.36
LSU	Tiger Stadium	102,321^[14]	96,883	102,321	100,224	102,321	101,340	102,321	100,323	705,733	100,819	98.53%
Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium	61,337^[15]	54,289	56,505	61,406	60,635	57,085	58,709	57,772	406,401	58,057	94.65%
Missouri	Faurot Field	60,168^[16]	44,019	50,820	58,284	52,917	53,397	48,342	52,482	360,261	51,466	85.54%
Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium	64,038^[17]	53,339	62,919	50,417	52,875	56,885	56,798	56,561	389,794	55,685	86.96%
South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium	80,250^[18]	75,126	83,140	73,393	76,871	80,614	72,832	53,420	515,396	73,628	91.75%
Tennessee	Neyland Stadium	102,455^[19]	96,464	87,074	100,027	97,087	86,753	95,258	88,224	650,887	92,984	90.76%
Texas A&M	Kyle Field	102,512^[20]	95,855	104,794	96,727	99,829	102,618	97,584	101,501	698,908	99,844	97.40%
Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium	40,550^[21]	25,348	25,676	26,078	27,340	31,118	24,866	35,887	196,313	28,045	69.16%

^A Game played at Arkansas' secondary home stadium War Memorial Stadium, capacity: 54,120.^[22]

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