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SEC Football Notebook - Thursday, September 28th

Posted: September 28, 2006

SEC Football

SEC has a nation-leading five teams ranked in this week's AP, USA Today Coaches' and Harris Interactive polls ... This is the third straight week that four SEC teams have been ranked in the nation's top 10 ... The SEC has the nation's top non-conference record at 22-6 (78.6 percentage) ... SEC stadium's have been filled to 97.2 percent of capacity thus far in 2006 ... In 34 games at SEC stadiums, more than 2.65 million fans have watched the action ... SEC teams have scored the same amount of running and passing touchdowns this season (70 each) ... SEC defenses have allowed just 38 rushing TDs this season, an average of less than one per game (48 total games) ... SEC defenses are playing at a record clip ... So far this season, SEC defenses are giving up an average of 15.2 points and 300.3 total yards per game ... Those numbers are, by far, the lowest since conference expansion in 1992 ... Previous lows since 1992 are 18.8 points and 315.1 yards in 1992 ... In 10 intra-conference SEC games, the average scoring margin has been 11.4 points per game, which is the lowest of all conference who have played 3-or-more intra-conferences games ... Five of the SEC's 10 intra-conference games have been decided by five-points-or-less, the highest rate of any conference in the nation.

SEC Television Note

Games set to be televised on Saturday, October 7 as part of the SEC television packages are:

  • Arkansas at Alabama, CBS Sports, Noon ET
  • LSU at Florida, CBS Sports, 3:30 p.m. ET
  • Tennessee at Georgia, ESPN, 7:45 p.m. ET
  • South Carolina at Kentucky, ESPN2, 7 p.m. ET


Auburn
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South Carolina

Auburn has the third best record in the league in SEC conference-vs.-conference road games since 1992 (35-22, 61.4 percentage) ... Tennessee (43-13, 76.8) and Florida (48-15, 76.2) are tops ... Auburn has not allowed a rushing touchdown this season and leads the conference with 11 rushing offensive TDs ... Auburn leads the SEC in offensive drive efficiency, scoring on 48.84 percent of its drives (21-of-43) ... Auburn has not allowed a fourth-quarter point this season ... Auburn has not allowed an opponent to score points off Tiger turnovers this season ... South Carolina's defense has allowed just two passing TDs this season, third in the SEC ... It's two rushing TDs allowed is also tied for fifth in the SEC ... South Carolina has allowed an opponent to score just five points off of Gamecock turnovers this season ... South Carolina has scored first in all of its wins this season but did not score in its loss (vs. Georgia).


Miss. State
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LSU

Since 2001, LSU has the SEC's second best record (54-15, 78.3 percent) ... Since 1995, LSU's defense has recorded a defensive shutout every year except 1998, 2003 and this year ... LSU's defense is the only one in the SEC not to allow a passing TD this season and is tied for first with Georgia in the least amount of TDs allowed this season (2) in the SEC ... LSU's 19 total offensive TDs scored is tops in the SEC ... 10 of LSU's 20 offensive scoring drives have been two minutes or less (most in the SEC) ... LSU's points per offensive drive average of 3.05 and its touchdown drive efficiency (17 of 42) is tops in the SEC ... LSU has held opponents to three-downs-and-out on 20-of-43 possessions (46.51 percent), tops in the SEC ... Mississippi State has scored 29 fourth-quarter points this season, which is third in the SEC ... MSU's average scoring drive is an SEC high 8.6 plays ... The Bulldogs have not scored first in a game this season ... Miss. State is fifth in the SEC in rushing defense yards per carry (3.1).


Tennessee
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Memphis

The Vols are third in the SEC in passing offensive TDs scored (9) ... Tennessee's offensive scoring drives average 3:02, which is second longest in the SEC (Alabama, 3:56) ... Tennessee's offensive drive efficiency rate is third in the SEC (19 of 41 drives scored) ... Tennessee's 99 yard drive against Air Force is the longest in the SEC this season (99 by Alabama vs. Arkansas) ... The Vols are 2-0 when they score first this season.


Alabama
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Florida

Florida's 12 passing offensive TDs is most in the SEC and its 18 TDs scored is second in the SEC (LSU, 19) ... Florida has allowed just one rushing TD this season, tied for second in the SEC ... Florida's offensive drives average 6.44 plays, which is third least in the SEC (Auburn, 5.71; Kentucky, 6.13) ... Florida is the only SEC team not to score a field goal this season ... Florida's 38.30 touchdown drive efficiency (18-of-47) is second best in the SEC ... Florida's 24 point scoring margin in the fourth quarter (27-3) is second in the SEC (Georgia, +40) ... Alabama's 9:12 time of offensive drive vs. Arkansas last week (14 plays) is the longest in the SEC this season ... Alabama's seven points allowed in the fourth quarter this season is the fourth lowest in the SEC ... Alabama's opponents average a starting field position of its 25-yard line, which is fourth lowest in the league ... Alabama's average time of its scoring drives (3:56) is most in the SEC as is its 8.22 average plays per scoring drive.


Central Mich.
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Kentucky

Kentucky's six offensive scoring drives of less than two minutes is tied for third most in the SEC (10, LSU; 8, Auburn; 6, Tennessee) ... Kentucky's 10 passing TDs is second in the SEC (12, Florida) ... Kentucky is the only SEC team to score on a kickoff return this season ... Kentucky has scored first just once this season, posting a win in that game.


Temple
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Vanderbilt

The Commodores have allowed just one rushing TD this season, tied for second in the SEC ... Vandy's average scoring drive time of 3:00 is tied for third in the league ... Vanderbilt and Miss. State are the only SEC teams not to have a drive stopped because of the end of the half/game this season ... Vanderbilt has scored 41.89 percent of its points this season off of opponents' turnovers, the highest rate in the SEC this season (31-of-74 points).


Georgia
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Ole Miss

Since 2001, Georgia has the SEC's best record at 56-13 (.812) ... Georgia's 7 rushing TDs is third most in the SEC ... Georgia and LSU are tied for lowest total TDs allowed in the SEC with two ... Georgia's 45 points scored in the fourth quarter and its +40 scoring margin in the final stanza are both tops in the SEC ... Georgia's average starting field position of its 36 yard line is best in the SEC ... Georgia's opponents have scored only three points off of Bulldog turnovers, tied for second in the SEC ... Ole Miss' 19 play drive against Wake Forest is the most plays in a drive this season in the SEC ... Ole Miss' 8.00 plays per scoring drive is the third most in the SEC ... Rebels have attempted just two field goals this season, tied for lowest in the SEC (Florida, Arkansas, Kentucky).



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