SEC Football by the Numbers: Top 10 for Week 7
The seventh Saturday of the SEC’s 90th season features five conference contests, one non-conference game and three teams – Missouri, South Carolina and Texas A&M – with open dates. Here are 10 numbers, along with the schedule, TV times and betting lines, to get ready for the SEC’s seventh week of 2022:
1 Of the 50 games between Kentucky and Mississippi State has featured two ranked teams – the one on Saturday night. Previously, the Bulldogs were ranked for nine games against Kentucky, and the Wildcats were ranked for six games against MSU, but this will be the first game in which both teams are ranked. Mississippi State is No. 16 and Kentucky is No. 22 in this week’s AP Poll.
1 7-0 record for Ole Miss during the SEC era, a mark the Rebels would own again if they defeat Auburn on Saturday. Ole Miss won its first seven games in 2014. The Rebels later had to vacate those victories because of violations of NCAA rules.
1 LSU offensive lineman has started every game this season – Miles Frazier, but he has started at three positions. Frazier has been the starting left guard in three games, right guard in two games and right tackle in one game.
2 Consecutive 100-yard rushing games for Auburn RB Tank Bigsby against Ole Miss. Bigsby ran for 129 yards in a 35-28 victory in 2020 and 140 in a 31-20 victory in 2021, and he faces the Rebels again on Saturday. Three Auburn players have rushed for 100 or more yards against the same opponent in at least three consecutive seasons. Carnell “Cadillac” Williams had 100-yard games against Mississippi State in 2002, 2003 and 2004, Bo Jackson had 100-yard games against Alabama in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985 and James Brooks had 100-yard games against Tennessee in 1977, 1978 and 1979. Auburn has had a 100-yard rusher in five of its past six games against Ole Miss.
9 Is the combined rank in the AP Poll of Alabama and Tennessee, the lowest of their 22 meetings as ranked teams. Entering Saturday’s game, the Crimson Tide is No. 3 and the Volunteers are No. 6 in this week’s poll. Alabama leads the series 12-8-1 when both teams are ranked, and the Crimson Tide has a 9-2-1 record when it is the higher-ranked team in those matchups. Tennessee’s most recent victory over Alabama as the lower-ranked team in those games came in 1967, when the No. 7 Vols took a 24-13 victory over No. 6 Alabama.
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13 Consecutive victories in home games for Ole Miss, which hasn’t lost at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium since a 35-28 setback against Auburn on Oct. 24, 2020. It’s the Rebels’ longest winning streak in Oxford since a 21-game streak ended with a 7-3 loss to LSU on Oct. 31, 1959, when the Tigers’ Billy Cannon made his famous 89-yard punt return. Auburn has won its past four games in Oxford and has a 13-3 record on the Rebels’ campus field heading into the Tigers’ Saturday visit.
17 Consecutive Tennessee games have featured at least one TD pass by QB Hendon Hooker, the second-longest streak in school history. Heath Shuler had an 18-game streak that started in the 1992 season and ended in the 1994 campaign. In the only game he’s played at Tennessee without a TD pass, Hooker threw only once. In the past eight games, Hooker has thrown at least two TD passes in each. Alabama, the Volunteers’ Saturday opponent, has yielded three TD passes this season.
25 Homecoming games for Georgia have featured Vanderbilt as the opponent, including Saturday’s contest. The Bulldogs are 20-4 against the Commodores on homecoming. Georgia has an 80-18-2 record in homecoming games.
30 Games against Saturday opponent Florida for LSU without reaching 300 passing yards. LSU hasn’t passed for 300 yards in a game against Florida since throwing for 339 in a 28-21 loss on Oct. 10, 1992. The Tigers have passed for at least 300 yards in three games this season, including last week against Tennessee. Since the start of the 2021 season, Florida has allowed two opponents to reach 300 passing yards – Samford last season and Tennessee this sason.
34 Consecutive Alabama teams with 6-0 records won their seventh game. The most recent Crimson Tide team to win its first six games in a season and lose in Game No. 7 was the 1916 squad, which started 6-0 but lost to Georgia Tech 13-0 on Nov. 11 (then was shut out by Tulane and Georgia in its remaining two games). Alabama takes a 6-0 record into Saturday’s game against Tennessee.
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This week’s SEC schedule includes (all times are CDT with point spreads from vegasinsider.com):
Saturday
· Auburn at No. 9 Ole Miss, 11 a.m. at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi (ESPN). Line: Ole Miss by 15.
· No. 3 Alabama at No. 6 Tennessee, 2:30 p.m. at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee (CBS). Line: Alabama by 8.5.
· Arkansas at BYU, 2:30 p.m. at Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah (ESPN). Line: Pick’em.
· Vanderbilt at No. 1 Georgia, 2:30 p.m. at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia (SEC Network). Line: Georgia by 38.
· LSU at Florida, 6 p.m. at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida (ESPN). Line: Florida by 2.5.
· No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 Kentucky, 6:30 p.m. at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky (SEC Network). Line: Mississippi State by 4.
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.