A NEW ERA BEGINS IN THE SEC
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
UAPB (2-9) at Arkansas (4-8, 1-7 SEC)
Series: ARK leads, 1-0 6:30 p.m. CT
• ESPNU Little Rock, Ark.
• War Memorial Stadium (54,120)
SiriusXM: 138/190
Murray State (2-9) at Missouri (11-2, 6-2 SEC)
Series: MIZ leads, 2-0
7 p.m. CT
• SEC Network Columbia, Mo.
• Faurot Field (62,621) SiriusXM: 81
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30
Temple (3-9) at Oklahoma (10-3, 7-2)
Series: Tied, 1-1
6 p.m. CT
• ESPN Norman, Okla.
• Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (83,489)
SiriusXM: 81
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
Clemson (9-4) vs. Georgia (13-1, 8-0 SEC)
Series: UGA leads, 43-18-4
Noon ET
• ABC Atlanta, Ga.
• Mercedes-Benz Stadium (75,000)
SiriusXM: 81
Virginia Tech (7-6) at Vanderbilt (2-10, 0-8 SEC)
Series: VT leads, 6-3
11 a.m. CT
• ESPN Nashville, Tenn.
• FirstBank Stadium (28,934)
SiriusXM: 106/190
Chattanooga (8-5) at Tennessee (9-4, 4-4 SEC)
Series: UT leads, 39-2-2
12:45 p.m. ET
• SEC Network Knoxville, Tenn.
• Neyland Stadium (101,915)
SiriusXM: 158/191
Miami (7-6) at Florida (8-5, 4-4 SEC)
Series: UM leads, 29-27
3:30 p.m. ET
• ABC Gainesville, Fla.
• Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548)
SiriusXM: 132/192
Colorado State (5-7) at Texas (12-2, 8-1)
Series: Texas leads, 1-0
2:30 p.m. CT
• ESPN Austin, Texas
• Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (100,119)
SiriusXM: 81
Old Dominion (6-7) at South Carolina (5-7, 3-5 SEC)
Series: First Meeting
4:15 p.m. ET
• SEC Network Columbia, S.C.
• Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559)
SiriusXM: 106/190
Eastern Kentucky (5-6) at Mississippi State (5-7, 1-7 SEC)
Series: First Meeting
5 p.m. CT
• SEC+ / ESPN+ Starkville, Miss.
• Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field (60,311)
SiriusXM: 108/204
Western Kentucky (8-5) at Alabama (12-2, 8-0 SEC)
Series: ALA leads, 3-0
6 p.m. CT
• ESPN Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• Bryant-Denny Stadium (100,077)
SiriusXM: 81
Furman (10-3) at Ole Miss (11-2, 6-2 SEC)
Series: First Meeting
6 p.m. CT
• SEC+ / ESPN+ Oxford, Miss.
• Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038)
SiriusXM: 158/191
Notre Dame (10-3) at Texas A&M (11-2, 6-2 SEC)
Series: ND leads, 3-2
6:30 p.m. CT
• ABC Bryan – College Station, Texas
• Kyle Field (102,733)
SiriusXM: 84
Alabama A&M (5-6) at Auburn (6-7, 3-5 SEC)
Series: AU leads, 2-0
6:30 p.m. CT
• SEC+ / ESPN+ Auburn, Ala.
• Jordan-Hare Stadium (88,043)
SiriusXM: 132/192
Southern Miss (3-9) at Kentucky (7-6, 3-5)
Series: UK leads, 3-1
7:45 p.m. ET
• SEC Network Lexington, Ky.
• Kroger Field (61,000)
SiriusXM: 106/190
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
LSU (10-3, 6-2 SEC) vs. Southern Cal (8-5)
Series: Tied, 1-1
6:30 p.m. CT
• ABC Las Vegas, Nev.
• Allegiant Stadium (71,835)
SiriusXM: 84
THIS IS SEC FOOTBALL
• Sixteen times in the last 18 seasons, a team from the SEC has advanced to the national championship game. The SEC has won 13 of those contests, with two of the losses coming in the game’s final seconds. The winner of the SEC Championship Game has advanced to the National Championship Game all but twice since 2006.
• With Florida in January 2009, five different teams from the SEC (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU, Georgia) have played for and won the national championship. All five have multiple appearances and at least one victory since in the national championship game since 2007.
• The SEC won four consecutive CFP National Championships, by three different programs (LSU, Alabama, Georgia), from 2019-2022.
• Not counting games versus each other, the SEC is 14-4 all-time in College Football Playoff games, playing in eight of the 10 CFP Championship Games (winning six of those eight). The SEC is 10-2 in CFP Semifinals, including 10 consecutive semifinal wins.
• Since 2006, the SEC has posted a 34-16 (.680) record in BCS/CFP games, more wins, appearances, and winning percentage than any other A5 conference.
• The Southeastern Conference led the nation yet again in 2023 with 372 former players on opening weekend 53-man active rosters, including injured reserve.
• A total of 24 former SEC players were on active rosters of Super Bowl LVI between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.
• The SEC is 114-71 (.616) in bowl games since 2006, the only FBS league with a .600 or better winning percentage and nearly 40 wins more than the next closest conference.
• The SEC has now won 65 games in the last nine postseasons and has sent no less than eight teams to post-season bowls in each of the last 17 seasons.
• In the 10 seasons of the College Football Playoff era, only eight programs nationally have been ranked No. 1 in the weekly CFP Top-25 Poll (which begins in late October each year) – five of those seven programs (Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Tennessee) are from the SEC. Prior to 2023, no team outside the SEC had been ranked No. 1 in the weekly CFP Poll since 2019, while four schools from the SEC were ranked No. 1 during that time.
• Ten different SEC teams, including all seven from the former SEC Western Division, have made BCS/New Year’s Six bowl game appearances since 2006: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Texas A&M. Since the formation of the College Football Playoff in 2014, six of the seven schools in the former Western Division have advanced to a New Year’s Six bowl.
• With Georgia and Alabama both earning victories in the CFP Semifinals in both 2021 and 2017, the national championship game has featured two SEC teams twice in the last seven years and three times since the 2011 season.
• The SEC Championship has been the most watched conference championship nationally for 15 of the past 16 seasons, including 12 in a row from 2008-2019. The only year it was not #1 was 2020 when the SEC did not have a traditional schedule due to the pandemic. The 2023 SEC Championship Game averaged 17.519 million viewers, +61% vs. last year’s game, and peaked with 22.350 million viewers. It was the most-watched Conference Championship Game on any network in five years.
• The SEC finished the 2023 season as the most-watched conference in college football based on total minutes consumed for a second-straight year. The SEC was also #1 in average audience for at least the 13th consecutive year.
