2018 Southeastern Conference football season

2018 SEC football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: December 1, 2018
	Ole Miss ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctions; As of October 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

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+)
Regular season
SEC Championship Game

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 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.^[1]

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

National Rankings
Team	ESPN^[2]	Rivals^[3]	Scout^[4]	24/7^[5]	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

First Team Offense
Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Drew Lock	SR	Missouri
RB	Damien Harris	SR	Alabama
RB	Benny Snell Jr	JR	Kentucky
WR	AJ 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 Pierschbache	SR	Alabama

First Team Defense
Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	Raekwon Davis	JR	Alabma
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	JR Reed	JR	Georgia
DB	Deionte Thompson	RS JR	Alabama

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:^[6]

Head Coaches

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

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

Schedule

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
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

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	12:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	Texas Tech	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX (AdvoCare Texas Kickoff)	ESPN	W 47–27	40,333
September 1	12:00 p.m.	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

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	12:00 p.m.	No. 18 Mississippi State	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	ESPN	W 31–10	49,784
September 8	12:00 p.m.	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	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

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

↑ This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 22	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 Georgia	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPN	UGA 43–29	58,284
September 22	12:00 p.m.	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 (Rivalry)	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	UF 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

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	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	UF 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

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	MSU 23–9	60,635
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Seven

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	SECN	MISS 37–33	51,438
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 20	Noon	Tulsa	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN
October 20	Noon	Auburn	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	ESPN
October 20	3:30 p.m.	Alabama	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	CBS
October 20	4:00 p.m.	Memphis	Missouri	Farout Field • Columbia, MO	SECN
October 20	7:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	ESPN
October 20	7:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
October 27	3:30 p.m.	Georgia	Florida	EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL (Rivalry)	CBS
October 27		Texas A&M	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS
October 27		Kentucky	Missouri	Farout Field • Columbia, MO
October 27		Vanderbilt	Arkansas	Donald W. Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR
October 27		Tennessee	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 3	Texas A&M	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL
November 3	Missouri	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
November 3	Georgia	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY
November 3	Alabama	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)
November 3	South Carolina	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
November 3	Louisiana Tech	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS
November 3	Charlotte	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 10	Mississippi State	Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, TX (Rivalry)
November 10	LSU	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (Rivalry)
November 10	South Carolina	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
November 10	Auburn	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)
November 10	Vanderbilt	Missouri	Farout Field • Columbia, MO
November 10	Kentucky	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)
November 10	Ole Miss	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site
November 17	The Citadel	Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, TX
November 17	Liberty	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL
November 17	Idaho	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
November 17	UMass	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA
November 17	Middle Tennessee	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY
November 17	Rice	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA
November 17	Arkansas	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS
November 17	Chattanooga	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
November 17	Missouri	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN
November 17	UAB	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX
November 17	Ole Miss	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV
November 22	7:30 p.m.	Mississippi State	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPN
November 23	3:30 p.m.	Arkansas	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO (Battle Line Rivalry)	CBS
November 24		Auburn	Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Iron Bowl)
November 24		Florida	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Sunshine Showdown)
November 24		Georgia Tech	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)
November 24		Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY (Governor's Cup)
November 24		Tennessee	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (Rivalry)
November 24		South Carolina	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Palmetto Bowl)
November 24		LSU	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)
^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship game

Week Fourteen (2018 SEC Championship Game)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 1				Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	CBS

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.

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	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate
November 24	South Carolina	Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	Palmetto Bowl
November 24	Kentucky	Louisville	Cardinal Stadium • Louisville, KY	Governor's Cup
November 24	Florida	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	Florida–Florida State football rivalry

SEC records vs other conferences

2018-19 records against non-conference foes as of:

Regular Season

Power 5 Conferences	Record
ACC	2–1
Big 12	2–1
Big Ten	1–0
Pac 12	1–0
Notre Dame	0–1
Power 5 Total	6–3

Other FBS Conferences	Record
American	0–0
C-USA	5–1
Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame)	0–0
MAC	2–0
Mountain West	3–1
Sun Belt	5–0
Other FBS Total	15–2

FCS Opponents	Record
Football Championship Subdivision	12–0

Total Non-Conference Record	33–5

Postseason

Bowl games

Awards and Honors

Player of the week honors

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 Cox Quinnen Williams	Auburn Alabama	DL	Luke Logan Cole Tracy	Ole Miss LSU	PK	Jaylen Waddell	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	LSU	PK	Jalen Knox	Missouri	WR
Week 4 (Sept. 24)
Week 5 (Oct. 1)
Week 6 (Oct. 8)
Week 7 (Oct. 15)
Week 8 (Oct. 22)
Week 9 (Oct. 27)
Week 10 (Nov. 4)
Week 11 (Nov. 10)
Week 12 (Nov. 19)
Week 13 (Nov. 25)

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Average
Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium	101,821^[7]			101,821
Arkansas	Razorback Stadium	76,800	63,342		76,800
Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium	87,451^[8]			87,451
Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	88,548^[9]	81,164		88,548
Georgia	Sanford Stadium	92,746^[10]	92,746		92,746
Kentucky	Kroger Field	61,000^[11]	49,138		61,000
LSU	Tiger Stadium	102,321^[12]			102,321
Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium	61,337^[13]	54,289		58,100
Missouri	Faurot Field	71,168^[14]	44,019		71,168
Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium	64,038^[15]			64,038
South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium	80,250^[16]	75,126		80,250
Tennessee	Neyland Stadium	102,455^[17]		96,464^[18]	102,455
Texas A&M	Kyle Field	102,733^[19]	95,855		102,733
Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium	40,550^[20]	25,348		40,550

^A Game played at Arkansas' secondary home stadium War Memorial Stadium, capacity: 54,120.^[21]

Reference:^[22]

References

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↑ "Football Class Rankings - ESPN". Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
↑ "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2018 Team Recruiting Rankings". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
↑ "Scout.com College Football Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
↑ "2018 Football Recruiting Team Rankings". 247sports.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
↑ Connor Riely (July 14, 2017). "2018 PRESEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAM". seccountry.com. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
↑ "Bryant–Denny Stadium". RollTide.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "No place like home". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "Ben Hill Griffin Stadium". GatorZone.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "Sanford Stadium". GeorgiaDogs.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "Kroger Field". Kentucky Wildcats. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
↑ "LSU Tiger Stadium expansion gets OK from Bond Commission". The Times-Picayune. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Advance Publications. Associated Press. July 19, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
↑ "Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field Expansion and Renovation" (PDF). HailState.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ Tai, Tim (August 28, 2014). "Public gets sneak peek of Memorial Stadium renovations". Columbia Missourian. Columbia, Missouri: Missourian Publishing Association. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "Ole Miss Releases Vaught-Hemingway Expansion Plans". Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM". gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "Neyland Stadium". UTsports.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "UT Vols: Attendance for Tennessee home opener against ETSU announced at 96,464". knoxnews.com. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
↑ "Top officials reveal Kyle Field renovation progress". TexAGs.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "VANDERBILT STADIUM". vucommodores.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "Stadium History". wmstadium.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ "2017 NCAA FBS Stats". NCAA National Rankings. NCAA.

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[7] This game has been cancelled in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

[1] "SEC Releases 2018 Football Schedule". SEC.com. September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.

[2] "Football Class Rankings - ESPN". Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.

[3] "Yahoo Sports: Rivals.com 2018 Team Recruiting Rankings". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.

[4] "Scout.com College Football Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[5] "2018 Football Recruiting Team Rankings". 247sports.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.

[6] Connor Riely (July 14, 2017). "2018 PRESEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAM". seccountry.com. Retrieved July 17, 2017.

[8] "Bryant–Denny Stadium". RollTide.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[9] "No place like home". Rivals.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[10] "Ben Hill Griffin Stadium". GatorZone.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[11] "Sanford Stadium". GeorgiaDogs.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[12] "Kroger Field". Kentucky Wildcats. August 7, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.

[13] "LSU Tiger Stadium expansion gets OK from Bond Commission". The Times-Picayune. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Advance Publications. Associated Press. July 19, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[14] "Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field Expansion and Renovation" (PDF). HailState.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[15] Tai, Tim (August 28, 2014). "Public gets sneak peek of Memorial Stadium renovations". Columbia Missourian. Columbia, Missouri: Missourian Publishing Association. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[16] "Ole Miss Releases Vaught-Hemingway Expansion Plans". Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[17] "WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM". gamecocksonline.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[18] "Neyland Stadium". UTsports.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[19] "UT Vols: Attendance for Tennessee home opener against ETSU announced at 96,464". knoxnews.com. Retrieved September 9, 2018.

[20] "Top officials reveal Kyle Field renovation progress". TexAGs.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[21] "VANDERBILT STADIUM". vucommodores.com. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[22] "Stadium History". wmstadium.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[23] "2017 NCAA FBS Stats". NCAA National Rankings. NCAA.

2018 SEC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 11 Florida		4	–	1		6	–	1
No. 8 Georgia		4	–	1		6	–	1
No. 14 Kentucky		3	–	1		5	–	1
South Carolina		2	–	3		3	–	3
Tennessee		1	–	2		3	–	3
Missouri		0	–	3		3	–	3
Vanderbilt		0	–	3		3	–	4
West Division
No. 1 Alabama		4	–	0		7	–	0
No. 5 LSU		3	–	1		6	–	1
No. 17 Texas A&M		3	–	1		5	–	2
Ole Miss		1	–	2		5	–	2
No. 22 Mississippi State		1	–	2		4	–	2
Auburn		1	–	3		4	–	3
Arkansas		0	–	4		1	–	6
Championship: December 1, 2018
Ole Miss ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctions As of October 16, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll