SEC teams heavily featured in national columnist’s Top 20 games of the year
Of course the best conference in the nation is going to have several of the most anticipated games on the schedule heading into the season. After landing eight games involving SEC teams in one list of the Top 20 most anticipated games of the year, the SEC shows how well the conference is perceived heading into the latest college football season.
That’s of course how many games Stewart Mandel of FOX Sports has in his Top 20 most anticipated games list.
Here’s a countdown of his entire list:
20) Michigan at Iowa
19) Stanford and Oregon
18) Tennessee vs. Virginia Tech (Sept. 10) – at Bristol Motor Speedway
17) Louisville at Clemson
16) LSU vs. Wisconsin (Sept. 3) – at Lambeau Field
15) Oklahoma vs. Texas
14) Oklahoma vs. Houston
13) Washington at Oregon
12) Alabama vs. USC (Sept. 3) – at AT&T Stadium
11) Ole Miss vs. Florida State (Sept. 5) – in Orlando
10) Florida at Tennessee (Sept. 24)
9) Stanford at Notre Dame
8) Oklahoma at TCU
7) Alabama at Ole Miss (Sept. 17)
6) Ohio State at Michigan State
5) Alabama at Tennessee (Oct. 15)
4) Ohio State at Oklahoma
3) Clemson at Florida State
2) Alabama at LSU (Nov. 5)
1) Michigan at Ohio State
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com