10 schedule facts about Week 6 in the SEC
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Today, take a look at 10 interesting tidbits about Week 6 of the SEC schedule:
- For the first time this season, there are fewer than 14 SEC teams scheduled to play this week. Auburn, Kentucky, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt have byes in Week 6.
- South Carolina has not beaten LSU in Columbia since the very first meeting between the schools in 1930, which ended as a 7-6 win for the Gamecocks. They have won just one more time in 18 meetings since.
- The all-time series record between Georgia and Tennessee is tied 21-21-2 entering Saturday’s game at Neyland Stadium.
- Alabama coach Nick Saban has never lost to Arkansas as the Crimson Tide coach, which puts Alabama’s winning streak against the Razorbacks at eight games.
- Though former Florida coach Will Muschamp had a reputation for good defenses with the Gators, Missouri has outscored the Gators 78-30 in the last two meetings.
- After scoring just 20 points combined in the Bulldogs first two meetings with Troy back in 2001 and 2002, Mississippi State has scored 92 points combined in the last two meetings (2012 and 2013).
- Ole Miss plays New Mexico State for the first time in school history. It will be the only new matchup of the week for SEC schools.
- Though Georgia is on a five-game winning against Tennessee, the last four meeting have been decided by eight points or less.
- Saturday’s game at South Carolina will mark just the fourth time LSU has traveled to Columbia since the Gamecocks joined the SEC back in 1992. The Tigers last visited in 2008.
- Arkansas is on a seven-losing streak as the visitor in the Alabama series. The Razorbacks have not won a game in Tuscaloosa since 2003.