Inside the Numbers: 20 facts for Week 8's slate of games
Using numbers as a guide, here are 20 facts to consider heading into Week 8 of the SEC schedule:
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- The four teams that have beaten Arkansas have combined for a 22-4 record, with all four of those losses coming to ranked opponents.
- Auburn has allowed just four kickoff returns and three punt returns all season. The combined total is the lowest number of returns allowed in the FBS.
- Alabama is gaining twice as many yards per rushing attempt on offense (4.8) as they are allowing per rushing attempt on defense (2.4).
- Tennessee is averaging 36.1 points scored in the past 12 games started by QB Joshua Dobbs.
- Missouri LB Kentrell Brothers leads the nation with 91 tackles. The next closest player has 72.
- Under the direction of head coach Derek Mason, who is doubling as the Commodores defensive coordinator this season, Vanderbilt has trimmed its points allowed per game from 36.3 last season to 18.5 in 2015.
- Since Kevin Sumlin took over in 2012, Texas A&M has scored first in 37 of its 45 games.
- Ole Miss will play its fourth ranked opponent of the season when facing off with Texas A&M Saturday, but it will be the first game at home against a ranked team.
- Saturday’s meeting between LSU and Western Kentucky will feature the nation’s leader in rushing yards (LSU RB Leonard Fournette) and the No. 2 passer in the country by yardage in WKU QB Brandon Doughty (2,709).
- Kentucky has lost its last six games against Mississippi State, with the Wildcats’ last victory in the series coming back in 2008.
- Mississippi State has 27 consecutive wins at Davis-Wade Stadium against non-ranked opponents.
- Auburn has converted third-down attempts of four yards or shorter at a 74 percent clip.
- During his past 20 games, Arkansas QB Brandon Allen has connected on 32 touchdown passes and thrown just 10 interceptions.
- Alabama’s four interceptions returned for touchdowns this season already has tied a season-high for the Saban era, which was set in 2008. The Crimson Tide did not return an interception for a touchdown in 2014.
- Tennessee ranks second in the nation with an average of 37.3 yards per kickoff return. The Vols are led by Evan Berry, whose 39.3 average is the best in FBS.
- Missouri has the SEC’s top scoring defense (12.9 per game), but it is paired with the league’s worst scoring offense (16.6 per game).
- After making just nine tackles through the first three games of the season, Vanderbilt LB Zach Cunningham has emerged as the team’s top tackler by accruing 38 tackles in the Commodores’ past three games.
- Texas A&M had 15 tackles for loss against Alabama last week, marking the third time the Aggies have had at least 14 in a game this season.
- Though Ole Miss lost last week, the Rebels did set a school record with 440 yards passing against Memphis. They are the league’s top passing team, averaging 353.9 yards per game.
- LSU coach Les Miles is 32-0 in nonconference games played at Tiger Stadium.