The college football season is a marathon, not a sprint, and it is best approached on a week-by-week basis. However, certain weeks have a much greater impact on the season than others, and those weeks can be considered turning points for the teams involved.

All 14 SEC teams experienced a turning-point game during the course of the 2014 season. Take a look at your team’s turning-point from the recently ended season:

Alabama 25, Mississippi State 20: Alabama was in good standing to win the SEC West with three weeks remaining in the regular season, claiming an 8-1 record with its only loss coming to a fellow top 10 team (Ole Miss). However, the Tide’s best win to that point was a come-from-behind overtime victory against LSU a week earlier, and even that win was considered as lucky as it was impressive. Alabama’s win over then-No. 1 Mississippi State changed that, as the Tide dominated the game from start to finish, even though the score doesn’t quite reflect that. Many considered Alabama a title contender before the game, but after picking apart the nation’s top team and the SEC’s last remaining unbeaten, there was no questioning the Tide’s chances of reaching the playoff.

Arkansas 17, LSU 0: Arkansas had flirted with victory in numerous SEC contests against ranked opponents earlier in the season, but it brought a 17-game conference losing streak into its game against LSU, hoping to finally get over the hump in the grueling SEC West. That’s exactly what Arkansas did, shutting out an inconsistent LSU offense on its way to a much-needed conference win against a traditional power in the division. The Hogs followed their victory over LSU with another shutout of another ranked team (Ole Miss) just one week later. Arkansas eventually reached a bowl game and closed the season with seven wins, but it all began with its victory over the Bayou Bengals.

Auburn 38, Texas A&M 41: Auburn began the year with a 7-1 record — including wins over three ranked foes and a loss to then-No. 1 Mississippi State — and it appeared as though the Tigers would be another Iron Bowl victory away from winning the SEC West for a second year in a row. Instead, the Tigers fell behind Texas A&M 35-17 at halftime and 38-24 through three quarters, failing to keep pace with A&M’s versatile spread offense. Auburn cut the Aggies lead to three points with six minutes left in the action, and it actually got the ball back and moved it inside the A&M 10 yard line with less than three minutes remaining. But a late fumble cost Auburn its second defeat of the season, a loss that ultimately cost it a chance to defend its 2013 SEC championship.

Florida 13, Missouri 42: Most people close to the Florida program point to the Gators 29-point loss to back to back SEC East champion Missouri as the game that sealed Will Muschamp’s fate as a lame duck coach in Gainesville. The Gators lost by more than four touchdowns despite giving up less than 120 yards yards from scrimmage to a struggling Mizzou offense, a testament to how frequently it turned the ball over and how incapable it was when it maintained possession. The Gators even allowed multiple return touchdowns to Marcus Murphy to dig themselves an even deeper hole as the night progressed. Few teams suffered losses as embarrassing as Florida’s flop against Mizzou, and although UF won a bowl game this year it’s the loss to the Tigers that ultimately defined the Gators season.

Georgia 20, Florida 38: Georgia entered the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party with a 6-1 record, including a 34-0 rout of top East contender Missouri along the way. The Bulldogs appeared set to chase down an SEC East title in the second half of the season, but their arch-rivals from Gainesville had something to say on the matter. Florida allowed Georgia to control the opening quarter of play before running all over the Bulldogs defense. Freshman Treon Harris attempted just six passes in his first career start, but Florida ran for more than 400 yards in a victory that derailed UGA’s chances at a division title and a potential playoff berth.

Kentucky 3, LSU 41: Kentucky had begun the season with a 5-1 record by recording its first two SEC wins since 2011 and a close triple-overtime loss to Florida in the Swamp. The Wildcats appeared to be real contenders to reach a bowl game and even to vie for the East crown, but that feeling wouldn’t last long. LSU blasted Kentucky under the lights in Death Valley to open the second half of the season, defeating Kentucky in all three phases of the game. The loss to LSU exposed Kentucky as a young team with plenty of growing up left to do, proving the Cats were not division title contenders after all.

LSU 13, Alabama 20 (OT): LSU struggled throughout the season due to a lackluster quarterback and a tremendous amount of youth and inexperience on the roster, but it appeared to have earned its signature win late in the regular season as it led Alabama 13-10 in the fourth quarter of their November showdown. However, Alabama put together a late two-minute drive, tied the game on a field goal in the final moments of regulation, then forced a turnover in overtime and scored the game-winning touchdown to close the book on LSU’s upset bid. The loss dropped the Tigers’ record to 7-3, and they’d finish the season with an 8-5 mark after failing to regain their mojo following the loss to the Tide.

Mississippi State 38, Auburn 23: Mississippi State boasted an impressive 5-0 start to the season, including wins over LSU on the road and Texas A&M at home. However, the Bulldogs weren’t considered true national title contenders until they defeated then-No. 3 Auburn at home. The Bulldogs relied on early turnovers to jump out to a 21-0 lead, and although they were outscored from that point on they managed to hold on to a signature win that proved to the nation that MSU belonged at the top of the polls. Mississippi State earned its first No. 1 ranking in school history following the win, and it would maintain that ranking for five weeks before eventually losing twice to drop out of the playoff race.

Missouri 27, Indiana 31: Mizzou sat atop the SEC East standings for most of the regular season, but a September home loss to woeful Indiana served as a black mark on the Tigers resume for much of the season. As Missouri continued to lead the East, other conferences began to question the East’s worth as a result of its leading team losing at home to the Hoosiers, and no matter what Mizzou achieved during the regular season it always made its way back to the loss to IU. Missouri won 11 games for a second straight season, but its loss to Indiana is what many casual fans will remember about the Tigers in 2014.

Ole Miss 23, Alabama 17: Ole Miss opened the season with four straight wins, but its unblemished record wasn’t truly tested until its showdown with Alabama in early October. ESPN’s College GameDay came to the Grove in Oxford for the first time ever to take part in the game, and the atmosphere in Oxford was as electric as it has ever been. Ole Miss trailed 17-0 midway through the fourth quarter before Rebels quarterback Bo Wallace led the offense on back to back scoring drives sandwiched around a costly Alabama turnover. The Tide threw a pick in the end zone in the final minute of the game to kill its final rally, and the win vaulted Ole Miss from darling Cinderella story to national title contender overnight.

South Carolina 28, Texas A&M 52: South Carolina began the year ranked in the top 10 of the preseason polls, but it didn’t take Texas A&M long to prove that ranking was unwarranted. The Aggies blasted the Gamecocks from start to finish, jumping out to a 31-14 lead at halftime on their way to a 52-point outing. Kenny Hill broke Johnny Manziel’s school record for passing yards in a single game in his first career start for A&M, and the Gamecocks defense gave us a taste of the lack of ability it would show all season. Texas A&M cooled off by the start of October, but the Gamecocks never heated up and overcame the embarrassing Week 1 loss, closing the regular season with a disappointing 6-6 record.

Tennessee 45, South Carolina 42 (OT): Butch Jones hoped his second year in Knoxville would be the year his Vols finally got over the hump and returned to the postseason, but with a 3-5 record and a new starting quarterback in Joshua Dobbs, UT’s chances at reaching six wins remained uncertain at best. But in Dobbs first start of the season, he rallied the Vols from down two touchdowns late in the fourth quarter to force overtime, eventually setting UT up for its game-winning field goal to do away with South Carolina for a second straight year. The Vols closed the year with a 6-6 mark and won their first bowl game since the 2007 season, but it was their late comeback against the Gamecocks that kept them alive for a sixth win after all.

Texas A&M 0, Alabama 59: Texas A&M’s hot start to the season, highlighted by its win over a then-respected South Carolina team, had the nation expecting greatness out of the Aggies this season. But Alabama made sure the country knew those expectations were unwarranted, blasting the Aggies by 59 points after running up a 45-0 lead in the first half alone. Texas A&M couldn’t find any rhythm on offense, and it had no chance to slow down the Tide’s rushing attack on defense, nor did it have a shot at keeping up with star wideout Amari Cooper. Following the loss to Alabama, no one boasted A&M’s name as the name of a title contender, instead designating the Aggies as an above-average squad with no business keeping up with the nation’s elite.

Vanderbilt 7, Temple 37: Fans knew to expect a regression by the Commodores following James Franklin’s departure to Penn State after back to back nine-win seasons in Nashville. However, fans could never have expected the regression to be as swift and dramatic as it was. Vanderbilt’s first game of the season served as the perfect foreshadowing to the rest of the year, as Vandy fell by 30 points at home to a Temple squad that had lost to Fordham the year earlier. That’s right, Fordham. The Commodores were a step slow all night, and by the end of the game it was apparent that the Dores would be returning to their familiar place as the doormats of the SEC.