The SEC East rounded out its regular season with a thud in Week 13, going just 2-5 with Georgia and Tennessee claiming the division’s only two wins. Of the SEC East’s seven teams, four of them failed to meet the requisite six wins needed for bowl eligibility.

Here are a few items we learned about each team in the SEC East after their respective regular-season finales.

Florida Gators

Week 13 result: Lost to Florida State 27-2

What we learned: Florida has lost its dominating edge ever since clinching the SEC East on Oct. 31, limping to the finish with close calls against Vanderbilt, South Carolina and Florida Atlantic before being manhandled by Florida State. The Gatos still have a shot at redemption when they meet Alabama in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday. Coach Jim McElwain and crew need to make some quick fixes before facing the Crimson Tide in the program’s first conference title game since meeting Alabama in 2009. Florida’s defense continues to impress, holding Florida State to 2 of 14 on third-down conversions (14 percent). The Gators offense, however, continues to struggle in the passing game, as Treon Harris threw for just 134 yards and was sacked four times.

Georgia Bulldogs

Week 13 result: Defeated Georgia Tech 13-7

What we learned: Georgia’s season-finale win over Georgia Tech was a microcosm of the Bulldogs’ season. It wasn’t pretty, but it was enough to get the job done. Georgia is now just a bowl win away from finishing with at least 10 victories for the 10th time in 15 seasons under head coach Mark Richt. Whether it’s good enough to save his job in Athens remains to be seen, because the annual calls for the coach’s head echo particularly loudly after a solid season that sorely lacked a signature win.

Kentucky Wildcats

Week 13 result: Lost to Louisville 38-24

What we learned: Growing pains continue to cramp Mark Stoops’ Kentucky Wildcats in his third year as coach. Kentucky fell short of a bowl berth with its season-finale loss to rival Louisville. It’s a disappointing finish for a team that was 4-1 with two victories in the SEC after five games. Stoops, who is now 12-24 in Lexington, voiced his displeasure after losing to the Cardinals, pointing to his team’s inability to put opponents away.

“I’m obviously very frustrated with the result,” Stoops said in his postgame news conference. “And the result wasn’t good enough, in my opinion, so I’m not pleased with the result. Five wins is not good enough. And I’m tired of the ‘would’ve, could’ve, should’ves,’ just as the fans are. We’ve got to make those plays. And that’s when our program will grow, when we make those plays to win games.”

Missouri Tigers

Week 13 result: Lost to Arkansas 28-3

What we learned: One of the most tumultuous seasons in Mizzou history has mercifully come to an end. With a 5-7 (1-7 in the SEC) record, the Tigers are not only going to not three-peat as SEC East champs, they’re not even eligible for a bowl game. The process of hiring a new coach to replace the esteemed Gary Pinkel is underway in Columbia. Whoever the new coach is, he has his work cut out for him when it comes to rehabbing Mizzou’s woeful offense, which is going to finish among the bottom-five units in the nation.

South Carolina Gamecocks

Week 13 result: Lost to Clemson 37-32

What we learned: It’s not very likely that Shawn Elliott keeps his dream job, but the South Carolina interim coach deserves a head coaching gig somewhere. Yes, Elliott led the moribund Gamecocks to a 1-5 record with five straight losses to close out the season, but South Carolina competed in every game under Elliott — including Saturday’s Palmetto Bowl loss to Clemson.  The Gamecocks scored their highest point total (32) of the season, while hanging the second-highest amount of points on the Tigers defense this year. In Elliott’s six contests piloting South Carolina, opponents have outscored the Gamecocks by a mere 17 combined points (156-139). The program recognized 16 seniors on Saturday, who accounted for 223 combined career starts. Figuring junior standout wide receiver Pharoh Cooper bolts for the NFL, South Carolina is going to have a much different look next season.

Tennessee Volunteers

Week 13 result: Defeated Vanderbilt 53-28

What we learned: Cameron Sutton capped off the most prolific year in Tennessee history for kick-returners as the Volunteers closed out the regular season with their fifth straight win and sixth victory in the Vols’ last seven contests. Sutton took a Vanderbilt punt 85 yards to the house for the second time this season, giving Tennessee’s special teams six kick-return scores on the year. The junior defensive back has 467 return yards on the season, topping Bobby Majors, who had 457 yards in 1969. Sutton added a tackle and broke up a pass as Tennessee cruised to the win over their in-state rivals. The victory gives Butch Jones’ squad (8-4, 5-3 SEC) its most wins going 9-3 in 2007, the last season in which the Vols boasted a five-game win streak.

Vanderbilt Commodores

Week 13 result: Lost to Tennessee 53-28

What we learned: The Vanderbilt defense that had allowed 18.1 points per game allowed Tennessee to score 53 points, two more than the Commodores surrendered in their past three games combined. Tennessee hung the most points on Vandy since it  posted a 65-0 win in 1994. Derek Mason is now 7-17 after two years at Vanderbilt’s helm, but doesn’t appear to be on any hot seat yet — especially with the nation’s No. 14 scoring defense. But he’ll need to repair the team’s offense, which finished ahead of only  Missouri for worst in the SEC this season in total offense.