How far does your favorite SEC team have to travel this season?

Saturday Down South’s Brad Crawford recently calculated total round-trip mileage via shortest distance using Google Maps. The numbers reveal conference newcomers and geographical anomalies Mizzou and Texas A&M will travel substantially farther than any other team.

MOST TRAVEL MILEAGE FOR SEC TEAMS IN 2014

  • Mizzou: 7,578
  • Texas A&M: 6,438
  • Arkansas: 4,750
  • Georgia: 4,490
  • Kentucky: 4,456
  • LSU: 4,359
  • Tennessee: 3,908
  • Ole Miss: 3,808
  • Auburn: 3,706
  • Florida: 3,598
  • South Carolina: 3,376
  • Alabama: 3,160
  • Vanderbilt: 2,488
  • Mississippi St.: 2,410

SEC’S LONGEST ROAD TRIPS

  • Texas A&M at South Carolina: 2,082 total miles
  • Mizzou at Florida: 2,014 miles
  • Auburn at Kansas St.: 1,958 total miles
  • Mizzou at South Carolina: 1,744 total miles
  • Tennessee at Oklahoma: 1,726 total miles
  • Kentucky at LSU: 1,606 total miles

SEC’S SHORTEST ROAD TRIPS (non-neutral site)

  • Kentucky at Louisville: 162 total miles
  • Mississippi St. at Alabama: 166 total miles
  • Mississippi St. at Ole Miss: 196 total miles
  • South Carolina at Clemson: 266 total miles
  • Florida at Florida St.: 298 total miles

QUICK TAKEAWAYS

  • Only Vanderbilt and Mississippi St. have fewer miles to travel this season than preseason division favorites South Carolina and Alabama.
  • Mississippi St., South Carolina and Vanderbilt do not have a single roundtrip spanning at least 1,000 miles this season … Mizzou has five.
  • Texas A&M and Mizzou’s combined total travel mileage averages out to 1,401 miles per road game. That’s a higher average than eight SEC teams’ longest single roadtrip this season.

RAW DATA — SEC WEST

TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Total travel miles: 6,438
Aug. 28 Williams-Brice Stadium (Columbia, S.C.) — 2,088 miles
Sept. 20 Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas, Texas) — 374 miles
Oct. 4 Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, Miss.) — 1,160 miles
Oct. 18 Bryant-Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) — 1,264 miles
Nov. 8 Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn, Ala.) — 1,558 miles

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS
Total travel miles: 4,750
Aug. 30 Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn, Ala.) — 1,324 miles
Sept. 13 Jones AT&T Stadium (Lubbock, Texas) — 1,156 miles
Sept. 27 AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas) — 698 miles
Nov. 1 Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, Miss.) — 954 miles
Nov. 28 Faurot Field (Columbia, Mo.) — 618 miles

LSU TIGERS
Total travel miles: 4,359
Aug. 30 NRG Stadium (Houston) — 554 miles
Oct. 4 Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn, Ala.) — 842 miles
Oct. 11 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Gainesville, Fla.) — 1,178 miles
Nov. 15 Donald W. Reynolds Stadium (Fayetteville, Ark.) — 1,061 miles
Nov. 27 Kyle Field (College Station, Texas) — 724 miles

OLE MISS REBELS
Total travel miles: 3,808
Aug. 28 Georgia Dome (Atlanta) — 668 miles
Sept. 6 LP Field (Nashville) — 470 miles
Oct. 11 Kyle Field (College Station, Texas) — 1,232 miles
Oct. 25 Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge, La.) — 692 miles
Nov. 22 Donald W. Reynolds Stadium (Fayetteville, Ark.) — 746 miles

AUBURN TIGERS
Total travel miles: 3,706
Sept. 18 Bill Snyder Family Stadium (Manhattan, Kan.) — 1,958 miles
Oct. 11 Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, Miss.) — 484 miles
Nov. 1 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Oxford, Miss.) — 598 miles
Nov. 15 Sanford Stadium (Athens, Ga.) — 350 miles
Nov. 29 Bryant-Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) — 316 miles

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
Total travel miles: 3,160
Aug. 30 Georgia Dome (Atlanta) — 406 miles
Oct. 4 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Oxford, Miss.) — 332 miles
Oct. 11 Donald W. Reynolds Stadium (Fayetteville, Ark.) — 1,092 miles
Oct. 25 Neyland Stadium (Knoxville, Tenn.) — 630 miles
Nov. 8 Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge, La.) — 700 miles

MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS
Total travel miles: 2,410
Sept. 13 Ladd-Peebles Stadium (Mobile, Ala.) — 454 miles
Sept. 20 Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge, La.) — 606 miles
Oct. 25 Commonwealth Stadium (Lexington, Ky.) — 988 miles
Nov. 15 Bryant-Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) — 166 miles
Nov. 29 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Oxford, Miss.) — 196 miles

RAW DATA — SEC EAST

MIZZOU TIGERS
Total travel miles: 7.578
Sept. 6 Glass Bowl Stadium (Toledo, Ohio) — 1,076 miles
Sept. 27 Williams-Brice Stadium (Columbia, S.C.) — 1,744 miles
Oct. 18 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Gainesville, Fla.) — 2,014 miles
Nov. 15 Kyle Field (College Station, Texas) — 1,526 miles
Nov. 22 Neyland Stadium (Knoxville, Tenn.) — 1,218 miles

GEORGIA BULLDOGS
Total travel miles: 4,490
Sept. 13 Williams-Brice Stadium (Columbia, S.C.) — 334 miles
Oct. 11 Faurot Field (Columbia, Mo.) — 1,472 miles
Oct. 18 War Memorial Stadium (Little Rock, Ark.) — 1,188 miles
Nov. 1 EverBank Field (Jacksonville, Fla.) — 690 miles
Nov. 8 Commonwealth Stadium (Lexington, Ky.) — 806 miles

KENTUCKY WILDCATS
Total travel miles: 4,456
Sept. 13 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Gainesville, Fla.) — 1,420 miles
Oct. 18 Tiger Stadium (Baton Rouge, La.) — 1,606 miles
Nov. 1 Faurot Field (Columbia, Mo.) — 924 miles
Nov. 15 Neyland Stadium (Knoxville, Tenn.) — 344 miles
Nov. 29 Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium (Louisville, Ky.) — 162 miles

TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS
Total travel miles: 3,908
Sept. 13 Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Norman, Okla.) — 1,726 miles
Sept. 20 Sanford Stadium (Athens, Ga.) — 472 miles
Oct. 18 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Oxford, Miss.) — 816 miles
Nov. 1 Williams-Brice Stadium (Columbia, S.C.) — 532 miles
Nov. 29 Vanderbilt Stadium (Nashville) — 362 miles

FLORIDA GATORS
Total travel miles: 3,598
Sept. 20 Bryant-Denny Stadium (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) — 908 miles
Oct. 4 Neyland Stadium (Knoxville, Tenn.) — 1,086 miles
Nov. 1 EverBank Field (Jacksonville, Fla.) — 150 miles
Nov. 8 Vanderbilt Stadium (Nashville) — 1,156 miles
Nov. 29 Doak Campbell Stadium (Tallahassee, Fla.) — 298 miles

SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS
Total travel miles: 3,376
Sept. 20 Vanderbilt Stadium (Nashville) — 888 miles
Oct. 4 Commonwealth Stadium (Lexington, Ky.) — 866 miles
Oct. 25 Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn, Ala.) — 638 miles
Nov. 15 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Gainesville, Fla.) — 718 miles
Nov. 29 Memorial Stadium (Clemson, S.C.) — 266 miles

VANDERBILT COMMODORES
Total travel miles: 2,488
Sept. 6 LP Field (Nashville) — 8 miles
Sept. 27 Commonwealth Stadium (Lexington, Ky.) — 430 miles
Oct. 4 Sanford Stadium (Athens, Ga.) — 616 miles
Oct. 25 Faurot Field (Columbia, Mo.) — 868 miles
Nov. 22 Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, Miss.) — 566 miles