Week 12 in the SEC was Cupcake Week, as seven of the nine games involving conference teams were decided by 20 or more points and the average margin of victory in the nine games was 25 points.

But before we all turn our attention to Rivalry Week, here are some of the more interesting numerical nuggets and statistical tidbits from Week 12:

Nick Chubb joins an exclusive club

With his 151 yards rushing against Kentucky (on just 15 carries, by the way), Georgia running back Nick Chubb went over 1,000 yards for the season (now at 1,045). It’s the third time in his career Chubb has topped the 1,000-yard mark.

By doing so, Chubb became just the fifth player in SEC history — and the second from Georgia — to have three 1,000-yard rushing seasons. The other Georgia player to achieve this feat is Herschel Walker, who was the first SEC player ever to do it.

For the record, the other three players are Alex Collins (Arkansas), Darren McFadden (Arkansas) and Kevin Faulk (LSU).

LSU shuts them down on the road

Granted, it was against a train wreck of a program in Tennessee, but the LSU Tigers were dominant in a 30-10 victory Saturday in Knoxville.

Why was this significant? The Tigers allowed just 10 points on the road in an SEC game, something they have done just one other time over the last five seasons (10 points allowed at Arkansas in 2016).

The last time LSU allowed fewer than 10 points in an SEC road game was nearly six years ago to the day — Nov. 19, 2011 — when the Tigers beat Ole Miss 52-3. (LSU was kinda good on defense that year, holding three other SEC road foes to single-digits in an undefeated regular season.)

Texas A&M can also play defense on the road

Texas A&M winning at Ole Miss was probably not a tremendous surprise. But how the Aggies did it has to be considered unexpected.

Texas A&M held Ole Miss scoreless in the second half of the Aggies’ 31-24 victory. Since the Aggies joined in the SEC in 2012, they had held a team off the scoreboard in the second half on the road just once before: 2015 at Vanderbilt in a 25-0 win.

Florida gets some takeaways from this season

It’s been a lost season for the Gators, but this note is still impressive. Florida forced four UAB turnovers on its way to a 36-7 victory, the first win for the Gators since September.

It was the second straight game the Gators have have four or more takeaways in a game (had four vs. South Carolina). This is just the second time in the last 17 seasons the Gators have had back-to-back games with four or more takeaways. The other time occurred during the 2010 season, in the first two games of the season.

Missouri gets by without great passing

The fact that Missouri is bowl-eligible after a 1-5 start is impressive enough. This is a team that has followed a five-game losing streak with a five-game winning streak, and now with a win in their regular-season finale and bowl game, the Tigers could actually finish with eight wins.

Even more impressive is that the Tigers have not needed star quarterback Drew Lock to be lights out during the winning streak. They beat Vanderbilt by four touchdowns on the road despite completing just 40% of their passes (10-for-25). It’s the second straight game the Tigers have completed less than 50% of their passes and still won.

Missouri is the third Power 5 school with two wins this season in which it didn’t complete 50% of its passes. The other two are Miami and Virginia Tech.

Auburn’s ground game continues to impress

Auburn shook off a slow start to pull away in the second half and beat Louisiana Monroe, 42-14, using its rushing attack to lead the way once again.

The Tigers rushed for 317 yards, their fourth game this season with at least 300 rushing yards. They also had three rushing touchdowns, their seventh game hitting that mark.

Auburn is now tied for second among Power 5 schools for the most games with three or more rushing TDs. The only team with more is Arizona, which has eight.

Nick Fitzgerald comes up big in the fourth

Last week, Mississippi State got high marks for nearly pulling off the upset of the season against Alabama.

This week, its quarterback gets high marks for coming up big-time in the fourth quarter against Arkansas.

Down by a touchdown entering the final quarter, Nick Fitzgerald threw a pair of touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to a 28-21 victory over the Razorbacks. Fitzgerald’s passing numbers in the fourth quarter: 3-of-6, 51 yards, 2 TDs, no interceptions.

It was an unexpected performance by Fitzgerald, who had struggled passing the ball in the fourth quarter this season. In seven appearances in the fourth quarter prior to Saturday, Fitzgerald was just 11-of-29 (37.8 percent) for 105 yards (15 per game), with 1 TD and 2 interceptions.

Alabama keeps scoring, keeps shutting out opponents

The Crimson Tide get on here twice, because they have a couple of notes that are just too impressive to overlook.

First, with its 56-0 win over Mercer, Alabama has now scored a point in 49 consecutive quarters, including all 44 this season. The last time the Crimson Tide were held scoreless in a quarter was the third quarter of their national semifinal win over Washington in the Peach Bowl.

Second, the shutout win was Alabama’s second of the season, the seventh straight season it has had at least two shutouts.

How impressive is this? Here’ are some notable schools that don’t even have a total of two shutouts over the last seven seasons: Arizona State, Auburn, Iowa, Louisville, Miami, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Pittsburgh, UCLA, USC and Virginia.