10 schedule facts about Week 2 in the SEC

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They’re quick, easy and most importantly … they’ll make you sound really smart when you drop them into casual conversations.

Today, take a look at 10 interesting tidbits about Week 2 of the SEC schedule:

SEC teams hold a collective all-time record of 10-2 against Week 2 non-conference opponents.
The eight non-conference programs playing SEC teams in Week 2 combined for a 6-1 record in Week 1. Arkansas State lost at USC, and Toledo’s opener was canceled due to inclement weather.
Saturday’s Florida and East Carolina game will be the second meeting between the schools in the calendar year. The Gators beat the Pirates, 28-20, in the Birmingham Bowl on Jan. 3.
Auburn vs. Jacksonville State, Arkansas vs. Toledo and Texas A&M vs. Ball State will be the first-ever match-up between each of the programs.
When the Sooners visit Tennessee on Saturday, it will mark the first time that Oklahoma, one college football’s most storied programs, will play a game in Neyland Stadium, which is one of college football’s most storied venues.
The Vols game against Oklahoma will be the only non-conference game against a Power 5 program this week.
Though heavy underdogs for Saturday’s meeting, Vanderbilt actually beat Georgia in the Bulldogs’ last visit to Vanderbilt Stadium in 2013.
Missouri will play a road game against Arkansas State, marking the Tigers’ first-ever trip to Jonesboro, Ark., for a football game against the Red Wolves.
Arkansas will host Toledo in Little Rock instead of Fayetteville this week, serving as the Razorbacks’ one traditional game at War Memorial Stadium this season.
Six primary SEC home venues will open for the first time in the 2015 season this week: Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama), Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn), Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State), Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina), Neyland Stadium (Tennessee) and Kyle Field (Texas A&M).