If it wasn’t for LSU’s nonconference game, Week 8 could have been named the All-SEC Brawl Weekend.

As it is, Saturday is going to be packed full of great SEC matchups that span the spectrum. We have teams desperate to show they matter, teams that just want to show off and, just like every weekend, teams just out to gain some national respect.

This weekend also features the most-played matchup so far this season when Tennessee and Alabama get together. These two teams have faced each other 96 times, in the past, with their first meeting dating back to 1901. Talk about having a history.

Let’s see just how well all of these teams know each other:

OLD FRIENDS

TENNESSEE at ALABAMA (Tuscaloosa, Ala., 3:30 p.m. ET) – 97th meeting

• All-time series record: Alabama leads, 51-38-7
• Last time played: 2014
• Longest streak: Alabama, 11 games (1971-1981)
• Current streak: Alabama, 8 games
• Largest margin of victory: Alabama, 51 points

KENTUCKY at MISSISSIPPI STATE (Starkville, Miss., 7:30 p.m. ET) – 43rd meeting

• All-time series record: Tied, 21-21
• Last time played: 2014
• Longest streak: Kentucky, 8 games (1958-1990)
• Current streak: Mississippi State, 6 games
• Largest margin of victory: Mississippi State, 40 points

AUBURN at ARKANSAS (Fayetteville, Ark., 12 p.m. ET)– 25th meeting

• All-time series record: Auburn leads, 13-10-1
• Last time played: 2014
• Longest streak: Auburn, 3 games (2003-2005)
• Current streak: Auburn, 2 games
• Largest margin of victory: Arkansas, 25 points

ACQUAINTANCES

MISSOURI at VANDERBILT (Nashville, Tenn., 4 p.m. ET) — eighth meeting

• All-time series record: Missouri leads, 4-2-1
• Last time played: 2014
• Longest streak: Missouri, 2 games (1895-1896); Vanderbilt, 2 games (1958-2012)
• Current streak: Missouri, 2 games
• Largest margin of victory: Missouri, 23 points

TEXAS A&M at OLE MISS (Oxford, Miss., 7 p.m. ET) — eighth meeting

• All-time series record: Texas A&M leads, 6-1
• Last time played: 2014
• Longest streak: Texas A&M, 6 games (1911-2013)
• Current streak: Ole Miss, 1 game
• Largest margin of victory: Texas A&M, 17 points

WESTERN KENTUCKY at LSU (Baton Rouge, La., 7 p.m. ET) — second meeting

• All-time series record: LSU leads, 1-0
• Last time played: 2011
• Longest streak: LSU, 1 game (2011)
• Current streak: LSU, 1 game
• Largest margin of victory: LSU, 33 points

Christine Wang

Christine Wang is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. She covers Auburn, Arkansas and Ole Miss.