2009 Southeastern Conference football season
2009 Southeastern Conference football season | |
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2010 NFL Draft | |
Top draft pick | Eric Berry (Tennessee) |
Picked by | Kansas City Chiefs, 5th overall |
Regular season | |
East champions | Florida Gators |
West champions | Alabama Crimson Tide |
SEC Championship Game | |
Champions | Alabama Crimson Tide |
Finals MVP | Mark Ingram, Alabama |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Florida x% | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Alabama x$# | 8 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 LSU | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Ole Miss | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 3 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 3 | – | 5 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Alabama 32, Florida 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AP Poll
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The 2009 Southeastern Conference football season started on Thursday, September 3 as conference member
, who traveled to the Georgia Dome to face Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff for the second straight year.Bowl games
The SEC was the second conference to send 10 teams to bowl games in a given year. The ACC was the first to do so in 2008.
SEC Bowl Games | |||||||||
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Game | Date | Location/Time* | Television | Winner+ | Score | Loser+ | Score | Attendance | Payout |
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl | December 27, 2009 | LP Field Nashville, Tennessee 7:30 PM |
ESPN | Clemson | 21 | Kentucky | 13 | 37,209 | $1,700,000 |
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl | December 28, 2009 | Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana 4:00 PM |
ESPN2 | Georgia | 44 | Texas A&M | 20 | 49,653 | $2,200,000 |
Chick-fil-A Bowl | December 31, 2009 | Atlanta, Georgia 6:30 PM |
ESPN | Virginia Tech | 37 | Tennessee | 14 | 73,777 | $3,010,000 |
Outback Bowl | January 1, 2010 | Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida 10:00 AM |
ESPN | Auburn | 38 | Northwestern | 35 | 49,383 | $3,300,000 |
Capital One Bowl | January 1, 2010 | Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, Florida 12:00 PM |
ABC | Penn State* (#11) | 19 | LSU (#13) | 17 | 63,025 | $4,250,000 |
Allstate Sugar Bowl | January 1, 2010 | New Orleans, Louisiana 7:30 PM |
FOX | Florida (#5) | 51 | Cincinnati (#4) | 24 | 65,207 | $18,000,000 |
PapaJohns.com Bowl
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January 2, 2010 | Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama 1:00 PM |
ESPN | UConn | 20 | South Carolina | 7 | 45,254 | $900,000 |
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic | January 2, 2010 | Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas 1:00 PM |
FOX | Ole Miss | 21 | Oklahoma State (#21) | 7 | 77,928 | $6,750,000 |
AutoZone Liberty Bowl | January 2, 2010 | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee 4:30 PM |
ESPN | Arkansas | 20 | East Carolina | 17 | 62,742 | $1,700,00 |
Citi BCS National Championship Game | January 7, 2010 | Rose Bowl Pasadena, California 7:00 PM |
ABC | Alabama (#1) | 37 | Texas (#2) | 21 | 94,906 | $31,000,000 (est.) |
Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Standard Time.
* Penn State's win was vacated due to the Penn State child sex abuse scandal
Awards and All-SEC Teams
- 2009 AP All-SEC First Team
- [2]
Rankings
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
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Final | ||
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Alabama | AP | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
C | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
BCS | Not released | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Arkansas | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Auburn | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 17 | RV | RV | ||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 19 | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Florida | AP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
BCS | Not released | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Georgia | AP | 13 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 18 | RV | ||||||||||
C | 13 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 14 | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
LSU | AP | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |||||||
C | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||
BCS | Not released | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Ole Miss | AP | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | RV | RV | 24 | |||||||
C | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | RV | 25 | 22 | ||||||||
BCS | Not released | 25 | |||||||||||||||
South Carolina | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 23 | 21 | |||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | 23 | 21 | ||||||||
BCS | Not released | 24 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
Tennessee | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
C | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | AP | ||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||
BCS | Not released |
SEC vs. BCS matchups
Date | Visitor | Home | Winner |
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September 3 | South Carolina | NC State
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South Carolina |
September 5 | Georgia | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State |
September 5 | Alabama | Virginia Tech | Alabama |
September 5 | LSU | Washington | LSU |
September 12 | UCLA | Tennessee | UCLA |
September 19 | Louisville | Kentucky | Kentucky |
September 19 | West Virginia | Auburn | Auburn |
September 26 | Arizona State | Georgia | Georgia |
October 3 | Arkansas | Texas A&M | Arkansas |
October 3 | Georgia Tech | Mississippi State | Georgia Tech |
October 31 | Georgia Tech | Vanderbilt | Georgia Tech |
November 28 | Florida State | Florida | Florida |
November 28 | Clemson | South Carolina | South Carolina |
November 28 | Georgia | Georgia Tech | Georgia |
Previous season
During the
Preseason
Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin begins his first season in Knoxville. Kiffin is a former head coach of the Oakland Raiders and assistant coach at USC. Gene Chizik also begins his first season as head coach at Auburn.
In a given year, each SEC team will play its five other division foes plus three opposing division opponents. Each team has a set opposing division opponent. The other teams from the division are on a rotation, playing a home/away series every five seasons.
Western Division | Eastern Division | Series record |
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Auburn | Georgia | 53-51-8[3] |
Alabama | Tennessee | 46-38-7[4] |
Ole Miss | Vanderbilt | 46-35-2[5] |
LSU | Florida | 23-30-3[6] |
Mississippi State | Kentucky | 16-20[7] |
Arkansas | South Carolina | 10-7[8] |
The Southeastern Conference announced on July 22 that the SEC media had elected Florida and Alabama as the preseason favorites for their divisions for the 2009 football season. It chose Florida quarterback Tim Tebow as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Tennessee cornerback Eric Berry as the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.
In the preseason
References
- ^ "Ohio State Named Preseason Favorite for 2009 Football Season: Buckeyes' Pryor and Michigan State's Jones earn individual preseason honors". CBS Interactive. July 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
- ^ "2009 AP All-SEC honors". Courier-Journal. December 7, 2008. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ^ Auburn-Georgia series record
- ^ "Alabama-Tennessee series record". Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
- ^ Ole Miss-Vanderbilt series record
- ^ LSU-Florida series record
- ^ Mississippi St.-Kentucky series record
- ^ Arkansas-South Carolina series record