2017 Southeastern Conference football season

The 2017 Southeastern Conference football season was the 85th season of SEC football and took place during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 31 and will end with the 2017 SEC Championship Game on December 2.^[1] The SEC is a Power Five conference under the College Football Playoff format along with the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big 12 Conference, the Big Ten Conference, and the Pac–12 Conference. For the 2017 season, the SEC has 14 teams divided into two divisions of seven each, named East and West.

2017 Southeastern Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 31, 2017 through January 2018
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	CBS, CBSSN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, SECN
2018 NFL Draft
Top draft pick	Roquan Smith (Georgia)
Picked by	Chicago Bears, 8th overall
Regular season
East champions	Georgia
East runners-up	South Carolina
West champions	Auburn
SEC Championship Game
Champions	Georgia
Runners-up	Auburn

2017 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 2 Georgia x$^		7	–	1					13	–	2
South Carolina		5	–	3					9	–	4
Kentucky		4	–	4					7	–	6
Missouri		4	–	4					7	–	6
Florida		3	–	5					4	–	7
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					5	–	7
Tennessee		0	–	8					4	–	8
Western Division
No. 10 Auburn xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
No. 1 Alabama x#^		7	–	1					13	–	1
No. 18 LSU		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 19 Mississippi State		4	–	4					9	–	4
Texas A&M		4	–	4					7	–	6
Ole Miss*		3	–	5					6	–	6
Arkansas		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Georgia 28, Auburn 7
# – College Football Playoff champion ^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * Ole Miss ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Recruiting classes

National Rankings

Team	ESPN[2]	Rivals[3]	Scout[4]	24/7[5]	Total Signees
Alabama	#1	#1	#1	#1	29
Arkansas	#26	#24	#27	#27	27
Auburn	#9	#14	#11	#9	23
Florida	#13	#9	#10	#10	23
Georgia	#3	#3	#2	#3	25
Kentucky	#30	#26	#35	#31	24
LSU	#7	#8	#7	#7	23
Ole Miss	#36	#39	#29	#29	21
Mississippi State	#24	#27	#25	#24	24
Missouri	#54	#48	#40	#42	24
South Carolina	#19	#16	#21	#21	24
Tennessee	#15	#15	#16	#17	27
Texas A&M	#11	#10	#9	#12	27
Vanderbilt	#60	#57	#69	#65	20

SEC media days

The SEC conducted its annual media days at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham – The Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Alabama between July 11 and July 14. The event commenced with a speech by commissioner Greg Sankey, and all 14 teams sent their head coaches and three selected players to speak with members of the media. The event along with all speakers and interviews were broadcast live on the SEC Network and streamed live on ESPN.com.

Preseason media polls

The SEC Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just six times. Only nine times has the preseason pick even made it to the SEC title game. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses.

SEC Champion Voting

• Alabama – 217
• Auburn – 11
• Georgia – 6
• Florida – 3
• LSU – 3
• Texas A&M – 1
• South Carolina – 1
• Arkansas – 1
• Vanderbilt – 1

West Division 1. Alabama – 1,683 (225) 2. Auburn – 1,329 (13) 3. LSU – 1,262 (4) 4. Arkansas – 796 (1) 5. Texas A&M – 722 6. Mississippi State – 633 7. Ole Miss – 379

East Division 1. Georgia – 1,572 (138) 2. Florida – 1,526 (96) 3. Tennessee – 998 (3) 4. South Carolina – 897 (5) 5. Kentucky – 869 6. Vanderbilt – 554 (1) 7. Missouri - 388

References:

Preseason All-SEC Media

First Team Offense

Position	Player	Class	Team
QB	Jalen Hurts	SO	Alabama
RB	Derrius Guice	JR	LSU
RB	Nick Chubb	SR	Georgia
WR	Calvin Ridley	JR	Alabama
WR	Christian Kirk	JR	Texas A&M
TE	Isaac Nauta	SO	Georgia
OL	Braden Smith	SR	Auburn
OL	Martez Ivey	JR	Florida
OL	Jonah Williams	SO	Alabama
OL	Ross Pierschbacher	JR	Alabama
C	Frank Ragnow	SR	Arkansas

First Team Defense

Position	Player	Class	Team
DL	Daron Payne	JR	Alabama
DL	Da'Shawn Hand	SR	Alabama
DL	Trenton Thompson	JR	Georgia
DL	Marquis Haynes	Sr	Ole Miss
LB	Arden Key	JR	LSU
LB	Rashaan Evans	SR	Alabama
LB	Roquan Smith	JR	Georgia
DB	Minkah Fitzpatrick	JR	Alabama
DB	Ronnie Harrison	JR	Alabama
DB	Armani Watts	JR	Texas A&M
DB	Duke Dawson	SR	Florida

First Team Special Teams

Position	Player	Class	Team
P	J. K. Scott	SR	Alabama
K	Eddy Piñeiro	JR	Florida
RS	Evan Berry	JR	Tennessee
AP	Derrius Guice	JR	LSU

References:^[6]

Head coaches

Note: All stats shown are before the beginning of the season.

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	SEC record
Alabama	Nick Saban	11	205–61–1	114–19	65–12
Arkansas	Bret Bielema	5	93–50	25–26	10–22
Auburn	Gus Malzahn	5	44–21	35–18	18–14
Florida	Jim McElwain	3	41–24	19–8	13–3
Georgia	Kirby Smart	2	8-5	8-5	4-4
Kentucky	Mark Stoops	5	19–30	19–30	8–24
LSU	Ed Orgeron	1	22–29	6–2	4–2
Ole Miss	Matt Luke	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Mississippi State	Dan Mullen	9	61–42	61–42	29–35
Missouri	Barry Odom	2	4–8	4–8	2–6
South Carolina	Will Muschamp	2	34–28	6–7	3–5
Tennessee	Butch Jones	5	80–48	30–21	14–18
Texas A&M	Kevin Sumlin	6	79–38	44–21	21–19
Vanderbilt	Derek Mason	4	13–24	13–24	5–19

References:^[7][8]

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Final
Alabama	AP	1 (52)	1 (60)	1 (58)	1 (45)	1 (52)	1 (44)	1 (43)	1 (61)	1 (61)	1 (59)	1 (56)	1 (57)	1 (58)	5	4
	C	1 (49)	1 (60)	1 (58)	1 (59)	1 (59)	1 (58)	1 (57)	1 (63)	1 (64)	1 (65)	1 (64)	1 (63)	1 (64)	5	4
	CFP	Not released									2	2	1	1	5	4
Arkansas	AP
	C	RV	RV		RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
Auburn	AP	12	13	15	15	13	12	10	21	19	16	10	6	6	4	7
	C	13	13	17	16	15	13	11	21	19	15	10	6	6	4 (4)	8
	CFP	Not released									14	10	6	6	2	7
Florida	AP	17	22	24	20	21	21	RV
	C	16	24	25	22	20	20	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Georgia	AP	15	15	13	11	7	5	4	3	3	2 (2)	2 (5)	7	7	6	3
	C	15	15	13	12	8	6	5	3	3	2	2 (1)	7	7	6	3 (2)
	CFP	Not released									1	1	7	7	6	3
Kentucky	AP		RV		RV			RV	RV
	C		RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV
	CFP	Not released
LSU	AP	13	12	12	25	25		RV	24	23	19	RV	21	19	17	16
	C	12	12	11	23	22		RV	25	23	20	25	21	18	16	14
	CFP	Not released									19	24	20	18	17	17
Mississippi State	AP		RV	RV	17	24			RV	RV	21	18	17	16	24	24
	C	RV	RV	RV	19	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	18	19	17	24	23
	CFP	Not released									16	16	16	14	23	23
Missouri	AP														RV	RV
	C
	CFP	Not released
Ole Miss	AP
	C
	CFP	Not released
South Carolina	AP		RV	RV					RV	RV	RV		RV	RV
	C		RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released												24
Tennessee	AP	25	25	23	RV	RV
	C	24	21	23	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released
Texas A&M	AP	RV					RV	RV	RV	RV				RV
	C	RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	24	24	RV			RV
	CFP	Not released
Vanderbilt	AP		RV	RV	RV
	C		RV	RV	RV
	CFP	Not released

Schedule

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SEC member won
Non-conference matchup; SEC member lost
Conference matchup

All times Eastern time. SEC teams in bold.

Rankings reflect those of the AP poll for that week until week 10 when CFP rankings are used.

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
August 31	8:00 p.m.	Florida A&M	Arkansas	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	SECN	W 49–7	36,055
September 2	12:00 p.m.	Missouri State	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	W 72–43	50,131
September 2	3:00 p.m.	North Carolina State	South Carolina	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	W 35–28	50,367
September 2	3:30 p.m.	#11 Michigan	#17 Florida	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	ABC	L 17–33	75,802
September 2	4:00 p.m.	Kentucky	Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CBSSN	W 24–17	22,761
September 2	4:00 p.m.	Charleston Southern	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	SECN	W 49–0	54,215
September 2	6:15 p.m.	Appalachian State	#15 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN	W 31–10	92,746
September 2	7:30 p.m.	South Alabama	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	ESPNU	W 47–27	62,532
September 2	7:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	#12 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	SECN	W 41–7	87,451
September 2	8:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	Middle Tennessee	Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	CBSSN	W 28–6	26,717
September 2	8:00 p.m.	#1 Alabama	#3 Florida State	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ABC	W 24–7	76,330
September 2	9:30 p.m.	BYU	#13 LSU	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	W 27–0	53,826
September 3	7:30 p.m.	Texas A&M	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	FOX	L 44–45	64,635
September 4	8:00 p.m.	#25 Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	W 42–41 2OT	75,107

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 9	12:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado	#22 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	Canceled[a]
September 9	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Kentucky	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	W 27–16	54,868
September 9	12:00 p.m.	UT Martin	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECN	W 45–23	60,476
September 9	3:30 p.m.	Fresno State	#1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	W 41–10	101,127
September 9	3:30 p.m.	#23 TCU	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	CBS	L 7–28	73,668
September 9	4:00 p.m.	Indiana State	#25 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	W 42–7	99,015
September 9	4:00 p.m.	Alabama A&M	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	W 42–0	25,802
September 9	7:00 p.m.	#13 Auburn	#3 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (rivalry)	ESPN	L 6–14	81,799
September 9	7:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPN2	SCAR 31–13	55,023
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPNU	W 24–14	100,276
September 9	7:30 p.m.	#15 Georgia	#24 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	NBC	W 20–19	77,622
September 9	7:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	#12 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	W 45–10	97,289
September 9	7:30 p.m.	Mississippi State	Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA	CBSSN	W 57–21	28,100

^{^[a]} The game between Florida and Northern Colorado was canceled due to Hurricane Irma. Both schools' athletic directors decided not to reschedule the game as the two teams do not share a common bye week.

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 16	12:00 p.m.	Louisiana	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	SECN	W 45–21	98,412
September 16	3:30 p.m.	#23 Tennessee	#24 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	FLA 26–20	87,736
September 16	4:00 p.m.	Mercer	#15 Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	SECN	W 24–10	87,033
September 16	4:00 p.m.	Purdue	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	L 3–35	53,262
September 16	7:00 p.m.	Colorado State	#1 Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	W 41–23	101,821
September 16	7:00 p.m.	#12 LSU	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (rivalry)	ESPN	MISS ST 37–7	60,596
September 16	7:30 p.m.	Samford	#13 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	SECN	W 42–14	92,746
September 16	7:30 p.m.	Kentucky	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	UK 23–13	82,493
September 16	7:30 p.m.	#18 Kansas State	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPNU	W 14–7	40,350
September 16	10:30 p.m.	Ole Miss	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	ESPN	L 16–27	37,125

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 23	12:00 p.m.	Arkansas	Texas A&M	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX (rivalry)	ESPN	TAMU 50–43 OT	64,668
September 23	12:00 p.m.	UMass	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	W 17–13	95,324
September 23	3:30 p.m.	#1 Alabama	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	CBS	ALA 59–0	40,350
September 23	3:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 17–16	71,821
September 23	7:00 p.m.	#17 Mississippi State	#11 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN	UGA 31–3	92,746
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Syracuse	#25 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN2	W 35–26	96,044
September 23	7:30 p.m.	#15 Auburn	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPNU	AUB 51–14	54,574
September 23	7:30 p.m.	#20 Florida	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	FLA 28–27	62,945

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 30	12:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	#21 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	FLA 38–24	84,478
September 30	12:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	W 42–24	70,727
September 30	3:30 p.m.	#7 Georgia	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	UGA 41–0	102,455
September 30	4:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	W 24–20	50,593
September 30	6:00 p.m.	#24 Mississippi State	#13 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN	AUB 49–10	86,901
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Troy	#25 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	ESPNU	L 20–24	99,879
September 30	7:30 p.m.	South Carolina	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	SECN	TAMU 24–17	96,430
September 30	9:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	#1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	ALA 66–3	101,821

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 7	12:00 p.m.	#5 Georgia	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	UGA 45–14	36,282
October 7	12:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	#12 Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (rivalry)	SECN	AUB 44–23	86,700
October 7	3:30 p.m.	LSU	#21 Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	LSU 17–16	88,247
October 7	4:00 p.m.	Arkansas	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	SCAR 48–22	79,416
October 7	7:15 p.m.	#1 Alabama	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	ALA 27–19	101,058
October 7	7:30 p.m.	Missouri	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	UK 40–34	57,476

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 14	12:00 p.m.	BYU	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	SECN	W 35–10	54,866
October 14	12:00 p.m.	South Carolina	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	SCAR 15–9	98,104
October 14	3:30 p.m.	#10 Auburn	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	CBS	LSU 27–23	101,601
October 14	3:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)	SECN	MISS 57–35	60,157
October 14	7:00 p.m.	Texas A&M	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	ESPN2	TAMU 19–17	86,114
October 14	7:15 p.m.	Arkansas	#1 Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN	ALA 41–9	101,821
October 14	7:30 p.m.	Missouri	#4 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	SECN	UGA 53–28	92,746

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 21	12:00 p.m.	Idaho	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	W 68–21	47,648
October 21	3:30 p.m.	Tennessee	#1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	CBS	ALA 45–7	101,821
October 21	4:00 p.m.	Kentucky	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	SECN	MISS ST 45–7	58,963
October 21	7:15 p.m.	#24 LSU	Ole Miss	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)	ESPN	LSU 40–24	64,067
October 21	7:30 p.m.	#21 Auburn	Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	AUB 52–20	71,961

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 28	12:00 p.m.	Arkansas	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)	SECN	ARK 38–37	55,684
October 28	3:30 p.m.	#3 Georgia	Florida	EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	UGA 42–7	84,107
October 28	4:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	SCAR 34–27	78,992
October 28	6:30 p.m.	Missouri	Connecticut	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	CBSSN	W 52–12	21,062
October 28	7:15 p.m.	Mississippi State	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	MISS ST 35–14	96,128
October 28	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY (rivalry)	SECN	UK 29–26	57,543

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 4	12:00 p.m.	#14 Auburn	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPN	AUB 42–27	100,257
November 4	12:00 p.m.	UMass	#16 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	SECN	W 34–23	57,374
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Florida	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	ESPN2	MIZZOU 45–16	49,154
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPNU	W 31–17	26,350
November 4	3:30 p.m.	South Carolina	#1 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (rivalry)	CBS	UGA 24–10	92,746
November 4	4:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	SECN	W 39–38	61,476
November 4	4:00 p.m.	Ole Miss	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	MISS 37–34	55,665
November 4	7:30 p.m.	Southern Miss	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	W 24–10	95,551
November 4	8:00 p.m.	#19 LSU	#2 Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	CBS	ALA 24–10	101,821

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 11	12:00 p.m.	Arkansas	#24 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	LSU 33–10	98,546
November 11	12:00 p.m.	Louisiana	Ole Miss	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	SECN	W 50–22	51,618
November 11	12:00 p.m.	Florida	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	CBS	SCAR 28–20	79,727
November 11	3:30 p.m.	#1 Georgia	#10 Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (rivalry)	CBS	AUB 40–17	87,451
November 11	4:00 p.m.	Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	UK 44–21	27,346
November 11	7:00 p.m.	#2 Alabama	#16 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (rivalry)	ESPN	ALA 31–24	61,344
November 11	7:00 p.m.	New Mexico	Texas A&M	Kyle Field • College Station, TX	ESPNU	W 55–14	99,051
November 11	7:30 p.m.	Tennessee	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO	SECN	MIZZOU 50–17	50,637

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 18	12:00 p.m.	#16 Mississippi State	Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR	CBS	MISS ST 28–21	64,153
November 18	12:00 p.m.	Mercer	#1 Alabama	Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	SECN	W 56–0	101,821
November 18	12:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	#6 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN2	W 42–14	82,133
November 18	3:30 p.m.	Kentucky	#7 Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	CBS	UGA 42–13	92,746
November 18	4:00 p.m.	UAB	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	SECN	W 36–7	84,649
November 18	4:00 p.m.	Wofford	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	SECN	W 31–10	74,742
November 18	7:00 p.m.	#20 LSU	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	LSU 30–10	96,888
November 18	7:00 p.m.	Texas A&M	Ole Miss	Vaught-Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	ESPN2	TAMU 31–24	55,880
November 18	7:30 p.m.	Missouri	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	MIZZOU 45–17	22,910

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 23	7:30 p.m.	Ole Miss	#14 Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (rivalry)	ESPN	MISS 31–28	59,345
November 24	2:30 p.m.	Missouri	Arkansas	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)	CBS	MIZZOU 48–45	64,529
November 25	12:00 p.m.	#7 Georgia	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ABC	W 38–7	55,000
November 25	12:00 p.m.	Louisville	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY (Governor's Cup)	SECN	L 17–44	56,186
November 25	12:00 p.m.	Florida State	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 22–38	89,066
November 25	3:30 p.m.	#1 Alabama	#6 Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (rivalry)	CBS	AUB 26–14	87,451
November 25	4:00 p.m.	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	SECN	VANDY 42–24	83,117
November 25	7:30 p.m.	#3 Clemson	#24 South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN	L 10–34	82,908
November 25	7:30 p.m.	Texas A&M	#18 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	SECN	LSU 45–21	97,675

Championship game

Further information: 2017 SEC Championship Game

Week Fourteen (2017 SEC Championship Game)

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 2	4:00 p.m.	#6 Georgia	#2 Auburn	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	CBS	UGA 28–7	76,534

SEC vs other conferences

SEC vs. Power 5 matchups

This is a list of teams considered by the SEC as "Power Five" teams for purposes of meeting league requirements that each member play at least one "power" team in non-conference play. In addition to the SEC, the NCAA officially considers all football members of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12 and Pac-12, plus independent Notre Dame (a full but non-football ACC member), as "Power Five" teams. Although the NCAA does not consider BYU a "Power Five" school, the SEC considers games against BYU as satisfying its "Power Five" scheduling requirement.

All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score
September 2	NC State	South Carolina	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	Belk Kickoff Game	W 35–28
September 2	#11 Michigan	#17 Florida	AT&T Stadium • Arlington, TX	Advocare Classic	L 17–33
September 2	#1 Alabama	#3 Florida State	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game	W 24–7
September 2	BYU	#13 LSU	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	Texas Kickoff	W 27–0
September 3	Texas A&M	UCLA	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA		L 44–45
September 4	#25 Tennessee	Georgia Tech	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game / Georgia Tech–Tennessee football rivalry	W 42–41 2OT
September 9	#23 TCU	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR		L 7–28
September 9	#13 Auburn	#3 Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	Auburn–Clemson football rivalry	L 6–14
September 9	#15 Georgia	#24 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 20–19
September 16	Purdue	Missouri	Faurot Field • Columbia, MO		L 3–35
September 16	#18 Kansas State	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN		W 14–7
September 16	Ole Miss	California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		L 16–27
September 23	Syracuse	#25 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA		W 35–26
October 14	BYU	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS		W 35–10
November 25	#7 Georgia	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA	Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate	W 38–7
November 25	Louisville	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	Governor's Cup	L 17–44
November 25	#4 Clemson	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	Battle of the Palmetto State	L 10–34
November 25	Florida State	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL	Florida–Florida State football rivalry	L 22–38

Records against other conferences

Regular Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 5–4 Big Ten 0–2 Big 12 1–1 BYU/Notre Dame 3–0 Pac-12 0–2 Power 5 Total 9–9 Other FBS Conferences Record American 1–0 C-USA 7–0 Independents (Excluding BYU & Notre Dame) 2–0 MAC 1–0 Mountain West 2–0 Sun Belt 10–1 Other FBS Total 23–1 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 13–0 Total Non-Conference Record 45–10

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 2–1 Big Ten 1–1 Big 12 1–1 Notre Dame 0–1 Power 5 Total 4–4 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–1 Other FBS Total 0–1 Total Bowl Record 4–5

Postseason

Bowl games

See also: 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games

(Rankings from final CFP Poll; All times Eastern)

Date	Time	Bowl Game	Site	TV	SEC Team	Opponent	Result
January 8, 2018	8:00 p.m.	CFP National Championship	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	ESPN	#4 Alabama (12–1)	#3 Georgia (13–1)	ALA 26–23 (OT)
January 1, 2018	8:45 p.m.	Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal)	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	#4 Alabama (11–1)	#1 Clemson (12–1)	W 24–6
January 1, 2018	5:00 p.m.	Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal)	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	ESPN	#3 Georgia (12–1)	#2 Oklahoma (12–1)	W 54–48 (2OT)
January 1, 2018	1:00 p.m.	Peach Bowl (New Year's Six)	Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA	ESPN	#7 Auburn (10–3)	#12 UCF (12–0)	L 27–34
January 1, 2018	1:00 p.m.	Citrus Bowl	Camping World Stadium • Orlando, FL	ABC	#17 LSU (9–3)	#14 Notre Dame (9–3)	L 17–21
January 1, 2018	12:00 p.m.	Outback Bowl	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN2	South Carolina (8–4)	Michigan (8–4)	W 26–19
December 30, 2017	12:00 p.m.	TaxSlayer Bowl	EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL	ESPN	#23 Mississippi State (8–4)	Louisville (8–4)	W 31–27
December 29, 2017	4:30 p.m.	Music City Bowl	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	ESPN	Kentucky (7–5)	#21 Northwestern (9–3)	L 23–24
December 29, 2017	1:00 p.m.	Belk Bowl	Bank of America Stadium • Charlotte, NC	ESPN	Texas A&M (7–5)	Wake Forest (7–5)	L 52–55
December 27, 2017	9:00 p.m.	Texas Bowl	NRG Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN	Missouri (7–5)	Texas (6–6)	L 16–33

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week		Offensive				Offensive Lineman				Defensive				Defensive Lineman				Special teams				Freshman
		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team		Player	Position	Team
Week 1 (Sept. 2)		Drew Lock	QB	Missouri		Garrett Brumfield	OG	LSU		Shaun Dion Hamilton	LB	Alabama		Denzil Ware	DE/LB	Kentucky		Deebo Samuel	WR/KR	South Carolina		Chase Hayden	RB	Arkansas
Week 2 (Sept. 9)		Shea Patterson	QB	Ole Miss		Matt Womack	OL	Alabama		Lorenzo Carter	LB	Georgia		Jeffery Simmons	DL	Mississippi State		Deebo Samuel (2)	WR/KR	South Carolina		Ty Chandler	RB/KR	Tennessee
Week 3 (Sept. 16)		Nick Fitzgerald	QB	Mississippi State		Darryl Williams	OL	Mississippi State		Derrick Baity Jr. LaDarius Wiley	CB S	Kentucky Vanderbilt		Jeffery Simmons (2)	DL	Mississippi State		Austin MacGinnis	PK	Kentucky		C. J. Henderson	DB	Florida
Week 4 (Sept. 23)		Damien Harris	RB	Alabama		Ross Pierschbacher	OL	Alabama		CeCe Jefferson	DE	Florida		Christian Kirk	WR/KR	Texas A&M		Marlon Davidson	DL	Auburn		Jake Fromm	QB	Georgia
Week 5 (Sept. 30)		Jarrett Stidham Nick Chubb	QB RB	Auburn Georgia		Brett Heggie	OL	Florida		Levi Wallace	DL	Alabama		Landis Durham	DL	Texas A&M		Joshua Pascal	LB	Kentucky		Malik Davis Nick Coe	RB DL	Florida Auburn
Week 6 (Oct. 7)		Kerryon Johnson	RB	Auburn		Isaiah Wynn	LT	Georgia		Minkah Fitzpatrick Devin White	DB DE/LB	Alabama LSU		D.J. Wonnum	DL	South Carolina		Daniel Carlson	PK	Auburn		Lynn Bowden	WR/KR	Kentucky
Week 7 (Oct. 14)		D.J. Chark Shea Patterson (2)	WR/PR QB	LSU Ole Miss		Jonah Williams	OL	Alabama		Devin White (2)	LB	LSU		D.J. Wonnum (2)	DL	South Carolina		Daniel LeCamera	PK	Texas A&M		Jake Fromm (2)	QB	Georgia
Week 8 (Oct. 21)		Derrius Guice	RB	LSU		Deion Calhoun	RG	Mississippi State		Levi Wallace (2) Jeff Holland	DB DE	Alabama Auburn		Montez Sweat	DE	Mississippi State		Connor Culp	PK	LSU		Nick Coe Albert Okwuegbunam	DL TE	Auburn Missouri
Week 9 (Oct. 28)		Nick Fitzgerald (2) Benny Snell	QB RB	Mississippi State Kentucky		Alan Knott	C	South Carolina		Jordan Jones J.R. Reed	LB DB	Kentucky Georgia		Montez Sweat (2)	DE	Mississippi State		De’Vion Warren	WR/KR	Arkansas		Cole Kelley	QB	Arkansas
Week 10 (Nov. 4)		Jordan Ta'amu	QB	Ole Miss		Braden Smith	RG	Auburn		Ronnie Harrison Anthony Sherrils	DB S	Alabama Missouri		Josiah Coatney	DL	Ole Miss		J. K. Scott	P	Alabama		DK Metcalf Aidan Marshall	WR P	Ole Miss Missouri
Week 11 (Nov. 11)		Kerryon Johnson (2)	RB	Auburn		Casey Dunn	C	Auburn		Devin White (3)	LB	LSU		Denzil Ware (2) Marcell Frazier	DE/LB DL	Kentucky Missouri		Daniel Carlson (2)	PK	Auburn		Nick Starkel Larry Roundtree III	QB RB	Texas A&M Missouri
Week 12 (Nov. 18)		Nick Chubb (2)	RB	Georgia		JC Hassenauer	OL	Alabama		Derrick Tucker	S	Texas A&M		Montez Sweat (3)	DL	Mississippi State		Zach Von Rosenberg	P	LSU		Albert Okwuegbunam (2)	TE	Missouri
Week 13 (Nov. 25)		Drew Lock (2) Jarrett Stidham (2)	QB	Missouri Auburn		Greg Little Bruno Reagan	OL	Ole Miss Vanderbilt		Devin White (4)	LB	LSU		Nick Coe	DL	Auburn		Gary Wunderlich	PK	Ole Miss		Jake Fromm (3)	QB	Georgia

SEC Individual Awards

The following individuals won the conference's annual player and coach awards:

• Offensive Player of the Year: Kerryon Johnson, Auburn
• Defensive Player of the Year: Roquan Smith, Georgia
• Coach of the Year: Kirby Smart, Georgia
• Special Teams Player of the Year: Daniel Carlson, Auburn
• Freshman Player of the Year: Jake Fromm, Georgia
• Newcomer Player of the Year: Jarrett Stidham, Auburn
• Jacobs Blocking Trophy: Braden Smith, Auburn
• Scholar-Athlete Player of the Year: Danny Etling, LSU

Reference:^[9]

All-Conference teams

Main article: 2017 All-SEC football team

Coaches

Position		1st Team			2nd Team
		Player	School		Player	School
QB		Drew Lock	Missouri		Jarrett Stidham	Auburn
RB		Kerryon Johnson	Auburn		Benny Snell	Kentucky
RB		Nick Chubb	Georgia		Derrius Guice	LSU
WR		A. J. Brown	Ole Miss		J'Mon Moore	Missouri
WR		Calvin Ridley	Alabama		Christian Kirk	Texas A&M
TE		Hayden Hurst	South Carolina		Albert Okwuegbunam	Missouri
C		Will Clapp	LSU		Bradley Bozeman	Alabama
OL		Isaiah Wynn	Georgia		Trey Smith	Tennessee
OL		Braden Smith	Auburn		Garrett Brumfield	LSU
OL		Martinas Rankin	Mississippi State		Martez Ivey	Florida
OL		Jonah Williams	Alabama		Greg Little	Ole Miss
RS		Christian Kirk	Texas A&M		D. J. Chark	LSU
DL		Jeff Holland	Auburn		Daron Payne	Alabama
DL		Montez Sweat	Mississippi State		Marcell Frazier	Missouri
DL		Raekwon Davis	Alabama		Da'Shawn Hand	Alabama
DL		Jeffery Simmons	Mississippi State		Marquis Haynes	Ole Miss
LB		Roquan Smith	Georgia		Rashaan Evans	Alabama
LB		Devin White	LSU		Lorenzo Carter	Georgia
LB		Skai Moore	South Carolina		Tre' Williams	Auburn
DB		Minkah Fitzpatrick	Alabama		Ronnie Harrison	Alabama
DB		Duke Dawson	Florida		Donte Jackson	LSU
DB		Armani Watts	Texas A&M		Andraez Williams	LSU
DB		Carlton Davis	Auburn		Deandre Baker	Georgia
PK		Daniel Carlson	Auburn		Eddy Piñeiro	Florida
P		J. K. Scott	Alabama		Johnny Townsend	Florida

Media

Position		1st Team			2nd Team
		Player	School		Player	School
QB		Drew Lock	Missouri		Jarrett Stidham	Auburn
RB		Kerryon Johnson	Auburn		Nick Chubb	Georgia
RB		Benny Snell	Kentucky		Derrius Guice	LSU
WR		A. J. Brown	Ole Miss		J'Mon Moore	Missouri
WR		Calvin Ridley	Alabama		Christian Kirk	Texas A&M
TE		Hayden Hurst	South Carolina		Albert Okwuegbunam	Missouri
C		Bradley Bozeman Will Clapp	Alabama LSU		Frank Ragnow	Arkansas
OG		Braden Smith	Auburn		Trey Smith	Tennessee
OG		Ross Pierschbacher	Alabama		Greg Little	Ole Miss
OT		Jonah Williams	Alabama		Martinas Rankin	Mississippi State
OT		Isaiah Wynn	Georgia		Martez Ivey	Florida
AP		Christian Kirk	Texas A&M		Mecole Hardman D. J. Chark	Georgia LSU
DL		Jeff Holland	Auburn		Marcell Frazier	Missouri
DL		Montez Sweat	Mississippi State		Marquis Haynes Dante Sawyer	Ole Miss South Carolina
DL		Daron Payne	Alabama		Taven Bryan	Florida
DL		Jeffery Simmons	Mississippi State		Raekwon Davis Breeland Speaks	Alabama Ole Miss
LB		Roquan Smith	Georgia		Josh Allen	Kentucky
LB		Devin White	LSU		Lorenzo Carter De'Jon Harris	Georgia Arkansas
LB		Rashaan Evans Arden Key	Alabama LSU		Skai Moore Charles Wright	South Carolina Vanderbilt
DB		Andraez Williams	LSU		Duke Dawson	Florida
DB		Armani Watts	Texas A&M		Levi Wallace	Alabama
DB		Minkah Fitzpatrick	Alabama		Carlton Davis	Auburn
DB		Ronnie Harrison	Alabama		C. J. Henderson J. R. Reed	Florida Georgia
PK		Daniel Carlson	Auburn		Eddy Piñeiro	Florida
P		Johnny Townsend	Florida		J. K. Scott	Alabama

References:^[10][11]

All-Americans

Main article: 2017 College Football All-America Team

• OL – Braden Smith, Auburn (AP, ESPN, CBS)
• OL – Frank Ragnow, Arkansas (CBS)
• LB – Jeff Holland, Auburn (SI)
• LB – Roquan Smith, Georgia (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN)
• LB – Rashaan Evans, Alabama (AFCA)
• DB – Carlton Davis, Auburn (SI)
• DB – Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama (AP, AFCA, FWAA, WCFF, TSN, SI, USAT, ESPN, CBS, CFN)
• PK – Daniel Carlson, Auburn (AFCA, WCFF, CBS)
• P – Johnny Townsend, Florida (SI)
• P – J. K. Scott, Alabama (CFN)

National Award Finalists

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season § Awards and honors

Winners in bold

• Manning Award (quarterback) – Jalen Hurts, Alabama; Jarrett Stidham, Auburn
• Bednarik Award (best defensive player) – Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama; Roquan Smith, Georgia
• Bronko Nagurski Award (best defensive player) – Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama; Roquan Smith, Georgia
• Butkus Award (best linebacker) – Roquan Smith, Georgia
• Jim Thorpe Award (best defensive back) – Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
• Wuerffel Trophy (humanitarian–athlete) – Courtney Love, Kentucky
• Lou Groza Award (best kicker) – Daniel Carlson, Auburn
• Ray Guy Award (best punter) – J. K. Scott, Alabama
• AP Coach of the Year – Kirby Smart, Georgia^[12]

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium	101,821[13]	101,127	101,821	101,821	101,821	101,821	101,821	101,821	712,053	101,722	99.90%
Arkansas	Razorback Stadium	72,000	36,055A	73,668	70,727	71,961	61,476	64,153	64,529	378,416	62,905	81.84%
Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium	87,451[14]	87,451	87,033	86,901	86,700	87,451	82,133	87,451	605,120	86,446	98.85%
Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	88,548[15]	87,736	84,478	88,247	86,114	84,649	89,066	–	520,290	86,715	97.93%
Georgia	Sanford Stadium	92,746[16]	92,746	92,746	92,746	92,746	92,746	92,746	–	556,476	92,746	100%
Kentucky	Kroger Field	61,000[17]	54,868	62,945	50,593	57,476	57,543	55,665	56,186	395,276	56,468	92.57%
LSU	Tiger Stadium	102,321[18]	97,289	96,044	99,879	101,601	98,546	97,675	–	591,034	98,506	96.27%
Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium	61,337[19]	54,215	60,596	54,866	58,963	57,374	61,344	59,345	406,703	58,100	94.72%
Missouri	Faurot Field	71,168[20]	50,131	55,023	53,262	54,574	47,648	49,154	50,637	360,429	51,490	72.35%
Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium	64,038[21]	62,532	60,476	60,157	64,067	55,684	51,618	55,880	410,414	58,631	91.56%
South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium	80,250[22]	82,493	71,821	79,416	78,992	79,727	74,742	82,908	550,099	78,586	97.93%
Tennessee	Neyland Stadium	102,455[23]	99,015	95,324	102,455	98,104	95,551	96,888	83,117	670,454	95,779	93.48%
Texas A&M	Kyle Field	102,733[24]	100,276	98,412	96,430	101,058	96,128	100,257	99,051	691,612	98,802	96.17%
Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium	40,550[25]	25,802	40,350	40,350	36,282	26,350	27,346	22,910	219,390	31,341	77.29%

^A Game played at Arkansas' secondary home stadium War Memorial Stadium, capacity: 54,120.^[26]

Reference:^[27]