Alabama (2-0, 0-0 SEC)
Next game: at Arkansas, 3:30 p.m., CBS
Huddle up: RB Jalston Fowler is expected to miss the rest of the season after suffering a left knee injury. He is the Crimson Tide's second-leading rusher with 85 yards on 11 carries, was the lead blocker at fullback and also played H-back. … CB Dee Milliner (hip) and NG Jesse Williams (concussion) are expected to return for this week's game. … QB A.J. McCarron is third in the nation in passing efficiency (199.78) and has thrown for six TDs with no INTs.
Tweetable fact: Alabama has won 32 consecutive games against teams outside the Top 25, dating to a 21-14 loss to Louisiana-Monroe on Nov. 17, 2007.
Arkansas (1-1, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Alabama, 3:30 p.m., CBS
Huddle up: QB Tyler Wilson is still day-to-day with a head injury and is questionable for Saturday's game. Wilson was injured in Louisiana-Monroe's upset of Arkansas. "I am more optimistic, but that decision has not been made yet and not in my hands," coach John L. Smith said. … Backup FB Kody Walker will miss the rest of the season after breaking his leg Saturday. It's the second consecutive season that leg injuries have forced Walker to miss most of the season. Starting FB Kiero Small already is out with a foot injury and might miss the season. … CB Tevin Mitchel is out after having his gall bladder removed earlier this week.
Tweetable fact: Arkansas is 8-for-8 in the red zone in 2012, tied for the second-most conversions in the SEC.
Auburn (0-2, 0-1)
Next game: vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 12:21 p.m., WPCH
Huddle up: S Demetruce McNeal (Banneker) had 18 tackles Saturday, the most by an Auburn player since LB Dontarrious Thomas totaled 19 tackles at Syracuse in 2001. He had six unassisted tackles, 12 assists and 1 1/2 tackles for loss. … Onterio McCalebb's 100-yard kickoff return for a TD was the longest return for Auburn since 2000. McCalebb also returned a kick 83 yards for a TD last year. … QB Kiehl Frazier has thrown four interceptions. No other SEC QB has thrown more than one.
Tweetable fact: Auburn hasn't started 0-3 since 1950, although the 1975 team was 0-2-1.
Florida (2-0, 1-0)
Next game: at Tennessee, 6 p.m., ESPN
Huddle up: Florida has lost nine consecutive games to ranked teams, with their last win coming in a 51-24 victory over Cincinnati in the 2010 Sugar Bowl. Tennessee is ranked 23rd. … CB Jeremy Brown, who started 10 games in 2010, played Saturday for the first time since the Outback Bowl that year. He missed last season with a knee injury and then injured his wrist during an offseason workout. … Coach Will Muschamp said LB Jelani Jenkins (thumb) and CB Cody Riggs (foot) could miss four weeks each.
Tweetable fact: The Gators are riding a seven-game win streak against Tennessee and are 15-5 vs. the Vols since 1992.
Kentucky (1-1, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Western Kentucky, 7 p.m., ESPNU
Huddle up: RB Raymond Sanders (Stephenson) had a career-high 115 yards and a TD on 13 carries in the win against Kent State. He started in the absence of CoShik Williams (Hiram), who missed the game with what was described as spasms. … QB Maxwell Smith threw for a career-high 354 yards, becoming the first Kentucky QB to reach 300 in a game since Mike Hartline on Oct. 23, 2010. … LB Alvin "Bud" Dupree (Wilkinson County) has had at least one "big play" (sack, tackle for loss, fumble caused, fumble recovery or pass breakup) in six consecutive games.
Tweetable fact: Senior WR Aaron Boyd made his first start since he was a freshman and had 11 catches for 100 yards.
LSU (2-0, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Idaho, 8 p.m.
Huddle up: Coach Les Miles was impressed by QB Zach Mettenberger (Oconee County) on Saturday. "I like the way our quarterback played," Miles said. "He was very accurate. He was on his reads and doing the right things. We want to use him more. We want to throw the football down the field and more efficiently." Mettenberger has thrown for 387 yards and two TDs. … LBs Tahj Jones and D.J. Welter, TE Tyler Edwards and OL Evan Washington are academically ineligible and will miss the rest of the season. Jones was the only projected starter among the group, and all four had been held out of the first two games.
Tweetable fact: LSU has scored at least 40 points in 12 of its past 16 games.
Mississippi (2-0, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Texas, 9:15 p.m., ESPN
Huddle up: OG A.J. Hawkins (M.L. King) is the co-offensive lineman of the week in the SEC after helping the Rebels roll up 538 yards in a victory over Texas-El Paso. It was his 18th consecutive start and third at RG after starting at LG and C his first three seasons. … The SEC has suspended DB Trae Elston for one game for his "flagrant and dangerous" hit last week. … DE Gerald Rivers (Cedar Grove) has missed the past two games with eligibility issues and is questionable this week. … QB Bo Wallace leads the Rebels in passing (438 yards, five TDs) and rushing (135 yards, two TDs.)
Tweetable fact: The Rebels lead the SEC in offense (551.5 yards), first downs (28) and third-down conversions (56.5 percent).
Mississippi State (2-0, 1-0)
Next game: at Troy, 7 p.m.
Huddle up: QB Tyler Russell is the SEC's offensive player of the week after he was 20-of-29 for 222 yards and three TDs in the win over Auburn. He has thrown for 407 yards and five TDs and has been sacked only once in his two starts. The school record for TD passes in a season is 19, set last year. … WR Chris Smith (seven catches), TE Marcus Green (three TDs) and WR Chad Bumphis (two TDs) are becoming Russell's favorite targets. … The Bulldogs have won 13 of their 15 nonconference games under coach Dan Mullen, including 12 in a row.
Tweetable fact: Mississippi State leads the nation in turnover margin (plus-7) through two games.
Missouri (1-1, 0-1)
Next game: vs. Arizona State, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Huddle up: Only five of Missouri's top 10 offensive linemen are healthy and available to play Saturday. That includes two starters — LG Evan Boehm and RG Max Copeland — who will start this week in the same position they started the opener. LT Elvis Fisher strained his right knee against Georgia and is out indefinitely. … C Brad McNulty played one series without his shoe and was concerned that Georgia NG John Jenkins, who is 358 pounds, would step on his foot. "Thank God that didn't happen," he told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Tweetable fact: Marcus Murphy is second in the nation in punt returns, averaging 22.9 yards on eight returns.
South Carolina (2-0, 1-0)
Next game: vs. UAB, 7 p.m., FSSO
Huddle up: WR Shaq Roland saw his first career action, catching two passes for 25 yards. … After watching video of the Gamecocks' 48-10 victory over East Carolina, coach Steve Spurrier said: "We could have thrown for 600 yards against ECU." … The status of QB Connor Shaw (Flowery Branch), who was injured in the opener and missed Saturday's win, was unknown as of Wednesday. He is 9-1 as a starter. If Shaw can't play, Dylan Thompson, who threw for 330 yards and three TDs on Saturday, will start. … Spurrier's next win will be his 200th as a collegiate coach. He is 199-75-2.
Tweetable fact: RB Marcus Lattimore has tied George Rogers and Harold Green for most career TDs with 33 in school history.
Tennessee (2-0, 0-0)
Next game: vs. Florida, 6 p.m., ESPN
Huddle up: Tennessee has lost 11 consecutive games to ranked teams and 17 of its past 18. Florida is ranked 18th, and this is the first time since 2007 that both the Volunteers and Gators have been ranked when they met. DE Darrington Sentimore told the media this week: "But I'm here to tell them that we're going to beat them." … LBs Herman Lathers (shoulder) and Curt Maggitt (toe), who didn't play last week, are questionable against Florida. … Walk-on K Derrick Brodus will start ahead of Michael Palardy, who has missed two PATs and a 39-yard field-goal attempt this season. Brodus kicked a 25-yard field goal and made his only PAT on Saturday.
Tweetable fact: Tyler Bray has 31 TDs and six INTs in his 10 wins as a starter; eight TDs and seven INTs in his four losses.
Texas A&M (0-1, 0-1)
Next game: at SMU, 3:30 p.m. FSSO
Huddle up: Redshirt freshman QB Johnny Manziel had an impressive first start with 173 yards passing and 60 yards rushing and a score in the loss to Florida. "I have total trust in him," LT Luke Joeckel told espn.com. "I know he'll make plays for us." … The Aggies have not lost to SMU since 1984 and hold a 42-29-7 lead in the series. … Punter Ryan Epperson averaged 49.8 yards on six punts against Florida, with a long of 61 yards and two punts were downed inside the 20. … Texas A&M, which led the NCAA with 51 sacks last year, had eight against Florida.
Tweetable fact: This is only the third meeting between Texas A&M and SMU since 1995.
Vanderbilt (0-2, 0-1)
Next game: vs. Presbyterian, 12:30 p.m., CSS
Huddle up: Coach James Franklin has cooled on his initial thought of replacing QB Jordan Rodgers, who has completed 53.6 percent of his passes and has three turnovers. "Inconsistent" is the word Franklin used to describe Rodgers. … SS Javon Marshall will start in place of FS Kenny Ladler (Stephenson), who will miss this week with an injury. Eric Samuels will start at SS. … TB Warren Norman (Chamblee) played for the first time since Oct. 30, 2010, but doesn't have a carry. He missed the rest of 2010 with a knee injury and then 2011 with another one.
Tweetable fact: Vanderbilt's tight ends haven't caught a pass this season.
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