Alabama (9-1, 6-1 SEC)
Next game: vs. Western Carolina, 4 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: Alabama has scored in the first half of 99 consecutive games — the longest streak in the FBS – and has scored in 179 consecutive games — the longest streak in program history. … S Nick Perry, the SEC's co-DB of the week, had a career-high 12 tackles and an interception in Saturday's win. … OLB Xzavier Dickson (Griffin) leads the Crimson Tide with seven sacks, and DT Dalvin Tomlinson (Henry County) had one Saturday.
Tweetable fact: Alabama's win over top-ranked Mississippi State was the program's seventh over the nation's No. 1 team.
Arkansas (5-5, 1-5)
Next game: vs. Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS
Huddle up: RB Jonathan Williams needs 68 yards to break the 1,000-yard mark, becoming the second Razorback to rush for more than 1,000 since 2010. … DE Trey Flowers has accepted an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl on Jan. 25. … LB Daunte Carr (Gainesville) is among 20 seniors who will play their final home game. … Arkansas snapped its 17-game SEC losing streak on Saturday. … A win will make Arkansas bowl eligible for the first time since 2011.
Tweetable fact: Ole Miss is the sixth ranked opponent that Arkansas has played in the past seven games.
Auburn (7-3, 4-3)
Next game: vs. Samford, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPNU
Huddle up: WR D'haquille Williams (knee) might miss his second consecutive game. The coaches could sit Williams, who leads the Tigers with 38 catches for 609 yards and five TDs, this week to rest for the Iron Bowl. … It doesn't appear DE Carl Lawson (Milton) will play this season, coach Gus Malzahn said. … QB Nick Marshall (Wilcox County) has accounted for 17 TDs in the past six games and is tied with Stan White for fourth with 51 TDs accounted for during his career.
Tweetable fact: Auburn is 91-47-2 against teams located in the state of Alabama.
Florida (5-4, 4-4)
Next game: vs. Eastern Kentucky, noon Saturday, SEC Network (Alternate)
Huddle up: Junior DE Dante Fowler Jr. said he will declare for the NFL draft. He leads the Gators with 4.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss. … Outgoing coach Will Muschamp said he would like to coach somewhere next season. He's expected to be hired as a defensive coordinator. … LB Neiron Ball (Jackson) will miss the rest of the season after knee surgery. … LB Antonio Morrison had 16 tackles Saturday, the most by a Gator since 2010.
Tweetable fact: Florida has three passing plays of at least 70 yards, tied for eighth in the FBS.
Kentucky (5-6, 2-6)
Next game: at Louisville, Nov. 29, TBD
Huddle up: Kentucky players are healing after playing eight games in eight weeks. "You just want to sleep it off. Your body feels horrible after a while. It feels like you got hit by a truck sometimes," DE Bud Dupree (Wilkinson County) told the Louisville Courier-Journal. … Coach Mark Stoops told the paper that the program is improving. The Wildcats have lost five consecutive. "Everybody wants (results) to come overnight, and I think if you just look around and look at people that built programs, things generally take some time."
Tweetable fact: Kentucky is plus-six in turnover margin, fourth in the SEC.
LSU (7-4, 3-4)
Next game: at Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27, ESPN
Huddle up: Les Miles said the gap between Brandon Harris and starting QB Anthony Jennings (Marietta) is closing. … LSU has held opponents to 47 points and 909 yards in its past four games, an average of 11.8 points and 227 yards. … C Elliott Porter (ankle) will miss the rest of the season. Ethan Pocic will replace him. … G Vadal Alexander (Buford), who didn't play against Arkansas with a hand injury, will return against Texas A&M.
Tweetable fact: LSU was held scoreless for the first time since the 2012 BCS Championship game, a 21-0 loss to Alabama.
Ole Miss (8-2, 4-2)
Next game: at Arkansas, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS
Huddle up: Hugh Freeze's teams are 7-0 in games played in the state of Arkansas. Freeze was 6-0 at home in his only season at Arkansas State in 2011 and Ole Miss defeated Arkansas in Little Rock in 2012. … Ole Miss has forced at least one turnover in 33 consecutive games, the longest streak in the FBS. … CB Mike Hilton (Sandy Creek) is tied for fourth in the SEC with three interceptions. … The Rebels have allowed 10 first-quarter points, the fewest in the FBS.
Tweetable fact: Ole Miss is 8-2 for the first time since 2003.
Mississippi State (9-1, 5-1)
Next game: vs. Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: DL Preston Smith (Stephenson), who leads Mississippi State in sacks (eight) and tackles for loss (12.5), is one of 20 seniors who will be honored Saturday. … Mississippi State can reach 10 regular-season wins for the first time in program history. The Bulldogs were 9-0-1 in 1940. … Eleven Mississippi State players have caught TD passes this season, which leads the FBS. … The Bulldogs average 512.7 yards of offense, which ranks No. 1 in the SEC and No. 8 nationally.
Tweetable fact: Mississippi State can finish undefeated at home for the first time since 1999.
Missouri (8-2, 5-1)
Next game: at Tennessee, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: RB Russell Hansbrough is SEC offensive player of the week after he had 199 yards rushing and two TDs in the win over Texas A&M. He leads Missouri with 790 yards and nine TDs. … CB Aarion Penton is on top of the depth chart after being suspended for last week's game following his arrest on drug charges. … WRs Darius White, Bud Sasser and Jimmie Hunt are healthy and should start. White missed four games, and Hunt missed one.
Tweetable fact: Missouri can extend its road win streak to 10 games, which would be a school record.
South Carolina (5-5, 3-5)
Next game: vs. South Alabama, noon Saturday, FSSO
Huddle up: South Carolina entered this season with an 18-game home winning streak, but the Gamecocks lost their opener to Texas A&M and are 3-3 at Williams-Brice Stadium this season. … Junior RB Mike Davis (Stephenson) said he will wait until after this season to make a decision about the NFL draft, but he'll be honored at Senior Day on Saturday. He has 875 yards this year. … The Gamecocks need one win to be bowl eligible for the 10th consecutive year.
Tweetable fact: South Carolina ranks last in the SEC in scoring defense, giving up 32.7 points per game.
Tennessee (5-5, 2-4)
Next game: vs. Missouri, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: LB A.J. Johnson (Gainesville) and DB Michael Williams have been suspended for Saturday's game because they have been accused of the rape and sexual assault of two women last weekend. Johnson leads the SEC with 10.1 tackles a game and has 101 this season. … DE Derek Barnett keeps adding to his school freshman record for sacks. It's up to nine after he had two more in Saturday's win over Kentucky. … Joshua Dobbs (Alpharetta) is 2-0 as the starting QB.
Tweetable fact: A victory would make Tennessee bowl eligible for the first time since 2010.
Texas A&M (7-4, 3-4)
Next game: vs. LSU, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27, ESPN
Huddle up: Texas A&M's other freshmen have had most of the attention this season, but S Armani Watts ranks sixth on the team with 52 tackles and has three of the Aggies' four interceptions. … K Josh Lambo leads the SEC in scoring per game at 8.4, but Kentucky's Austin MacGinnis leads in points (88). … The Texas Bowl could try to pair Texas A&M and Texas on Dec. 29. The bowl is tied to the SEC and the Big 12.
Tweetable fact: Texas A&M has scored at least 50 TDs for the sixth consecutive year and 10th time in school history.
Vanderbilt (3-7, 0-6)
Next game: at Mississippi State, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: RB Jerron Seymour, who led Vanderbilt with 716 yards and 14 TDs in 2013, but lost the starting job to Ralph Webb this season, is off the team. He has 25 carries for 123 yards in 2014. … Webb's 843 yards rushing is ninth on Vanderbilt's single-season list, and he's only 7 yards from eighth. He set the freshman single-game mark with 166 yards in the win over Old Dominion. … QB Johnny McCrary (Cedar Grove) leads the Commodores with 806 yards passing and eight TDs.
Tweetable fact: Vanderbilt is 10-1 in its past 11 November games.
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