Alabama (4-0, 1-0)
Next game: at Ole Miss, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS
Huddle up: Sept. 29 marked the one-year anniversary of USC firing Lane Kiffin. … QB Blake Sims (Gainesville) ranks fourth in the FBS in efficiency (190.8) and second nationally with a 73.2 percent completion percentage. … With 43 catches for 655 yards, Amari Cooper has the highest total of receptions for the first four games of a season in SEC history. Carlos Alvarez caught 36 passes for 642 yards in 1969. … Alabama has won 27 consecutive games in September, dating to 2007.
Tweetable fact: Alabama has a 10-game winning streak against Ole Miss.
Arkansas (3-2, 0-2)
Next game: vs. Alabama, Oct. 11, time and TV TBA
Huddle up: The Razorbacks have a week to shake off their OT loss to Texas A&M. "We can't let them beat us twice," DE Trey Flowers told the Arkansas News. "We've got to go into this off week, prepare for Bama and just keep our heads up." … Arkansas is the only unranked team in the SEC West and has lost 14 consecutive conference games since 2012. … The time of next week's game will be announced Sunday.
Tweetable fact: Arkansas has rushed for 200-plus yards in four consecutive games for the first time since 2007.
Auburn (4-0, 1-0)
Next game: vs. LSU, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: LBs Cassanova McKinzy (concussion), the team's leading tackler with 29, and Kris Frost (left leg), and RT Patrick Miller (left foot) are battling injuries, and their status for Saturday's game is unknown. … CBs Jonathon Mincy (Southwest DeKalb) and Jonathan Jones (Carrollton) were dinged in Saturday's win. … Seven of the past 10 games between Auburn and LSU have been decided by seven points or less, including the past five in Auburn.
Tweetable fact: Auburn has allowed 21 or fewer points in four consecutive games for the first time since an eight-game streak in 2007-08.
Florida (2-1, 1-1)
Next game: at Tennessee, noon Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: QB Jeff Driskel is trying to handle the pressure. "That's just part of playing quarterback here," he said. "I've never been one where that stuff gets to me, whether people are saying you're the best or people are saying you're the worst. So you've just got to be even-keeled and keep moving forward." … TB Brandon Powell (hamstring) and DT Leon Orr (knee) won't play Saturday. … OT D.J. Humphries will return after missing two games.
Tweetable fact: WR Quinton Dunbar has caught at least one pass in 31 consecutive games, the third-longest streak at Florida.
Kentucky (3-1, 1-1)
Next game: vs. South Carolina, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: RB Stanley "Boom" Williams (George Walton) is one of four players suspended this week. Williams, who has 99 yards rushing and 113 yards receiving, QB Drew Barker, WR Dorian Baker, DE Tymere Dubose violated team rules relating to an "air-soft pistol." Baker has 11 catches for 122 yards. … WR Ryan Timmons has a cast on his right hand, but should play Saturday. … Kentucky is allowing 15 points per game, tied for 13th in the FBS.
Tweetable fact: Kentucky's defense hasn't allowed a TD in the first half of a game this season.
LSU (4-1, 0-1)
Next game: at Auburn, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: Freshman QB Brandon Harris, who will make his first career start at Auburn, has thrown for 394 yards and six TDs with one interception. Anthony Jennings (Marietta) has started the first five games. … Of LSU's 26 offensive TDs, 21 have been scored by freshmen or sophomores. … LSU has won 49 consecutive regular-season non-conference games, the longest streak in the nation. … Freshman RB Leonard Fournette leads LSU with 322 yards rushing.
Tweetable fact: No. 15 LSU is outside the AP top 10 while facing Auburn for the first time since 2001.
Ole Miss (4-0, 1-0)
Next game: vs. Alabama, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS
Huddle up: Ole Miss leads the FBS in pass-efficiency defense (74.2 rating) and ranks fourth in total defense (248 yards) and third in scoring defense (8.5 points). … Ole Miss DL coach Chris Kiffin is the younger brother of Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin. … LB Denzel Nkemdiche (Grayson) had two tackles for loss and DT Lavon Hooks (Meadowcreek) had a sack in the win over Memphis.
Tweetable fact: Ole Miss and Mississippi State will play on the same day while ranked in the top 15 for first time since Sept. 29, 1958.
Mississippi State (4-0, 1-0)
Next game: vs. Texas A&M, noon Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: Dak Prescott leads active SEC quarterbacks in career rushing TDs (20) and yards (1,325). He has thrown for more than 200 yards and rushed for more than 100 yards in three consecutive games. … The Bulldogs have scored 165 points, the most through the first four games of a season in team history. … Mississippi State is ranked 12th, its highest spot in the AP Top 25 since reaching No. 12 on Nov. 14, 1999.
Tweetable fact: Mississippi State has 34 tackles for loss, which leads the SEC and is fifth in the FBS.
Missouri (4-1, 1-0)
Next game: vs. Georgia, Oct. 11, time and TV TBA
Huddle up: Missouri turned it around after South Carolina led 20-7. The Tigers didn't give up a first down and scored twice after gaining only 69 yards and punting 10 times on their previous 11 possessions in Saturday's win. … Coach Gary Pinkel hopes WRs Jimmie Hunt (knee) and Darius White (groin) return for the Georgia game. They've combined for 31 catches and eight TDs. … WR Bud Sasser has led Missouri in receiving yards for four consecutive games.
Tweetable fact: DE Shane Ray had two sacks for the third time this year and leads the FBS with eight.
South Carolina (3-2, 2-2)
Next game: at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: QB Dylan Thompson (neck) likely will play Saturday. He was sacked four times and took several hits in the loss to Missouri, causing him to miss Monday's practice. He ranks second in the SEC with 1,359 yards passing and third with 12 TDs. Thompson is on pace to break the single-season school passing mark, which is 3,206 yards, set by Todd Ellis (1987). … The Gamecocks are 20-5 versus the SEC East this decade.
Tweetable fact: South Carolina was ranked in the AP Top 25 for 69 consecutive weeks before falling out this week.
Tennessee (2-2, 0-1)
Next game: vs. Florida, noon Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: QB Justin Worley, missed three possessions after being hit on the elbow in the loss to Georgia, is full strength. … Coach Butch Jones said he would like to redshirt QB Joshua Dobbs (Alpharetta), who started four games last year. Nathan Peterman played when Worley missed time last week. … WR Josh Smith (ankle) will miss his second consecutive game. … WR Von Pearson (ankle) practiced Wednesday and might play. … Freshman LB Dillon Bates (torn labrum) will miss the rest of the season.
Tweetable fact: Tennessee has allowed 12 sacks, most in the SEC.
Texas A&M (5-0, 2-0)
Next game: at Mississippi State, noon Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: Texas A&M is 13-2 in its past 15 games away from College Station. The Aggies were 6-9 in the previous 15 away or neutral-site games before Kevin Sumlin was hired as coach … Texas A&M is 5-0 for the first time since 2001 and hasn't been 6-0 since 1994. … Texas A&M ranks first in the SEC in scoring (51.2 points), total offense (594.6 yards), passing (401.2) and first downs (28.2).
Tweetable fact: Mississippi State is one of six teams ranked in the AP Top 25 left on Texas A&M's schedule.
Vanderbilt (1-4, 0-3)
Next game: at Georgia, 4 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: QB Patton Robinette (concussion) will not play, meaning freshman Wade Freebeck likely will start. Freebeck was 8-of-25 for 85 yards and three interceptions against Kentucky. Vanderbilt has been outscored 150-30 when a QB other than Robinette plays. … Andrew Bridges (Westminster) is listed as a co-starter at OT. … LB Nigel Bowden (Central Macon) leads SEC freshmen with 36 tackles and 17 solo tackles. … Vanderbilt averages 17 points, last in the SEC.
Tweetable fact: Darrius Sims has three TDs (two KO returns, one interception return) in the past two games.
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