Alabama (7-1, 4-1 SEC)
Next game: at LSU, 8 p.m. Saturday, CBS
Huddle up: WR Amari Cooper ranks fourth in the FBS in receptions per game (8.9, most in SEC) and second in yards per game (141.5.7) and yards (1,132). He is on pace to catch 107 passes for 1,698 yards and 14 TDs in 12 games. … This is the eighth consecutive year that LSU and Alabama have been ranked at the time of their game. … Alabama has held opponents to 10 points or less 51 times since the start of 2007.
Tweetable fact: Alabama has won 79 games since 2008, the most in the FBS.
Arkansas (4-5, 0-5)
Next game: vs. LSU, 8 p.m. Nov. 15, ESPN2
Huddle up: RBs Alex Collins and Jonathan Williams have each rushed for 10 TDs this season, the first time two Razorbacks have done that since 2007, when Darren McFadden had 16 and Felix Jones had 11. … LB Martrell Spaight set a career-high with 15 tackles against Mississippi State. … QB Brandon Allen has thrown for at least 200 yards in four consecutive games, including 238 against Mississippi State. … Arkansas is 20th in the FBS with 248.2 yards rushing per game.
Tweetable fact: Arkansas held Mississippi State to 163 rushing yards, its lowest offensive output this season.
Auburn (7-1, 4-1)
Next game: vs. Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS
Huddle up: LB Kris Frost is the SEC defensive player of the week for nine tackles, including a touchdown-saving tackle and forced fumble, a half-sack and recovering a fumble. … RB Roc Thomas (ankle) is "fine," offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee said. … Auburn is one of four teams — joining Florida State, Marshall and Ohio State — that have scored at least 20 points in every game since the start of 2013. … DB Jonathon Mincy (Southwest DeKalb) had two tackles for loss Saturday.
Tweetable fact: Auburn has won 14 consecutive home games, the longest streak in the FBS.
Florida (4-3, 3-3)
Next game: at Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: Florida rushed for 418 yards in the win over Georgia and Vanderbilt ranks 10th in the SEC against the run (170.9 yards). … Offensive coordinator Kurt Roper would like to see QB Treon Harris take a step forward through the air. "We're definitely going to have to open it up a little bit more down the road," RT Chaz Green told the Orlando Sentinel. Green has attempted 22 passes in three games.
Tweetable fact: Florida has scored on 24 of 25 trips to the red zone, which leads the SEC and is second in the FBS.
Kentucky (5-4, 2-4)
Next game: vs. Georgia, noon Saturday, ESPN
Huddle up: Coach Mark Stoops is tired of mistakes. "At times we're an untrained football team. You're not going to win like that," he said. … LB Bud Dupree (Wilkinson County), who has started 35 consecutive games, is considered a potential first-round NFL pick. He leads active SEC players with 21.5 career sacks. … The Wildcats have lost three consecutive since starting 5-1 and needs a win to be bowl eligible. … Kentucky has 16 plays of 40 or more yards, tied for ninth in the FBS.
Tweetable fact: Kentucky hasn't defeated a ranked team since South Carolina in 2010.
LSU (7-2, 3-2)
Next game: vs. Alabama, 8 p.m. Saturday, CBS
Huddle up: LSU faces a top-five team in consecutive regular-season games for the third time in school history. The Tigers played Alabama and Notre Dame in 1981 and Auburn and Alabama in 2010. … The LSU-Alabama games have gone to OT three times since 2005, with the Tigers winning two of those. … LSU's run game features Leonard Fournette (657 yards), Terrence Magee (418 yards) and Kenny Hilliard (416 yards).
Tweetable fact: Les Miles, who will face Alabama for the 11th time, is the only coach in LSU history to beat the Crimson Tide five times.
Ole Miss (7-2, 4-2)
Next game: vs. Presbyterian, noon Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: WR Laquon Treadwell had surgery Sunday to repair a fractured left tibia and dislocated ankle. He had 10 catches for 103 yards and a TD in the loss to Auburn. He's expected to return for spring practice. … Ole Miss ranks first in the SEC in punting (43.6), scoring defense (13.2), interceptions (18) and turnovers forced (25). … QB Bo Wallace needs 261 yards to break Eli Manning's school record for career total offense (9,984).
Tweetable fact: Ole Miss has forced at least one turnover in 32 consecutive games, the longest streak in the FBS.
Mississippi State (8-0, 5-0)
Next game: vs. Tennessee-Martin, 4 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: QB Dak Prescott leads the nation in 200-yard passing/100-yard rushing games with four this season. … The Bulldogs have trailed only 48 minutes, 44 seconds in 480 minutes this season. … Mississippi State's 11-game win streak is its longest since 13 in a row from Oct. 17, 1942 to Nov. 11, 1944. … The Bulldogs lead the nation in red-zone defense at 57.1 percent. They've allowed 16 scores, including only nine TDs, on their opponents' 28 trips.
Tweetable fact: Mississippi State can improve to 9-0 for the second time in school history.
Missouri (7-2, 4-1)
Next game: at Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15, SEC Network
Huddle up: Missouri and Arkansas will play each other in the regular season for the first time since 1963. The game, which will be played the day after Thanksgiving, will be called the "Battle Line Rivalry." The teams are permanent crossover opponents. … Coach Gary Pinkel isn't sure how Missouri will react to being in first in the East. "Can this team handle it? I don't know. We'll see," he said. … WR Bud Sasser has three TD catches in two games.
Tweetable fact: DE Shane Ray has set the single-season Missouri record with 12 sacks.
South Carolina (4-5, 2-5)
Next game: at Florida, noon Nov. 15, SEC Network
Huddle up: WR Pharoh Cooper is the third player this season to rush for a TD, pass for a TD and catch a TD pass in the same game. He had a season-high 256 all-purpose yards. … Former RB Marcus Lattimore, who was with the San Francisco 49ers, will retire after being unable to come back from major knee injuries he suffered at South Carolina. … QB Dylan Thompson has five 300-yard passing games, three this season.
Tweetable fact: South Carolina had 625 yards of offense Saturday, the fourth consecutive game with more than 500 yards, a school record.
Tennessee (4-5, 1-4)
Next game: vs. Kentucky, 4 p.m. Nov. 15, SEC Network
Huddle up: Coach Butch Jones is working with the second- and third-team players to build depth during the off week. … QB Justin Worley's career is over after he chose to have shoulder surgery, which will end his season. He finished with 3,556 yards and 23 TDs. … RB Marlin Lane (leg) was injured in Saturday's win, but has returned to practice. WR Marquez North (shoulder) also is practicing. … QB Joshua Dobbs (Alpharetta) is majoring in aerospace engineering.
Tweetable fact: Tennessee has 11 overtime victories, tied with Missouri for most in the FBS.
Texas A&M (6-3, 2-3)
Next game: at Auburn, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS
Huddle up: DE Myles Garrett broke South Carolina's Jadeveon Clowney's SEC freshman record for sacks on Saturday. Garrett is second in the SEC with 11 and No. 3 in tackles for loss with 12.5. … Kyle Allen became the first freshman QB to win his starting debut since Corey Pullig in 1992. … Another freshman, WR Speedy Noil, has 100-plus all-purpose yards in four consecutive games. … K Josh Lambo has missed one kick (7-for-8 on FGAs, 43-for-43 in PATs).
Tweetable fact: Texas A&M has outscored its opponents 96-30 in the fourth quarter and overtime.
Vanderbilt (3-6, 0-5)
Next game: vs. Florida, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network
Huddle up: Johnny McCrary (Cedar Grove) will remain the starting QB despite former starter Patton Robinette (concussion) having been medically cleared. "Johnny is playing well, and there's no reason for us to disrupt what's happening right now," coach Derek Mason said. McCrary threw five TD passes Saturday. … Delando Crooks (Carver-Atlanta) is listed as a backup OG. … RB Ralph Webb needs 39 yards to set the school rushing record for freshmen. He has 760 yards. Kwane Doster holds the mark with 798 yards.
Tweetable fact: Vanderbilt broke a 22-game losing streak to Florida last season.
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