Around the SEC

Alabama (8-0, 5-0 in SEC)

Next game: at LSU, 8 p.m. Saturday, CBS

Huddle up: QB A.J. McCarron, who has thrown 18 TD passes and no interceptions, is one of the 16 finalists for the Maxwell Award. DB Dee Milliner and LB C.J. Mosley are semifinalists for the Chuck Bednarik Award. … G Chance Warmack (Westlake) is the SEC's offensive lineman of the week after he graded at 90 percent and had four pancake blocks in the win over Mississippi State. … Alabama has scored at least 30 points in every game this year, the longest streak to start a season in school history. It has scored in 150 consecutive games, also a school record.

Tweetable fact: Alabama and Louisiana Tech are the only teams that haven't thrown an interception this season.

Arkansas (3-5, 2-3)

Next game: vs. Tulsa, 12:21 p.m. Saturday, WPCH

Huddle up: TE Chris Gragg (knee) and RB Knile Davis (hamstring) are out after leaving Saturday's loss to Ole Miss. Davis has 340 yards rushing, second on the team, and Cragg has 22 catches despite missing three games with injuries. … QB Tyler Wilson has 492 career completions, second in school history to Clint Stoerner, who had 528 from 1996-99. Wilson is third in career passing yards with 6,632, behind Ryan Mallett (7,493) and Stoerner (7,422).

Tweetable fact: WR Cobi Hamilton is the only SEC player averaging more than 100 yards receiving yards and ranks 10th in the NCAA at 112.5 yards.

Auburn (1-7, 0-6)

Next game: vs. New Mexico State, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, CSS

Huddle up: Coach Gene Chizik said freshman Jonathan Wallace will start at QB. Clint Moseley is out with an ankle injury, and Wallace was 6-of-9 for 122 yards and two TDs and rushed for 71 yards in the loss to Texas A&M. Kiehl Frazier started the first five games and Moseley the past three. … LB Justin Garrett (Tucker) and DT Jeffrey Whitaker (Warner Robins) are questionable with undisclosed injuries. … LB Ashton Richardson is a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. Richardson, who has four tackles in eight games, has a 3.94 GPA and plans to become an equine surgeon.

Tweetable fact: Auburn is 119th (out of 120 FBS teams) in scoring (16.4) and 120th in total offense (284 yards).

Florida (7-1, 6-1)

Next game: vs. Missouri, noon Saturday, ESPN2

Huddle up: Florida ranks 100th in the nation in total offense, last in the SEC in passing, and QB Jeff Driskel is coming off a game in which he threw two interceptions and lost two fumbles. "It's not falling on one person or one position's shoulders, I can assure you of that," coach Will Muschamp said. … Florida averaged 233 yards rushing through the first six games, but had 89 against South Carolina and 75 in the loss to Georgia. … WR Quinton Dunbar has caught at least one pass in 11 consecutive games. … Caleb Sturgis kicked a 50-yard field goal against Georgia, giving him a school-record eight of 50 or more yards.

Tweetable fact: The Gators haven't allowed a TD in their three SEC home games this season.

Kentucky (1-8, 0-6)

Next game: vs. Vanderbilt, noon Saturday, ESPNU

Huddle up: Coach Joker Phillips has turned to joking around about his job status. "I was coming over here today, and I got in the car, and my seat was hot," Phillips said. "And I looked up, and I'd hit the seat warmer." … The Wildcats have lost seven consecutive games, and at 1-8, is off to its worst start since 2004. … LB Pancho Thomas (wrist surgery) is out, and LB Jabari Johnson (Stephenson) is doubtful with a hamstring injury. … Walk-on CB J.D. Harmon had interceptions on consecutive plays in the loss at Missouri, just the third and fourth for Kentucky this season.

Tweetable fact: Kentucky's four QBs have combined for nine interceptions and 11 TD passes.

LSU (7-1, 3-1)

Next game: vs. Alabama, 8 p.m. Saturday, CBS

Huddle up: DE Sam Montgomery, who is from South Carolina, will wear No. 21 in honor of Gamecocks RB Marcus Lattimore the rest of the season. "I recognize that Sam has a care for people," LSU coach Les Miles said. "He's a guy that has a perspective that's widespread." … The Tigers haven't allowed more than 22 points in a game this season and have held teams to 14 or fewer in five of their eight games. … Miles has five wins over Alabama, more than any coach in LSU history. … LSU has given up three sacks the past two games after giving up eight sacks in the previous two games.

Tweetable fact: Since the start of 2011, LSU is 20-2 with 11 wins over Top 25 teams, while Alabama is 20-1 with six wins over the Top 25.

Mississippi State (7-1, 3-1)

Next game: vs. Texas A&M, noon Saturday, ESPN

Huddle up: The Bulldogs will wear all-white uniforms with white helmets to commemorate their Independence Bowl game against Texas A&M in 2000, which was played in a snowstorm. … CB Jonathan Banks and CB Darius Slay (Brunswick) each have four interceptions to tie for the SEC lead. … WR Chris Smith has caught at least three passes in seven consecutive games. He and QB Tyler Russell also were teammates at Meridian (Miss.) High School. … Coach Dan Mullen on stopping Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel: "You have to do everything to contain him."

Tweetable fact: Mississippi State has scored in all 46 games with Dan Mullen as coach.

Missouri (4-4, 1-4)

Next game: at Florida, noon, ESPN2

Huddle up: QB James Franklin is preparing to start against Florida after missing time with a sprained left knee and injured shoulder. … Returner Marcus Murphy had his worst game, fumbling a punt that Kentucky recovered and muffing another one. He's returned three punts and a kickoff for TDs this season. … Missouri leads the nation with 17 forced fumbles and has forced a turnover in 26 consecutive games. … DT Sheldon Richardson is the SEC's defensive lineman of the week after he had five tackles, forced a fumble and recovered one — returning it 60 yards — in the win over Kentucky. He leads SEC interior linemen with 57 tackles.

Tweetable fact: Missouri's next two games — at Florida and at Tennessee — will start at 11 a.m. and 11:21 a.m. Central time.

Ole Miss (5-3, 2-2)

Next game: at Georgia, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, CBS

Huddle up: The Rebels need one more victory to be bowl-eligible for the first time since 2009. … Ole Miss has 10 players from Georgia: P Jim Broadway (Roswell), LS Will Few (Aquinas), OL A.J. Hawkins (M.L. King), DB Mike Hilton (Sandy Creek), DE Jason Jones (Westover), LB Joel Kight (M.L. King), LB Denzel Nkemdiche (Grayson), C Evan Swindall (LaFayette), K Justin Watts (Peachtree Ridge), DE Cameron Whigham (Shiloh). … OL Justin Bell (back) and DT Woodrow Hamilton (ankle) are questionable. … K Bryson Rose is the SEC special-teams player of the week with three field goals — including a career-long 53-yarder and the game-winning 31-yarder — and three PATs in the win over Arkansas.

Tweetable fact: Ole Miss is the only team in the SEC without a turnover in the red zone.

South Carolina (7-2, 5-2)

Next game: vs. Arkansas, noon Nov. 10, CBS

Huddle up: Kenny Miles (Brookwood), Mike Davis (Stephenson) and possibly Brandon Wilds will step in at RB with Marcus Lattimore out for the season with a severe knee injury. Miles led the Gamecocks with 626 yards rushing as a redshirt freshman in 2009, but has only 149 yards this season and 1,131 in his career. … TE Justice Cunningham (107) and WR Bruce Ellington (101) each had more than 100 yards receiving, the first time two Gamecocks have gone over 100 in the same game since 2010. … DE Jadeveon Clowney's forced fumble was his first of the season. He had five last season.

Tweetable fact: South Carolina is 5-0 at home this season and has won nine consecutive home games.

Tennessee (3-5, 0-5)

Next game: vs. Troy, noon Saturday, FSSO

Huddle up: Tennessee is 0-5 in the SEC for the third consecutive year under Derek Dooley. The Volunteers had one previous 0-5 start — in 1977 — before 2010. Tennessee is 4-17 in the SEC under Dooley. … Tennessee ranks last in the SEC in total defense (453.4 yards) and faces Troy, which averages 459.6 yards, 26th in the FBS. "We're giving up too many dang explosives, and when you give up explosives, it costs you," defensive coordinator Sal Sunseri told the Knoxville News-Sentinel. … RB Rajion Neal (Sandy Creek) might play after missing two games with a sprained ankle.

Tweetable fact: WR Zach Rogers tied a school record with three TD catches in the loss to South Carolina.

Texas A&M (6-2, 3-2)

Next game: at Mississippi State, noon Saturday, ESPN

Huddle up: The Aggies have gained at least 400 yards in seven consecutive games for the first time in school history. They are third in the FBS in scoring (45.5 points) and fifth in total offense (542.9 yards). … Texas A&M scored on nine of its 11 possessions in the win at Auburn. … QB Johnny Manziel is the top freshman in total offense (376.1 yards), points responsible for (21.8 points) and passing (277 yards). He is the SEC's freshman of the week for the fifth time this season. … The Aggies are 4-0 on the road this season.