AROUND THE SEC

Tweetable fact: Alabama has won 72 games since the start of the 2008 season, the most in the FBS.

Arkansas (0-1, 0-1)

Next game: vs. Nicholls State, 4 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network alternate

Huddle up: Former walk-on QB A.J. Derby started at TE and caught his first career TD pass from Brandon Allen. … S Rohan Gaines (Bainbridge) had eight tackles in the opener, the second-highest total of his career. … Arkansas' assistant coaches were stuck in the press-box elevator during halftime and couldn't meet with the team. … Bret Bielema is 8-0 in home openers as coach at Wisconsin and Arkansas.

Tweetable fact: Arkansas is the only team in the nation to play seven conference games against teams ranked in the preseason AP Top 25.

Auburn (1-0, 1-0)

Next game: vs. San Jose State, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPN2

Huddle up: Cameron Artis-Payne rushed for 177 yards, and D'haquille Williams had 154 yards receiving, the first time Auburn players have surpassed 150 yards rushing and receiving in the same game since Carnell Williams (177 rush) and Tim Carter (156 receiving) did it against Arkansas in 2001. … CB Jonathon Mincy (Southwest DeKalb) has 142 career tackles. … Twelve players — including DL DaVonte Lambert (Burke County), WR Gray King (Marist) and RB Peyton Barber (Milton) — saw their first career action.

Tweetable fact: Auburn has a 10-game home winning streak.

Florida (0-0, 0-0)

Next game: vs. Eastern Michigan, 4 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network

Huddle up: Florida and Idaho won't make up the game that was suspended because of torrential rain Saturday. "We looked at a number of options and, in the end, we both thought it was in the best interest of our student-athletes and football programs to play out the remainder of our respective schedules as they stand," AD Jeremy Foley said in a statement. Both teams will play 11 games. … DTs Darious Cummings and Jay-nard Bostwick and WR Demarcus Robinson (Peach County) have completed their suspensions and will play Saturday.

Tweetable fact: Only five Florida players started every game in 2013.

Kentucky (1-0)

Next game: vs. Ohio, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPNU

Huddle up: DE/LB Alvin "Bud" Dupree (Wilkinson County) is the SEC's active leader in career sacks, with 16. … Kentucky set a school record by averaging 10.8 yards per play in the opening win over Tennessee-Martin. The Wildcats had five TD plays of 20-plus yards. … Nine freshmen and 10 redshirt freshmen made their debuts, including RB Stanley Williams (George Walton).

Tweetable fact: Kentucky picked off two passes in the opener after having only three interceptions in 2013.

LSU (1-0, 0-0)

Next game: vs. Sam Houston State, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network

Huddle up: LSU will play its first game in renovated Tiger Stadium, which has a capacity of 102,321, making it the fifth-largest stadium in the country. … The victory over Wisconsin was the 22nd fourth-quarter come-from-behind win for LSU under Les Miles. … Miles on freshman RB Leonard Fournette, who rushed for 18 yards: "He did great. First games are not to be comparable to his 30th game. Expectations are unrealistic."

Tweetable fact: LSU has been ranked in the AP poll for 82 consecutive weeks, the second-longest streak behind Alabama.

Mississippi (1-0, 0-0)

Next game: at Vanderbilt (LP Field), 4:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN

Huddle up: LBs Serderius Bryant and Denzel Nkemdiche (Grayson) are eligible to play. Bryant was ejected last week, and Nkemdiche was suspended in the offseason. … DB Mike Hilton (Sandy Creek) led Ole Miss with a career-high nine tackles. … Ole Miss is playing its third consecutive game in an NFL stadium. The Music City Bowl was held at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans, and the Rebels opened in the Georgia Dome last week. This week's game also is at LP Field.

Tweetable fact: Senior QB Bo Wallace has started all 27 games he's played at Ole Miss.

Mississippi State (1-0, 0-0)

Next game: vs. UAB, 2 p.m. Saturday, FSSO

Huddle up: SEC DL of the week Preston Smith (Stephenson) blocked a field-goal attempt, had an interception, had a hurry and broke up another pass in the win over Southern Miss. … Playing for the first time since tearing his ACL in the 2013 opener, S Jay Hughes intercepted a pass and returned a blocked field-goal attempt for a TD. … Dak Prescott is the SEC's active leader in career rushing TDs (17) and rushing yards (947) for QBs.

Tweetable fact: Of the 105 players on Mississippi State's roster, 63 are from Mississippi (60 percent).

Missouri (1-0, 0-0)

Next game: at Toledo, noon Saturday, ESPN

Huddle up: Coach Gary Pinkel coached at Toledo from 1991-2000 and was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 2009. He is the career wins leader at Toledo (73-37-3) and Missouri (102-63). … Pinkel and QB Maty Mauk are from Ohio. … Former Alabama QB Phillip Ely transferred to Toledo and threw for 337 yards in his debut. … Pinkel wants to improve on third-down conversions. The Tigers were 3-of-11 against South Dakota State.

Tweetable fact: RB Marcus Murphy has scored on runs (12 TDs), punt returns (three), kickoff returns (two) and catches (one).

South Carolina (0-1, 0-1)

Next game: vs. East Carolina, 7 p.m. Saturday, ESPNU

Huddle up: Steve Spurrier said "there's a good chance" that RB Mike Davis (Stephenson), who has bruised ribs, will play Saturday. Davis rushed for 15 yards on six carries in the opener. … Spurrier is looking for his 200th SEC coaching victory. He had 122 wins at Florida and has 77 with the Gamecocks. … LB Bryson Allen-Williams (Cedar Grove) and CB Al Harris Jr. are the first freshmen to start their first game for South Carolina since Jadeveon Clowney in 2011.

Tweetable fact: South Carolina hasn't been 0-2 since it was 0-11 in 1999.

Tennessee (1-0, 0-0)

Next game: vs. Arkansas State, noon Saturday, SEC Network alternate

Huddle up: Tennessee, the only team in the country that had to replace every starter on its offensive and defensive lines, played a school-record 21 freshmen in the opener. They included DBs Cortez McDowell (Locust Grove) and twins Evan and Elliott Berry (Creekside). … Thirty-two players made their Tennessee debuts, or 45 percent of the 71 players who saw action. … Starting OT Jacob Gilliam will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL. He made his first career start Sunday.

Tweetable fact: Tennessee can improve to 2-0 for the fourth consecutive season.

Texas A&M (1-0, 1-0)

Next game: vs. Lamar, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, SEC Network alternate

Huddle up: QB Kenny Hill likes the nickname of "Kenny Trill," which is a word mashup of true and real. "I heard there's Kenny Trill, Kenny Thrill, King of the Hill, Kenny Football, Kenny Chill, Kenny Touchdown," he said this week. "I mean there's too many of them." … Hill threw for 511 yards in the win at South Carolina, becoming the sixth QB in SEC history to accomplish that.

Tweetable fact: Lamar is playing an SEC team for the first time since losing to Mississippi State in 1974.

Vanderbilt (0-1, 0-0)

Next game: vs. Mississippi (LP Field), 4:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN

Huddle up: Derek Mason said he won't announce his starting QB until Saturday. Three QBs — Patton Robinette, LSU transfer Stephen Rivers and Johnny McCrary (Cedar Grove) — struggled in the opener. McCrary was picked off on two of his three attempts. … Sophomore Paris Head (Buford) is listed as a possible starter at one of two CB positions.

Tweetable fact: Vanderbilt is one victory from evening its all-time record. It stands at 582-583-50.