2008 Southeastern Conference football season

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2008 Southeastern Conference football season
Southeastern Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport Football
DurationSeptember 4, 2008
through January 2009
Number of teams12
TV partner(s) CBS, CBSSN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ABC, Raycom
2009 NFL Draft
Top draft pick Matthew Stafford (Georgia)
Picked by Detroit Lions, 1st overall
Regular season
East Division champions Florida
  East Division runners-up Georgia
West Division champions Alabama
  West Division runners-up Ole Miss
Championship Game
ChampionsFlorida
  Runners-upAlabama
Football seasons
  2007
2009  

The 2008 Southeastern Conference football season was the 76th season of Southeastern Conference (SEC) football, taking place during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on September 13, 2008 and ended with the 2008 SEC Championship Game on December 6, 2008.

Contents

2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#  7 1   13 1  
No. 13 Georgia  6 2   10 3  
Vanderbilt  4 4   7 6  
South Carolina  4 4   7 6  
Tennessee  3 5   5 7  
Kentucky  2 6   7 6  
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%  8 0   12 2  
No. 14 Ole Miss  5 3   9 4  
LSU  3 5   8 5  
Arkansas  2 6   5 7  
Auburn  2 6   5 7  
Mississippi State  2 6   4 8  
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • # BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Rankings

 (Pre)
Sept.
3
Sept.
10
Sept.
17
Sept.
24
Oct.
1
Oct.
8
Oct.
15
Oct.
22
Oct.
29
Nov.
5
Nov.
12
Nov.
19
Nov.
26
Dec.
3
Final
AlabamaAP24
C
BCSNot released
ArkansasAP
C
BCSNot released
AuburnAP10
C11
BCSNot released
FloridaAP5
C5
BCSNot released
GeorgiaAP1
C1
BCSNot released
KentuckyAP
C
BCSNot released
LSUAP7
C6
BCSNot released
Mississippi StateAP
C
BCSNot released
Ole MissAP
C
BCSNot released
South CarolinaAP
C
BCSNot released
TennesseeAP18
C18
BCSNot released
VanderbiltAP
C
BCSNot released

Head coaches

SchoolCoachYear
Alabama Nick Saban 2nd
Arkansas Bobby Petrino 1st
Auburn Tommy Tuberville 10th
Florida Urban Meyer 4th
Georgia Mark Richt 8th
Kentucky Rich Brooks 6th
LSU Les Miles 4th
Mississippi State Sylvester Croom 5th
Ole Miss Houston Nutt 1st
South Carolina Steve Spurrier 4th
Tennessee Phillip Fulmer 16th
Vanderbilt Bobby Johnson 7th

Championship Game

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceRef.
December 64:00 p.m.No. 1 AlabamaNo. 2 FloridaGeorgia Dome • Atlanta, GACBS FLA 31-20  75,892
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Bowl games

SEC Bowl Games
GameDateLocation/Time*TelevisionWinner+ScoreLoser+ScoreAttendancePayout
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl December 31, 2008 LP Field
Nashville, Tennessee
2:30 p.m.
ESPN Vanderbilt16 Boston College 14 54,250 $1,700,000
Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 2008 Georgia Dome
Atlanta, Georgia
6:30 p.m.
ESPN LSU38 Georgia Tech (#14)3 71,423 $3,000,000
Outback Bowl January 1, 2009 Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, Florida
10:00 a.m.
ESPN Iowa 31South Carolina10 55,117 $3,200,000
Capital One Bowl January 1, 2009 Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Florida
12:00 p.m.
ABC Georgia (#16)24 Michigan State (#19)12 59,681 $4,250,000
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic January 2, 2009 Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
1:00 p.m.
FOX Ole Miss (#20)47 Texas Tech (#8)34 88,175 $3,000,000
Autozone Liberty Bowl January 2, 2009 Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tennessee
4:00 p.m.
ESPN Kentucky25 East Carolina 19 56,125 $1,800,000
Allstate Sugar Bowl January 2, 2009 Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
7:00 p.m.
FOX Utah (#7)31Alabama (#4)17 71,872 $17,500,000
FedEx BCS National Championship Game January 8, 2009 Dolphin Stadium
Miami, Florida
7:00 p.m.
FOX Florida (#1)24 Oklahoma (#2)14 78,468 $17,500,000

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.

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