2009 Southeastern Conference football season

Sports season

2009 Southeastern Conference football season

League| NCAA Division I FBS
Sport| football
Duration| September 3, 2009
through January 7, 2010
Number of teams| 12
TV partner(s)| CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, FSN, CSS
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pick| Eric Berry (Tennessee)
Picked by| Kansas City Chiefs, 5th overall
Regular season
East champions| Florida Gators
West champions| Alabama Crimson Tide
SEC Championship Game
Champions| Alabama Crimson Tide
Finals MVP| Mark Ingram, Alabama
Football seasons

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2010 →

2009 Southeastern Conference football standings

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Eastern Division
No. 3 Florida x%  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 13  | - | 1  |
Georgia |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Tennessee |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
Kentucky |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
South Carolina |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 6  |
Vanderbilt |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 10  |
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#  |  | 8  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 14  | - | 0  |
No. 17 LSU |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
No. 20 Ole Miss |  | 4  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  |
Arkansas |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Auburn |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 5  |
Mississippi State |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 7  |
Championship: Alabama 32, Florida 13

* # - BCS National Champion
* $ - BCS representative as conference champion
* % - BCS at-large representative
* x - Division champion/co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Southeastern Conference football season started on Thursday, September 3 as conference member South Carolina visited North Carolina State. The conference's other 11 teams began their respective 2009 season of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Saturday, September 5.[1] All teams started their season at home except Kentucky, who started their season on neutral turf at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio against Miami (OH), Georgia, who traveled to Oklahoma State, and Alabama, who traveled to the Georgia Dome to face Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff for the second straight year.

## Bowl games

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The SEC was the second conference to send 10 teams to bowl games in a given year. The ACC was the first to do so in 2008.

SEC Bowl Games

Game  | Date  | Location/Time*  | Television  | Winner+ | Score  | Loser+ | Score  | Attendance  | Payout
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl | December 27, 2009  | LP Field
Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m.  | ESPN | Clemson | 21  | Kentucky | 13  | 37,209 | $1,700,000
AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl | December 28, 2009  | Independence Stadium
Shreveport, Louisiana
4:00 p.m.  | ESPN2 | Georgia | 44  | Texas A&M | 20  | 49,653 | $2,200,000
Chick-fil-A Bowl | December 31, 2009  | Georgia Dome
Atlanta, Georgia
6:30 p.m.  | ESPN | Virginia Tech | 37  | Tennessee | 14  | 73,777 | $3,010,000
Outback Bowl | January 1, 2010  | Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, Florida
10:00 a.m.  | ESPN | Auburn | 38  | Northwestern | 35  | 49,383 | $3,300,000
Capital One Bowl | January 1, 2010  | Florida Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Florida
12:00 p.m.  | ABC | Penn State* (#11)  | 19  | LSU (#13)  | 17  | 63,025 | $4,250,000
Allstate Sugar Bowl | January 1, 2010  | Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
7:30 p.m.  | FOX | Florida (#5)  | 51  | Cincinnati (#4)  | 24  | 65,207 | $18,000,000
PapaJohns.com Bowl | January 2, 2010  | Legion Field
Birmingham, Alabama
1:00 p.m.  | ESPN | UConn | 20  | South Carolina | 7  | 45,254 | $900,000
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic | January 2, 2010  | Cowboys Stadium
Arlington, Texas
1:00 p.m.  | FOX | Ole Miss | 21  | Oklahoma State (#21)  | 7  | 77,928 | $6,750,000
AutoZone Liberty Bowl | January 2, 2010  | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Memphis, Tennessee
4:30 p.m.  | ESPN | Arkansas | 20  | East Carolina | 17  | 62,742 | $1,700,00
Citi BCS National Championship Game | January 7, 2010  | Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
7:00 p.m.  | ABC | Alabama (#1)  | 37  | Texas (#2)  | 21  | 94,906 | $31,000,000 (est.)

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Standard Time.
* Penn State's win was vacated due to the Penn State child sex abuse scandal

## Awards and All-SEC Teams

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2009 AP All-SEC First Team
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Offense
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QB | Tim Tebow | 6'4"  | 240  | Sr.  | Jacksonville, FL, U.S. | Florida
RB | Mark Ingram II | 5'10"  | 215  | So.  | Flint, MI, U.S. | Alabama
RB | Anthony Dixon | 6'1"  | 235  | Sr.  | Jackson, MS, U.S. | Mississippi State
WR | A. J. Green | 6'4"  | 205  | So.  | Summerville, SC, U.S. | Georgia
WR | Shay Hodge | 6'2"  | 205  | Sr.  | Morton, MS, U.S. | Ole Miss
TE | Aaron Hernandez | 6'2"  | 250  | Sr.  | Bristol, CT, U.S. | Florida
LT | Ciron Black | 6'5"  | 322  | Sr.  | Tyler, TX, U.S. | LSU
LG | Mike Pouncey | 6'5"  | 320  | Jr.  | Lakeland, FL, U.S. | Florida
C | Maurkice Pouncey | 6'5"  | 320  | Jr.  | Lakeland, FL, U.S. | Florida
RG | Mike Johnson | 6'6"  | 305  | Sr.  | Pensacola, FL, U.S. | Alabama
RT | John Jerry | 6'6"  | 335  | Sr.  | Batesville, MS, U.S. | Ole Miss
All-purpose | Randall Cobb | 5'11"  | 190  | So.  | Alcoa, TN, U.S. | Kentucky
All-purpose | Dexter McCluster | 5'9"  | 170  | Sr.  | Largo, FL, U.S. | Ole Miss

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DE | Antonio Coleman | 6'3"  | 257  | Sr.  | Mobile, AL, U.S. | Auburn
DT | Terrence Cody | 6'5"  | 350  | Sr.  | Fort Myers, FL, U.S. | Alabama
DT | Dan Williams | 6'3"  | 325  | Sr.  | Memphis, TN, U.S. | Tennessee
DE | Carlos Dunlap | 6'6"  | 290  | Jr.  | North Charleston, SC, U.S. | Florida
LB | Rolando McClain | 6'4"  | 255  | Jr.  | Decatur, AL, U.S. | Alabama
LB | Eric Norwood | 6'1"  | 250  | Sr.  | Acworth, GA, U.S. | South Carolina
LB | Rennie Curran | 5'11"  | 220  | Jr.  | Atlanta, GA, U.S. | Georgia
DB | Javier Arenas | 5'11"  | 200  | Sr.  | Tampa, FL, U.S. | Alabama
DB | Joe Haden | 5'11"  | 185  | Jr.  | Fort Washington, MD, U.S. | Florida
S | Eric Berry | 5'11"  | 200  | Jr.  | Fairburn, GA, U.S. | Tennessee
S | Mark Barron | 6'2"  | 215  | So.  | Mobile, AL, U.S. | Alabama

## Rankings

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See also: 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Legend |  | Improvement in ranking

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RV  | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Alabama  | AP  | 5  | 4  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 1
C  | 5  | 4  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 1
BCS  | Not released  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 2
Arkansas  | AP  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  |  |  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  |  | RV  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Auburn  | AP  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | 17  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | 19  | RV  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Florida  | AP  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  |  |  |
C  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  |  |
Georgia  | AP  | 13  | 21  | 23  | 21  | 18  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  | 13  | 21  | 20  | 17  | 14  | RV  |  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kentucky  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
LSU  | AP  | 11  | 11  | 9  | 7  | 4  | 4  | 10  | 9  | 9  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  | 9  | 9  | 7  | 7  | 4  | 4  | 10  | 10  | 9  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  | 9  | 9  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mississippi State  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ole Miss  | AP  | 8  | 6  | 5  | 4  | 21  | 20  | RV  | RV  | 24  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 5  | 18  | 16  | RV  | 25  | 22  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  |  | 25  |  |  |  |  |  |
South Carolina  | AP  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | 25  | 22  | 23  | 21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | RV  | 22  | 23  | 21  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  | 24  | 22  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tennessee  | AP  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
C  | RV  | RV  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BCS  | Not released  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Vanderbilt  | AP  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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## SEC vs. BCS matchups

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Date | Visitor | Home | Winner

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September 3  | South Carolina | NC State | South Carolina
September 5  | Georgia | Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State
September 5  | Alabama | Virginia Tech | Alabama
September 5  | LSU | Washington | LSU
September 12  | UCLA | Tennessee | UCLA
September 19  | Louisville | Kentucky | Kentucky
September 19  | West Virginia | Auburn | Auburn
September 26  | Arizona State | Georgia | Georgia
October 3  | Arkansas | Texas A&M | Arkansas
October 3  | Georgia Tech | Mississippi State | Georgia Tech
October 31  | Georgia Tech | Vanderbilt | Georgia Tech
November 28  | Florida State | Florida | Florida
November 28  | Clemson | South Carolina | South Carolina
November 28  | Georgia | Georgia Tech | Georgia

## Previous season

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During the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Florida and Alabama won their respective divisions and met in the 2008 SEC Championship Game which Florida won 31–20. Florida went on to win the 2009 BCS National Championship while SEC Runner-Up Alabama lost in the Sugar Bowl. Georgia was the heavy favorite to win the SEC in the pre-season, but did not live up to the hype. The Bulldogs, however, did finish strong winning the Capital One Bowl. Other bowl winners include Chick-fil-A Bowl champion LSU, Cotton Bowl Classic champion Ole Miss, Liberty Bowl champion Kentucky, Music City Bowl champion Vanderbilt

## Preseason

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Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin begins his first season in Knoxville. Kiffin is a former head coach of the Oakland Raiders and assistant coach at USC. Gene Chizik also begins his first season as head coach at Auburn.

In a given year, each SEC team will play its five other division foes plus three opposing division opponents. Each team has a set opposing division opponent. The other teams from the division are on a rotation, playing a home/away series every five seasons.

Western Division | Eastern Division | Series record

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Auburn | Georgia | 53-51-8[3]
Alabama | Tennessee | 46-38-7[4]
Ole Miss | Vanderbilt | 46-35-2[5]
LSU | Florida | 23-30-3[6]
Mississippi State | Kentucky | 16-20[7]
Arkansas | South Carolina | 10-7[8]

The Southeastern Conference announced on July 22 that the SEC media had elected Florida and Alabama as the preseason favorites for their divisions for the 2009 football season. It chose Florida quarterback Tim Tebow as the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and Tennessee cornerback Eric Berry as the Preseason Defensive Player of the Year.

In the preseason Coaches' Poll released on August 7, the SEC was one of only three conferences with multiple teams ranked in the top ten. Florida was elected pre-season #1 while Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, and Georgia also were in the top 25.

## References

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1. ^ "Ohio State Named Preseason Favorite for 2009 Football Season: Buckeyes' Pryor and Michigan State's Jones earn individual preseason honors". CBS Interactive. July 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
2. ^ "2009 AP All-SEC honors". Courier-Journal. December 7, 2008. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
3. ^ Auburn-Georgia series record
4. ^ "Alabama-Tennessee series record". Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
5. ^ Ole Miss-Vanderbilt series record
6. ^ LSU-Florida series record
7. ^ Mississippi St.-Kentucky series record
8. ^ Arkansas-South Carolina series record

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2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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* ACC
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