2009 Southeastern Conference football season

August 2023 2009 Southeastern Conference football season #193980 white NCAA Division I FBS football Southeastern Conference logo.svg 125px September 3, 2009through January 7, 2010 12 CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, FSN, CSS 2010 NFL Draft 2010 NFL Draft Eric Berry (Tennessee) Kansas City Chiefs, 5th overall Regular season Champion Runners-Up East Florida Gators West Alabama Crimson Tide SEC Championship Game 2009 SEC Championship Game Alabama Crimson Tide Mark Ingram, Alabama 2009 SEC Championship Game Football 2008 2010 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.http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072709aaa.html Ohio State Named Preseason Favorite for 2009 Football Season: Buckeyes' Pryor and Michigan State's Jones earn individual preseason honors 2009-08-24 2009-07-27 CBS Interactive https://web.archive.org/web/20090819060324/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/072709aaa.html 2009-08-19 dead 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 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 GamesGameDateLocation/Time*TelevisionWinner+ScoreLoser+ScoreAttendancePayout Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl December 27, 2009 LP FieldNashville, Tennessee7:30 p.m. ESPN Clemson 21 Kentucky 13 37,209 $1,700,000 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl December 28, 2009 Independence StadiumShreveport, Louisiana4:00 p.m. ESPN2 Georgia 44 Texas A&M 20 49,653 $2,200,000 Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 2009 Georgia DomeAtlanta, Georgia6:30 p.m. ESPN Virginia Tech 37 Tennessee 14 73,777 $3,010,000 Outback Bowl January 1, 2010 Raymond James StadiumTampa, Florida10:00 a.m. ESPN Auburn 38 Northwestern 35 49,383 $3,300,000 Capital One Bowl January 1, 2010 Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, Florida12:00 p.m. ABC Penn State* (#11) 19 LSU (#13) 17 63,025 $4,250,000 Allstate Sugar Bowl January 1, 2010 Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, Louisiana7:30 p.m. FOX Florida (#5) 51 Cincinnati (#4) 24 65,207 $18,000,000 PapaJohns.com Bowl January 2, 2010 Legion FieldBirmingham, Alabama1:00 p.m. ESPN UConn 20 South Carolina 7 45,254 $900,000 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic January 2, 2010 Cowboys StadiumArlington, Texas1:00 p.m. FOX Ole Miss 21 Oklahoma State (#21) 7 77,928 $6,750,000 AutoZone Liberty Bowl January 2, 2010 Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, Tennessee4:30 p.m. ESPN Arkansas 20 East Carolina 17 62,742 $1,700,00 Citi BCS National Championship Game January 7, 2010 Rose BowlPasadena, California7:00 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 2009 AP All-SEC First Teamhttp://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091207/SPORTS03/912070342/Kentucky+s+Cobb+named+to+All-SEC+first+team https://archive.today/20130121040058/http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091207/SPORTS03/912070342/Kentucky+s+Cobb+named+to+All-SEC+first+team 2009 AP All-SEC honors Courier-Journal 2008-12-07 2009-07-16 2013-01-21 dead Offense PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeamQBTim Tebow6'4"240Sr.Jacksonville, FL, U.S.FloridaRBMark Ingram II5'10"215So.Flint, MI, U.S.AlabamaRBAnthony Dixon6'1"235Sr.Jackson, MS, U.S.Mississippi StateWRA. J. Green6'4"205So.Summerville, SC, U.S.GeorgiaWRShay Hodge6'2"205Sr.Morton, MS, U.S.Ole MissTEAaron Hernandez6'2"250Sr.Bristol, CT, U.S.FloridaLTCiron Black6'5"322Sr.Tyler, TX, U.S.LSULGMike Pouncey6'5"320Jr.Lakeland, FL, U.S.FloridaCMaurkice Pouncey6'5"320Jr.Lakeland, FL, U.S.FloridaRGMike Johnson6'6"305Sr.Pensacola, FL, U.S.AlabamaRTJohn Jerry6'6"335Sr.Batesville, MS, U.S.Ole MissAll-purposeRandall Cobb5'11"190So.Alcoa, TN, U.S.KentuckyAll-purposeDexter McCluster5'9"170Sr.Largo, FL, U.S.Ole Miss Defense PositionNameHeightWeight (lbs.)ClassHometownTeamDEAntonio Coleman6'3"257Sr.Mobile, AL, U.S.AuburnDTTerrence Cody6'5"350Sr.Fort Myers, FL, U.S.AlabamaDTDan Williams6'3"325Sr.Memphis, TN, U.S.TennesseeDECarlos Dunlap6'6"290Jr.North Charleston, SC, U.S.FloridaLBRolando McClain6'4"255Jr.Decatur, AL, U.S.AlabamaLBEric Norwood6'1"250Sr.Acworth, GA, U.S.South CarolinaLBRennie Curran5'11"220Jr.Atlanta, GA, U.S.GeorgiaDBJavier Arenas5'11"200Sr.Tampa, FL, U.S.AlabamaDBJoe Haden5'11"185Jr.Fort Washington, MD, U.S.FloridaSEric Berry5'11"200Jr.Fairburn, GA, U.S.TennesseeSMark Barron6'2"215So.Mobile, AL, U.S.Alabama Rankings 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings + Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking   Not ranked previous week RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll   Pre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 FinalAlabama AP 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1C 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 1 1BCS Not released 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2Arkansas 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 C BCS Not released SEC vs. BCS matchups Date Visitor Home WinnerSeptember 3 South Carolina NC State South CarolinaSeptember 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 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 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 Auburn Georgia 53-51-8Auburn-Georgia series record Alabama Tennessee 46-38-7http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/alabama/opponents_records.php?teamid=3180 Alabama-Tennessee series record 2009-09-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20111023103146/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/sec/alabama/opponents_records.php?teamid=3180 2011-10-23 dead Ole Miss Vanderbilt 46-35-2Ole Miss-Vanderbilt series record LSU Florida 23-30-3LSU-Florida series record Mississippi State Kentucky 16-20Mississippi St.-Kentucky series record Arkansas South Carolina 10-7Arkansas-South Carolina series record 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 2