By Chris Marler
Numbers never lie. And that’s why this is the most important thing you will read before the Week 10 SEC slate kicks off. Here are numbers every fan needs to know:
1: Ole Miss has just one win in their last nine trips to Fayetteville to play Arkansas. Only one of those eight losses has been by less than 12 points.
16.3: Ole Miss has been ranked in the Top 15 nationally in three of their last four trips to Fayetteville. They have lost those games by an average of 16.3 ppg.
9-1: Arkansas is 9-1 against the spread in their last 10 games overall against Ole Miss
1-3: Arkansas is just 1-3 in games following a win and have only won back-to-back games once this season against UAB and Auburn.
2: Vanderbilt has scored first in all but two of their eight games. Auburn has scored first in only two of their eight games this season.
1: Auburn leads the all-time series against Vanderbilt by just one total game with a 22-21-1 overall series record.
12: Auburn hasn’t lost three consecutive games at home in 12 seasons (since 2012). They have lost their last two games at home headed into Saturday.
1: Auburn leads the SEC and the country in 40+ yard pass plays with 13. They also lead the SEC in interceptions thrown with 10. They are one of only two teams in the entire country who have thrown double digits in both categories.
5: Vanderbilt leads the SEC with only five turnovers all season. Auburn has two games this season with at least five turnovers.
15.8: Vanderbilt is 3-16 in the month of November over the last five seasons including going winless in three of the last four
3: Kentucky has beaten Tennessee only three times in the last 38 meetings including only one win in Knoxville in the last 40 years.
3: Tennessee has been held scoreless in the first half of three straight games. That’s the first time in 61 years that’s happened for the Vols.
-6: Kentucky and Tennessee quarterbacks rank 15th and 16th in the SEC in passing touchdowns this season with five total. They also have combined for 11 interceptions on the year for a turnover margin of -6.
3: Tennessee ranks in the top three nationally in yards allowed, points allowed, rushing yards allowed, yards per rush allowed. Kentucky ranks 119th or worse in half of those.
0: Texas A&M has zero wins since 2021 in true road games versus teams with winning records, and the Aggies are 3-10 overall in true road games in that span
71st: Average rank of the run defenses Texas A&M has played so far this season including only one in the Top 40. South Carolina ranks 16th overall.
70.6: South Carolina is 12-5-1 against the spread (70.6%) at home against top-10 teams since 2005.
130th: South Carolina ranks 130th or worse in the country in sacks and tackles for loss allowed. Texas A&M ranks 10th nationally in tackles for loss this season
4: South Carolina is Top 4 in the SEC in sacks and tackles for loss. Texas A&M ranks Top 4 in the SEC in those two stats allowed.
0: Total turnovers for Marcel Reed this year through more than five games
20-6: South Carolina’s record when finishing even or winning the turnover battle outright under Shane Beamer. That’s a 76.9 winning percentage.
3-15: South Carolina’s record under Shane Beamer when losing the turnover battle which is a .167 winning percentage.
Georgia/Florida Since 2017…
6: Georgia has won 6 of the last 7 games against Florida
22.4: They have won those six games by an average of 22.4 ppg
+105: Georgia has outscored the Gators, 125-20, in the first half of those six games while never allowing more than seven points in a first half in any of those games
5: In the first quarter of those six games, they’ve outscored Florida 82-7 and held Florida scoreless in five of the six
15: Kirby Smart is 15-1 in this last 16 games off a bye week
88: 88% of the public betting money is on Kentucky and Texas A&M to cover on the road against Tennessee and South Carolina
70.3: Underdogs in SEC games are 26-11 against the spread (70.3 percent) so far this season — best mark of any conference.
3-15: Home favorites are 3-15 against the spread this season in SEC conference games. That is the worst conference mark for home favorites through nine weeks in the SEC since 1990.
0: Massachusetts is 0-12 all-time against the SEC and are a combined 0-35 all-time against Power Four teams
