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Today, take a look at 10 interesting tidbits about Week 2 of the SEC schedule:
- SEC teams hold a collective all-time record of 10-2 against Week 2 non-conference opponents.
- The eight non-conference programs playing SEC teams in Week 2 combined for a 6-1 record in Week 1. Arkansas State lost at USC, and Toledo’s opener was canceled due to inclement weather.
- Saturday’s Florida and East Carolina game will be the second meeting between the schools in the calendar year. The Gators beat the Pirates, 28-20, in the Birmingham Bowl on Jan. 3.
- Auburn vs. Jacksonville State, Arkansas vs. Toledo and Texas A&M vs. Ball State will be the first-ever match-up between each of the programs.
- When the Sooners visit Tennessee on Saturday, it will mark the first time that Oklahoma, one college football’s most storied programs, will play a game in Neyland Stadium, which is one of college football’s most storied venues.
- The Vols game against Oklahoma will be the only non-conference game against a Power 5 program this week.
- Though heavy underdogs for Saturday’s meeting, Vanderbilt actually beat Georgia in the Bulldogs’ last visit to Vanderbilt Stadium in 2013.
- Missouri will play a road game against Arkansas State, marking the Tigers’ first-ever trip to Jonesboro, Ark., for a football game against the Red Wolves.
- Arkansas will host Toledo in Little Rock instead of Fayetteville this week, serving as the Razorbacks’ one traditional game at War Memorial Stadium this season.
- Six primary SEC home venues will open for the first time in the 2015 season this week: Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama), Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn), Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State), Williams-Brice Stadium (South Carolina), Neyland Stadium (Tennessee) and Kyle Field (Texas A&M).
Nick Cole is a former print journalist with several years of experience covering the SEC. Born and raised in SEC country, he has taken in the game-day experience at all 14 stadiums.
