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Last week, the SEC went 12-1 against non-conference opponents. As you’ve probably heard, the SEC did not do as well against non-conference opponents this week. Arkansas dropped to Toledo, Tennessee almost beat out Oklahoma (but didn’t), and Auburn escaped from Jacksonville State.
Taking our record from last week, here is an update on how the SEC is stacking up against the other conferences this year. Further down, we look ahead at non-conference games still on the horizon for each team.
SEC VS. NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS IN 2015: 18-3
vs. ACC: 2-0 (no change)
vs. PAC-12: 1-0 (no change)
vs. Big Ten: 1-0 (no change)
vs. Big 12: 0-1
vs. Sun Belt: 4-0
vs. Ohio Valley: 3-0
vs. C-USA: 3-1
vs. MAC: 2-1
vs. Mountain West: 1-0
vs. AAC: 1-0
NON-CONFERENCE GAMES REMAINING
Alabama: vs. Louisiana Monroe (Sept. 26), vs. Charleston Southern (Nov. 21)
Arkansas: vs. Texas Tech (Sept. 19), vs. Tennessee-Martin (Oct. 31)
Auburn: vs. San Jose State (Oct. 3), vs. Idaho (Nov. 21)
Florida: vs. Florida Atlantic (Nov. 21), vs. Florida State (Nov. 28)
Georgia: vs. Southern (Sept. 26), vs. Georgia Southern (Nov. 21), at Georgia Tech (Nov. 28)
Kentucky: vs. Eastern Kentucky (Oct. 3), vs. Charlotte (Nov. 21), vs. Louisville (Nov. 28)
LSU: at Syracuse (Sept. 26), vs. Eastern Michigan (Oct. 3), vs. Western Kentucky (Oct. 24)
Mississippi State: vs. Northwestern State (Sept. 19), vs. Troy (Oct. 10), vs. Louisiana Tech (Oct. 17)
Missouri: vs. Connecticut (Sept. 19), vs. BYU (Nov. 14)
Ole Miss: vs. New Mexico State (Oct. 10), at Memphis (Oct. 17)
South Carolina: vs. UCF (Sept. 26), vs. The Citadel (Nov. 21), vs. Clemson (Nov. 28)
Tennessee: vs. West Carolina (Sept. 19), vs. North Texas (Nov. 14)
Texas A&M: vs. Nevada (Sept. 19), vs. West Carolina (Nov. 14)
Vanderbilt: vs. Austin Peay (Sept. 19), at Middle Tennessee (Oct. 3), at Houston (Oct. 31)
THIS WEEK’S NON-CONFERENCE SCORES
- Auburn 27, Jacksonville State 20, OT
- Ole Miss 73, Fresno State 21,
- Alabama 37, Middle Tennessee 10,
- Toledo 16, Arkansas 12
- Oklahoma 31, Tennessee 24, 2OT
- Texas A&M 56, Ball State 23,
- Missouri 27, Arkansas State 20
- Florida 31, East Carolina 24
NEXT WEEK’S NON-CONFERENCE GAMES
- Texas Tech at Arkansas
- Northwestern State at Mississippi State
- Connecticut at Missouri
- West Carolina at Tennessee
- Nevada at Texas A&M
- Austin Peay at Vanderbilt
Christine Wang is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. She covers Auburn, Arkansas and Ole Miss.
