Week 5: How well do these teams know each other?

Many SEC matchups this week involve clashes between the East and the West. We’ll get our first true glimpse at whether the SEC West is truly better than the SEC East.

There are also two great intra-division games, Mississippi State at Texas A&M and South Carolina at Missouri. Interestingly enough, the inter-division games actually have more history.

Here is how well teams know each other in Week 5:

OLD FRIENDS

ALABAMA at GEORGIA (Athens, Georgia, 3:30 p.m. ET) — 67th meeting

• All-time series record: Alabama leads, 37-25-4
• Last time played: 2012
• Longest streak: Georgia, 5 games (1910-1916); Alabama, 5 games (1922-1926)
• Current streak: Alabama, 2 games
• Biggest margin of victory: Alabama, 36 points

OLE MISS at FLORIDA (Gainesville, Florida, 7 p.m. ET) — 24th meeting

• All-time series record: Ole Miss leads, 12-10-1
• Last time played: 2008
• Longest streak: Ole Miss, 4 games (1946-1958)
• Current streak: Ole Miss, 1 game
• Biggest margin of victory: Florida, 46 points

ACQUAINTANCES

ARKANSAS at TENNESSEE (Knoxville, Tennessee, 7 p.m. ET) — 18th meeting

• All-time series record: Tennessee leads, 13-4
• Last time played: 2011
• Longest streak: Tennessee, 6 games (1993-1998)
• Current streak: Arkansas, 1 game
• Biggest margin of victory: Tennessee, 43 points

VANDERBILT at MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 7 p.m. ET) — 16th meeting

• All-time series record: Vanderbilt leads, 12-3
• Last time played: 2005
• Longest streak: Vanderbilt, 12 games (1915-1956)
• Current streak: Middle Tennessee, 3 games
• Biggest margin of victory: Vanderbilt, 69 points

MISSISSIPPI STATE at TEXAS A&M (College Station, Texas, 7:30 p.m. ET) — 9th meeting

• All-time series record: Tied, 4-4
• Last time played: 2014
• Longest streak: Mississippi State, 2 games (1913-2915); Texas A&M, 2 games (2012-2013)
• Current streak: Mississippi State, 1 game
• Biggest margin of victory: Texas A&M, 34 points

SOUTH CAROLINA at MISSOURI (Columbia, Missouri, noon ET) — 6th meeting

• All-time series record: Missouri leads, 3-2
• Last time played: 2014
• Longest streak: Missouri, 2 games (1979-2005); South Carolina, 2 games (2012-2013)
• Current streak: Missouri, 1 game
• Biggest margin of victory: South Carolina, 21 points

EASTERN KENTUCKY at KENTUCKY (Lexington, Kentucky, 7:30 p.m. ET) — 4th meeting

• All-time series record: Kentucky leads, 3-0
• Last time played: 2009
• Longest streak: Kentucky, 3 games (1998-2009)
• Current streak: Kentucky, 3 games
• Biggest margin of victory: Kentucky, 45 points

SAN JOSE STATE at AUBURN (Auburn, Alabama, 4 p.m. ET) — 2nd meeting

• All-time series record: Auburn leads, 1-0
• Last time played: 2014
• Longest streak: Auburn, 1 game (2014)
• Current streak: Auburn, 1 game
• Biggest margin of victory: Auburn, 46 points

STRANGERS

EASTERN MICHIGAN at LSU (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 7 p.m. ET) — 1st meeting

Christine Wang

Christine Wang is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. She covers Auburn, Arkansas and Ole Miss.