Week 8 features six SEC games, led by No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas in a Saturday night Top 25 matchup. LSU at Auburn and Tennessee at South Carolina also headline the slate; Georgia, Missouri, Arkansas and Florida are on bye.

By the Numbers
  • 6 SEC games are scheduled.
  • 4 teams have a bye.
  • 3 games feature ranked teams facing ranked or unranked opponents: LSU-Auburn, Tennessee-South Carolina and Ole Miss-Texas.
State of Play
  • LSU visits Auburn at noon ET on ABC.
  • Tennessee-South Carolina and Texas A&M-Alabama kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET; Oklahoma-Mississippi State starts at the same time on SEC Network.
  • Ole Miss-Texas and Vanderbilt-Kentucky close the day at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Bottom Line

Ole Miss-Texas is the marquee matchup, but the afternoon slate offers two more opportunities to reshape the SEC race: Tennessee at South Carolina and Texas A&M at Alabama.