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The 2008 Southeastern Conference football season was the 76th season of Southeastern Conference (SEC) football, taking place during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on September 13, 2008 and ended with the 2008 SEC Championship Game on December 6, 2008.

2008 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 1 Florida x$#   7 – 1     13 – 1  
No. 13 Georgia   6 – 2     10 – 3  
Vanderbilt   4 – 4     7 – 6  
South Carolina   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Tennessee   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Kentucky   2 – 6     7 – 6  
Western Division
No. 6 Alabama x%   8 – 0     12 – 2  
No. 14 Ole Miss   5 – 3     9 – 4  
LSU   3 – 5     8 – 5  
Arkansas   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Auburn   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Mississippi State   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Championship: Florida 31, Alabama 20
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Rankings

Main article: 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
  (Pre)
 Sept.
3		 Sept.
10		 Sept.
17		 Sept.
24		 Oct.
1		 Oct.
8		 Oct.
15		 Oct.
22		 Oct.
29		 Nov.
5		 Nov.
12		 Nov.
19		 Nov.
26		 Dec.
3		 Final
Alabama AP 24
C
BCS Not released
Arkansas AP
C
BCS Not released
Auburn AP 10
C 11
BCS Not released
Florida AP 5
C 5
BCS Not released
Georgia AP 1
C 1
BCS Not released
Kentucky AP
C
BCS Not released
LSU AP 7
C 6
BCS Not released
Mississippi State AP
C
BCS Not released
Ole Miss AP
C
BCS Not released
South Carolina AP
C
BCS Not released
Tennessee AP 18
C 18
BCS Not released
Vanderbilt AP
C
BCS Not released

Head coaches

School Coach Year
Alabama Nick Saban 2nd
Arkansas Bobby Petrino 1st
Auburn Tommy Tubberville 10th
Florida Urban Meyer 4th
Georgia Mark Richt 8th
Kentucky Rich Brooks 6th
LSU Les Miles 4th
Mississippi State Sylvester Croom 5th
Ole Miss Houston Nutt 1st
South Carolina Steve Spurrier 4th
Tennessee Phillip Fulmer 16th
Vanderbilt Bobby Johnson 7th

Championship Game

Main article: 2008 SEC Championship Game
Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
December 6 4:00 p.m. No. 1 Alabama No. 2 Florida Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA CBS  FLA 31-20   75,892
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Bowl games

SEC Bowl Games
Game Date Location/Time* Television Winner+ Score Loser+ Score Attendance Payout
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl December 31, 2008 LP Field
Nashville, Tennessee
2:30 PM 		ESPN Vanderbilt 16 Boston College 14 54,250 $1,700,000
Chick-fil-A Bowl December 31, 2008 Georgia Dome
Atlanta, Georgia
6:30 PM 		ESPN LSU 38 Georgia Tech (#14) 3 71,423 $3,000,000
Outback Bowl January 1, 2009 Raymond James Stadium
Tampa, Florida
10:00 AM 		ESPN Iowa 31 South Carolina 10 55,117 $3,200,000
Capital One Bowl January 1, 2009 Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Florida
12:00 PM 		ABC Georgia (#16) 24 Michigan State (#19) 12 59,681 $4,250,000
AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic January 2, 2009 Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
1:00 PM 		FOX Ole Miss (#20) 47 Texas Tech (#8) 34 88,175 $3,000,000
Autozone Liberty Bowl January 2, 2009 Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tennessee
4:00 PM 		ESPN Kentucky 25 East Carolina 19 56,125 $1,800,000
Allstate Sugar Bowl January 2, 2009 Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans, Louisiana
7:00 PM 		FOX Utah (#7) 31 Alabama (#4) 17 71,872 $17,500,000
FedEx BCS National Championship Game January 8, 2009 Dolphin Stadium
Miami, Florida
7:00 PM 		FOX Florida (#1) 24 Oklahoma (#2) 14 78,468 $17,500,000

Rankings are from AP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Southeastern_Conference_football_season