< PreviousAuburn Tigers September 26 n Noon ET n Auburn, Ala. n Jordan–Hare Stadium Players to Watch #10 n Sophomore n QB Bo NIX K.J. BRITT #33 n Senior n LB 98 @UKFootball Quick Facts Location: Auburn, Ala. Head Coach: Gus Malzahn (Henderson, ‘90) Stadium: Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) Last Meeting with UK: 10/15/15 in Lexington, Ky. Auburn 30, Kentucky 27 2019 Record: 9-4 Overall; 5-3 SEC 2019 Final Rankings: 11 CFP/11 AP/12 USA Today Base Offense/Defense: Multiple/Multiple Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 4/7 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/6 2020 Schedule Kentucky September 26 @Georgia October 3 Arkansas October 10 @South Carolina October 17 @Ole Miss October 24 LSU October 31 @Mississippi State November 14 Tennessee November 21 @Alabama November 28 Texas A&M December 5 AUBURN In his eighth season as Auburn head coach, Malzahn ranks fifth among Auburn football head coaches in total wins (62). Malzahn notched 35 victories in his first four seasons at Auburn, the second-most in Auburn history, only behind Terry Bowden who started 20-1-1 in 1993-94. In 2013 he won numerous nation- al coach of the year awards on his way to guiding Auburn to the BCS National Championship Game. Gus MalzahnOle Miss Rebels October 3 n 4 p.m. ET n Lexington, Ky. n Kroger Field Players to Watch #9 n Sophomore n RB 2020 Schedule Jerrion EALY Lakia HENRY #1 n Senior n LB @UKSportsNetwork 99 Quick Facts Location: Oxford, Miss. Head Coach: Lane Kiffin (Fresno State, 1998) Stadium: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (64,038) Last Meeting with UK: 11/4/17 in Lexington, Ky. Ole Miss 37, Kentucky 34 2019 Record: 4-8 Overall; 2-6 SEC Base Offense/Defense: Spread/Multiple Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 OLE MISS Lane Kiffin, who arrives in Oxford af- ter three seasons as head coach at Florida Atlantic, has more than 10 years of head coaching experience. In his head coaching stops at USC, Tennessee and FAU, Kiffin has shown the propensity in helping turn programs around. In his first season at all three lo- cations, his teams imporovedin win dif- ferential (+3.33), scoring (+10.2), passing (+34.5 ypg) and rushing (+51.3 ypg). Lane Kiffin Florida September 26 @Kentucky October 3 Alabama October 10 @Arkansas October 17 Auburn October 24 @Vanderbilt October 31 South Carolina November 14 @Texas A&M November 21 Mississippi State November 28 @LSU December 5 Game Sponsor100 @UKFootball Mississippi State Bulldogs October 10 n TBA n Lexington, Ky. n Kroger Field 2020 Schedule Quick Facts Location: Starkville, Miss. Head Coach: Mike Leach (BYU, ‘83) Stadium: Davis Wade Stadium (61,337) Last Meeting with UK: 9/21/19 in Starkville, Miss. Mississippi State 28, Kentucky 13 2019 Record: 6-7 Overall; 3-5 SEC Base Offense/Defense: Air Raid/Multiple Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 4/7 MISSISSIPPI STATE Two-time national coach of the year, three-time conference coach of the year and the mastermind behind the "Air Raid" offense, Mike Leach was named MSU's head coach in January 2020. In 18 seasons as a head coach, he has compiled a 139-90 record and guided his teams to 16 bowl games. During 10 of those 18 seasons, Leach's passing attack led the FBS (Texas Tech (6), Washington State (4). Mike Leach Players to Watch #8 n Senior n RB Kylin HILL Erroll THOMPSON #40 n Senior n LB @LSU September 26 Arkansas October 3 @Kentucky October 10 Texas A&M October 17 @Alabama October 31 Vanderbilt November 7 Auburn November 14 @Georgia November 21 @Ole Miss November 28 Missouri December 5 Game Sponsor@UKSportsNetwork 101 Tennessee Volunteers October 17 n Noon, 3:30 p.m. or 4 p.m. ET n Knoxville, Tenn. n Neyland Stadium Quick Facts Location: Knoxville, Tenn. Head Coach: Jeremy Pruitt (West Alabama, ‘99) Stadium: Neyland Stadium (102,455) Last Meeting with UK: 11/9/19 in Lexington, Ky. Tennessee 17, Kentucky 13 2019 Record: 8-5 Overall; 5-3 SEC Base Offense/Defense: Pro/3-4 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3 2020 Schedule TENNESSEE After two seasons on Rocky Top, Jeremy Pruitt has left zero doubt that he is the man to get the proud program back to the top. The Vols finished 2019 with six consec- utive victories and seven wins in their last eight games. After starting the season 1-4, UT finished with an 8-5 overall record. UT capped the season by overcoming a 13-point deficit in the final five minutes to defeat Indiana, 23-22, in the 2020 TaxSlay- er Gator Bowl. Jeremy Pruitt Players to Watch #73 n Senior n OL Trey SMITH Henry TO'O TO'O #11 n Sophomore n LB @South Carolina September 26 Missouri October 3 @Georgia October 10 Kentucky October 17 Alabama October 24 @Arkansas November 7 Texas A&M November 14 @Auburn November 21 @Vanderbilt November 28 Florida December 5Georgia Bulldogs October 24 n TBA n Lexington, Ky. n Kroger Field Players to Watch #1 n Sophomore n WR George PICKENS Monty RICE #32 n Senior n LB 102 @UKFootball Quick Facts Location: Athens, Ga. Head Coach: Kirby Smart (Georgia, ‘98) Stadium: Sanford Stadium (92,746) Last Meeting with UK: 10/19/19 in Athens, Ga. #10 Georgia 21, Kentucky 0 2019 Record: 12-2 Overall; 7-1 SEC 2019 Final Rankings: 4 CFP/4 AP/4 USA Today Base Offense/Defense: Multiple/Multiple Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 2/9 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 8/3 2020 Schedule GEORGIA Three straight SEC Eastern Division championships, 44 wins, one SEC title, three bowl victories and an appearance in one national championship game are more than respectable rewards over a four-year period. That's what Georgia got when it hired Kirby Smart in December, 2015. Smart's 2019 Bulldogs became the first team in Georgia history to win 11 or more games in three straight seasons. Kirby Smart pho to b y Chamberlain Smith pho to b y P erry McInt yr e @Arkansas September 26 Auburn October 3 Tennessee October 10 @Alabama October 17 @Kentucky October 24 Florida (@Jacksonville) November 7 @Missouri November 14 Mississippi State November 21 @South Carolina November 28 Vanderbilt December 5 Game SponsorMissouri Tigers October 31 n Noon ET n Columbia, Mo. n Faurot Field 2020 Schedule @UKSportsNetwork 103 Quick Facts Location: Columbia, Mo. Head Coach: Eliah Drinkwitz (Arkansas Tech, ‘04) Stadium: Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium (61,168) Last Meeting with UK: 10/26/19 in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky 29, Missouri 7 2019 Record: 6-6 Overall; 3-5 SEC Base Offense/Defense: Multiple/Multiple Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 17/9 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 23/7 MISSOURI Considered one of college football's top offensive minds, Eliah Drinkwitz en- ters his first season at Missouri. Drinkwitz comes to Mizzou following an impressive 2019 season at Appalachian State where he led the 20th-ranked Moun- taineers to a 12-1 record and a Sun Belt Conference Championship. He was a finalist for the 2019 Eddie Robinson Award which goes annually to the nation's top head coach. Eliah Drinkwitz Players to Watch #34 n Senior n RB Larry ROUNTREE III Nick BOLTON #32 n Junior n LB Alabama September 26 @Tennessee October 3 @LSU October 10 Vanderbilt October 17 @Florida October 24 Kentucky October 31 Georgia November 14 @South Carolina November 21 Arkansas November 28 @Mississippi State December 5Vanderbilt Commodores November 14 n TBA n Lexington, Ky. n Kroger Field 104 @UKFootball Quick Facts Location: Nashville, Tenn. Head Coach: Derek Mason (Northern Arizona, ‘93) Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium (40,350) Last Meeting with UK: 11/16/19 in Nashville, Tenn. Kentucky 38, Vanderbilt 14 2019 Record: 3-9 Overall; 1-7 SEC Base Offense/Defense: Multiple set/4-3 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 4/7 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 11/0 2020 Schedule VANDERBILT Derek Mason enters his seventh sea- son at Vanderbilt and he continues to keep the Commodores trending upward both on and off the field. The SEC's fourth-longest tenured head coach, Mason is only the second head man on West End to lead the Com- modores to multiple bowl games, while more importantly, continuing to graduate his student-athletes at a conference and national leading rate. Derek Mason Players to Watch #21 n Sophomore n RB Keyon BROOKS Dimitri MOORE #7 n R-Junior n LB @Texas A&M September 26 LSU October 3 South Carolina October 10 @Missouri October 17 Ole Miss October 31 @Mississippi State November 7 @Kentucky November 14 Florida November 21 Tennessee November 28 @Georgia December 5 Game SponsorAlabama Crimson Tide November 21 n TBA n Tuscaloosa, Ala. n Bryant-Denny Stadium Players to Watch #6 n Senior n WR 2020 Schedule Devonta SMITH Dylan MOSES #32 n Senior n LB @UKSportsNetwork 105 Quick Facts Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Head Coach: Nick Saban (Kent State, ‘73) Stadium: Bryant-Denny Stadium (101,821) Last Meeting with UK: 10/1/16 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama 34, Kentucky 6 2019 Record: 11-2 Overall; 6-2 SEC 2019 Final Rankings: 13 CFP/8 AP/8 USA Today Base Offense/Defense: Multiple/Multiple Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 8/4 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 7/6 ALABAMA A man of vision who has a proven re- cord of championship success, Nick Sa- ban has returned Alabama to the top of the college football landscape. With a victory over Georgia in the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champi- onship, Saban joined Paul "Bear" Bryant as the only two coaches to win six national titiles in the poll era of college football. The eight-time National Coach of the Year is in his 14th season in Tuscaloosa. Nick Saban @Missouri September 26 Texas A&M October 3 @Ole Miss October 10 Georgia October 17 @Tennessee October 24 Mississippi State October 31 @LSU November 14 Kentucky November 21 Auburn November 28 @Arkansas December 5106 @UKFootball Florida Gators November 28 n TBA n Gainesville, Fla. n Ben Hill Griffin Stadium 2020 Schedule Quick Facts Location: Gainesville, Fla. Head Coach: Dan Mullen (Ursinus College, ‘94) Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (88,548) Last Meeting with UK: 9/14/19 in Lexington, Ky. #9 Florida 29, Kentucky 21 2019 Record: 11-2 Overall; 6-2 SEC 2019 Final Rankings: 7 CFP/6 AP/7 USA Today Base Offense/Defense: Multiple/Multiple Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 7/5 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5 FLORIDA It took Dan Mullen one season to return the Florida Gators program to the top levels of the college football world. In 2018, UF finished No. 6 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll. Its highest finish since 2009 (No. 3). The firsts continued in 2019. The Ga- tors posted 10 or more wins in consecutive seasons for the first time since 2008-09 and Mullen became the first coach to win BCS/ New Year's Six bowl games in each of his first two seasons. Dan Mullen Players to Watch #11 n R-Senior n QB Kyle TRASK Marco WILSON #3 n R-Junior n DB @Ole Miss September 26 South Carolina October 3 @Texas A&M October 10 LSU October 17 Missouri October 24 Georgia (@Jacksonville) November 7 Arkansas November 14 @Vanderbilt November 21 Kentucky November 28 @Tennessee December 5South Carolina Gamecocks December 5 n TBA n Lexington, Ky. n Kroger Field 2020 Schedule @UKSportsNetwork 107 Quick Facts Location: Columbia, S.C. Head Coach: Will Muschamp (Georgia, ‘94) Stadium: Williams-Brice Stadium (77,559) Last Meeting with UK: 9/28/19 in Columbia, S.C. South Carolina 24, Kentucky 7 2019 Record: 4-8 Overall; 3-5 SEC Base Offense/Defense: One-Back/4-3 Offensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5 Defensive Starters Returning/Lost: 6/5 SOUTH CAROLINA Muschamp begins his fifth season in Columbia. As South Carolina head coach, he owns a 26-25 overall mark and recorded more wins in his first three seasons (22) than any coach in school history. He is also the first head coach to take the Gamecocks to bowl games in each of his first three seasons. Regarded as an outstanding defensive mind, he is a 25-year coaching veteran, in- cluding 17 in the SEC. Will Muschamp Players to Watch #13 n Senior n WR Shi SMITH Jaycee HORN #1 n Junior n DB Tennessee September 26 @Florida October 3 @Vanderbilt October 10 Auburn October 17 @LSU October 24 Texas A&M November 7 @Ole Miss November 14 Missouri November 21 Georgia November 28 @Kentucky December 5 Game SponsorNext >