- The Sporting News College Football Preview has ranked the
Southeastern Conference as the nation's top conference in 2003. The SEC is
tops, followed by the Big 12, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-10 and Big East. Said the
magazine, "Auburn and Georgia are the league's elite and likely will play
twice, including the SEC Championship Game. We think Auburn will run the
table, but it wouldn't be a surprise if both Auburn and Georgia were 12-1
following that SEC title game. The league will land two BCS spots, and LSU,
Tennessee and Florida are all capable of winning 10 games. The Gators and Vols
must bounce back from disappointing seasons for the SEC to legitimize its spot
at the top.
- The Sporting News also selects Auburn as its preseason #1 ranked
team, followed by Ohio State, Oklahoma, Michigan and Miami (Fla.). Other SEC
teams ranked in the top 25 include Georgia (11), LSU (13) and Tennessee (16).
- In a collection of pre-season magazines (Athlon, Lindy's,
College Football News, The Sporting News, Street &
Smith's), 10 SEC players received first-team All-America mention. The list
includes: OT Shawn Andrews, Arkansas; OT Antonio Hall, Kentucky; DE David
Pollack, Georgia; RS Derek Abney, Kentucky; QB Eli Manning, Ole Miss; OL
Justin Smiley, Alabama; LB Karlos Dansby, Auburn; OL Stephen Peterman, LSU; OL
Wesley Britt, Alabama; DB Corey Webster, LSU.
- According to six pre-season SEC polls, Georgia and Auburn will meet in the
SEC Football Championship Game in Atlanta on Dec. 6. In the Eastern Division,
Georgia is favored to win by Athlon, College Football News,
The Sporting News and the Birmingham News. Tennessee is
predicted to win the East by Lindy's and Street & Smith's.
In the Western Division, Auburn is a unanimous selection of all six
publications sampled.
- In a compilation of five pre-season national polls (using a 1-25 point
system, 1 for 1st place, etc.), Oklahoma is predicted to win the national
championship, followed by Miami (Fla.), Ohio State, Auburn and Texas. The
Sooners are predicted to win the national crown by Athlon,
Lindy's and Street & Smith's. Ohio State is predicted to
repeat as national champs by College Football News while Auburn is
tabbed number one by The Sporting News.
- Other SEC teams in the pre-season national top 35 compiled from the five
aforementioned polls, Georgia is ranked 9th, Tennessee 13th, LSU 14th, Florida
22nd, Alabama 26th and Arkansas 35th.
2003 SEC FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS SCHEDULE
Wynfrey
Hotel
Hoover, Ala.
Below is a schedule and the list of coaches and athletes that will be
featured at Kickoff 2002 - SEC Football Media Days. GamecockNation.com will have the
latest quotes and notes from Kickoff 2002, as well as insider reports from the press conferences involving SC coaches and players.
TUESDAY, JULY 29
12:45 - 1:10 p.m.
COMMISSIONER
MIKE SLIVE
1:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.
ARKANSAS (1:10 p.m. - 3:10
p.m.)
Coach Houston Nutt, WR George Wilson, LB Tony Bua
TENNESSEE (1:10 p.m. - 3:10 p.m.)
Coach Phillip Fulmer, QB Casey
Clausen, LB Kevin Burnett
KENTUCKY (3:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.)
Coach Rich Brooks, WR/RS Derek
Abney, DE Vincent Burns
VANDERBILT (3:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.)
Coach Bobby Johnson, QB Jay
Cutler, DE Jovan Haye
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
8:20 - 8:40 a.m.
SEC Coordinator of Football Officials BOBBY GASTON
8:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
OLE MISS (8:40 a.m. - 10:40
a.m.)
Coach David Cutcliffe, QB Eli Manning, DL Jesse Mitchell
FLORIDA (8:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.)
Coach Ron Zook, CB/WR Keiwan
Ratliff, OT Max Starks
ALABAMA (10:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.)
Coach Mike Shula, TB Shaud
Williams, LB Cornelius Wortham
SOUTH CAROLINA (10:40 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.)
Coach Lou Holtz, DB Dunta
Robinson, OT Travelle Wharton
THURSDAY, JULY 31
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
AUBURN
(8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.)
Coach Tommy Tuberville, QB Jason Campbell, OLB
Karlos Dansby
LSU (8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.)
Coach Nick Saban, DT Chad Lavalais, OG
Stephen Peterman
GEORGIA (10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
Coach Mark Richt, DE David
Pollack, TE Ben Watson
MISSISSIPPI STATE (10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
Coach Jackie Sherrill,
WR Justin Jenkins, LB T.J. Mawhinney
2003 SEC Schedules
| Date |
Opponent |
Time |
SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Williams-Brice (80,250)
Home:
0-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home Attendance:
n/a Average Home Attendance: n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE |
7
p.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
VIRGINIA
(JP) |
12:30
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
at
Georgia (CBS) |
12:30 or 3:30 PM |
| Sept.
20 |
UAB |
7
p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
at
Tennessee (TV Game) |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
KENTUCKY |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
LSU (TV Game) |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
VANDERBILT
[HC] |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
at Ole
Miss |
TBA |
| Nov.
8 |
*at
Arkansas |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
FLORIDA (TV Game) |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
CLEMSON (TV Game) |
TBA |
* - at Little Rock, Ark.
ALL TIMES
EASTERN |
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium(s): Bryant-Denny (83,818); Legion
Field (83,091)
Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25:
0-0
Total Home Attendance: n/a Average Home Attendance:
n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
*SOUTH
FLORIDA (ESPN) |
2
p.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
OKLAHOMA
(ESPN) |
6:45
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
KENTUCKY |
TBA |
| Sept.
20 |
NORTHERN
ILLINOIS |
TBA |
| Sept.
27 |
ARKANSAS |
TBA |
| Oct.
4 |
at
Georgia |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
SOUTHERN
MISS [HC] |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
at Ole
Miss |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
TENNESSEE |
TBA |
| Nov.
8 |
at
Mississippi State |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
LSU |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
at
Auburn |
TBA |
| Nov.
29 |
at
Hawaii |
TBA |
* - Birmingham, Ala.
ALL TIMES CENTRAL |
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium(s): Reynolds Razorback (82,000);
War Memorial (53,727)
Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25:
0-0
Total Home Attendance: n/a Average Home Attendance:
n/a |
| Sept.
6 |
TULSA |
6
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
at Texas
(ABC) |
11
a.m. |
| Sept.
20 |
*NORTH
TEXAS |
6
p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
at
Alabama |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
AUBURN
[HC] |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
FLORIDA |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
at Ole
Miss |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
at
Kentucky |
TBA |
| Nov.
8 |
*SOUTH
CAROLINA |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
NEW MEXICO
STATE |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
MISSISSIPPI
STATE |
TBA |
| Nov.
28 |
at LSU
(CBS) |
1:30
p.m. |
* - Little Rock, Ark.
ALL TIMES CENTRAL |
AUBURN TIGERS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Jordan-Hare (86,063)
Home: 0-0
Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home Attendance: n/a
Average Home Attendance: n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA (CBS) |
5
p.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
at Georgia
Tech (ABC) |
2:30
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
at
Vanderbilt |
TBA |
| Sept.
27 |
WESTERN
KENTUCKY |
4
p.m. |
| Oct.
4 |
TENNESSEE |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
at
Arkansas |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
MISSISSIPPI
STATE |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
at
LSU |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
LOUISIANA-MONROE [HC] |
1
p.m. |
| Nov.
8 |
OLE
MISS |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
at
Georgia |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
ALABAMA |
TBA |
| ALL TIMES CENTRAL |
FLORIDA GATORS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at
Florida Field (83,000)
Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Division:
0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home Attendance: n/a Average Home Attendance:
n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
SAN JOSE
STATE |
6
p.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
at Miami
(Fla.) (ABC) |
8
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
FLORIDA
A&M |
6
p.m. |
| Sept.
20 |
TENNESSEE
(CBS) |
12 p.m. OR
3:30 p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
at
Kentucky |
TBA |
| Oct.
4 |
OLE
MISS |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
at
LSU |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
at
Arkansas |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
*vs.
Georgia |
TBA |
| Nov.
8 |
VANDERBILT
[HC] |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
at South
Carolina |
TBA |
| Nov.
29 |
FLORIDA
STATE (CBS) |
3:30 p.m.
|
* - Jacksonville, Fla.
ALL TIMES EASTERN |
GEORGIA BULLDOGS (13-1, 6-1 SEC)
Home Stadium: Sanford (92,020)
Home: 0-0
Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home
Attendance: n/a Average Home Attendance: n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
at Clemson
(ABC) |
12
p.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
MIDDLE
TENNESSEE |
TBA |
| Sept.
13 |
SOUTH
CAROLINA |
TBA |
| Sept.
20 |
at LSU
(CBS) |
12 p.m. or
3:30 p.m. |
| Oct.
4 |
ALABAMA |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
at
Tennessee |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
at
Vanderbilt |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
UAB |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
*vs.
Florida |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
AUBURN |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
KENTUCKY |
TBA |
| Nov.
29 |
at Georgia
Tech |
TBA |
* - Jacksonville, Fla.
ALL TIMES EASTERN |
KENTUCKY WILDCATS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Commonwealth (67,530)
Home: 0-0
Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home Attendance: n/a
Average Home Attendance: n/a |
| Aug.
31 |
LOUISVILLE
(ESPN2) |
6:30
p.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
MURRAY
STATE |
7
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
at
Alabama |
TBA |
| Sept.
20 |
at
Indiana |
5
p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
FLORIDA |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
at South
Carolina |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
OHIO
[HC] |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
MISSISSIPPI
STATE |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
ARKANSAS |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
at
Vanderbilt |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
at
Georgia |
TBA |
| Nov.
29 |
TENNESSEE |
TBA |
| ALL TIMES EASTERN |
LSU TIGERS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Tiger (91,600)
Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division:
0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home Attendance: n/a Average Home Attendance:
n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
LOUISIANA-MONROE |
7
p.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
at Arizona
(TBS) |
9
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
WESTERN
ILLINOIS |
7
p.m. |
| Sept.
20 |
GEORGIA
(CBS) |
11 a.m. or
2:30 p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
at
Mississippi State |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
FLORIDA |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
at South
Carolina |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
AUBURN |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
LOUISIANA
TECH [HC] |
7
p.m. |
| Nov.
15 |
at
Alabama |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
at Ole
Miss |
TBA |
| Nov.
28 |
ARKANSAS
(CBS) |
1:30
p.m. |
| ALL TIMES CENTRAL |
OLE MISS REBELS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Vaught-Hemingway (60,580)
Home:
0-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home Attendance:
n/a Average Home Attendance: n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
at
Vanderbilt (JP) |
11:30
a.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
at Memphis
(ESPN2) |
11
a.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
LOUISIANA-MONROE |
6
p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
TEXAS
TECH |
6
p.m. |
| Oct.
4 |
at
Florida |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
ARKANSAS
STATE [HC] |
1
p.m. |
| Oct.
18 |
ALABAMA |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
ARKANSAS |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
SOUTH
CAROLINA |
TBA |
| Nov.
8 |
at
Auburn |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
LSU |
TBA |
| Nov.
27 |
at
Mississippi State (ESPN) |
TBA |
| ALL TIMES CENTRAL |
MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field
(5,082)
Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total
Home Attendance: n/a Average Home Attendance: n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
OREGON
(ESPN2) |
8
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
at
Tulane |
TBA |
| Sept.
20 |
at
Houston |
7
p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
LSU |
TBA |
| Oct.
4 |
VANDERBILT |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
MEMPHIS
[HC] |
1:30
p.m. |
| Oct.
18 |
at
Auburn |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
at
Kentucky |
TBA |
| Nov.
8 |
ALABAMA |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
at
Tennessee |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
at
Arkansas |
TBA |
| Nov.
27 |
OLE MISS
(ESPN) |
TBA |
| ALL TIMES CENTRAL |
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Neyland (104,079)
Home: 0-0
Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home Attendance: n/a
Average Home Attendance: n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
FRESNO
STATE (ESPN2) |
3
p.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
MARSHALL
(ESPN2) |
4
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
1st OFF WEEK |
PREP FOR FLORIDA |
| Sept.
20 |
at Florida
(CBS) |
12 p.m. or
3:30 p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
SOUTH
CAROLINA |
TBA |
| Oct.
4 |
at
Auburn |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
GEORGIA |
TBA |
| Oct.
18 |
2nd OFF WEEK |
UGA REST & PREP FOR BAMA |
| Oct.
25 |
at
Alabama |
TBA |
| Nov.
1 |
DUKE
[HC] |
TBA |
| Nov.
8 |
at Miami
(Fla.) (ABC) |
12
p.m. |
| Nov.
15 |
MISSISSIPPI
STATE |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
VANDERBILT |
TBA |
| Nov.
29 |
at
Kentucky |
TBA |
| ALL TIMES EASTERN |
VANDERBILT COMMODORES (0-0, 0-0 SEC)
Home Stadium: Vanderbilt (39,773)
Home: 0-0
Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0
Total Home Attendance: n/a
Average Home Attendance: n/a |
| Aug. 30
|
OLE MISS
(JP) |
11:30
a.m. |
| Sept.
6 |
TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA |
6
p.m. |
| Sept.
13 |
AUBURN |
TBA |
| Sept.
20 |
at Texas
Christian |
6
p.m. |
| Sept.
27 |
GEORGIA
TECH |
6
p.m. |
| Oct.
4 |
at
Mississippi State |
TBA |
| Oct.
11 |
NAVY
[HC] |
1
p.m. |
| Oct.
18 |
GEORGIA |
TBA |
| Oct.
25 |
at South
Carolina |
TBA |
| Nov.
8 |
at
Florida |
TBA |
| Nov.
15 |
KENTUCKY |
TBA |
| Nov.
22 |
at
Tennessee |
TBA |
| ALL TIMES
CENTRAL |
|