2008 Southeastern Conference football season

2008 Southeastern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 4, 2008
through January 2009
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBS, CBSSN, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN+, ABC
2009 NFL Draft
Top draft pickMatthew Stafford
Picked byDetroit Lions, 1st
Regular season
East Division championsFlorida
  East Division runners-upGeorgia
West Division championsAlabama
  West Division runners-upOle Miss
Championship Game
ChampionsFlorida
  Runners-upAlabama
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
    1. BCS National Champion
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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