2009 Southeastern Conference football season

2009 Southeastern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA Division I FBS
Sportfootball
DurationSeptember 3, 2009
through January 7, 2010
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC Network, FSN, CSS
2010 NFL Draft
Top draft pickEric Berry (Tennessee)
Picked byKansas City Chiefs, 5th overall
Regular season
East championsFlorida Gators
West championsAlabama Crimson Tide
SEC Championship Game
ChampionsAlabama Crimson Tide
Finals MVPMark Ingram, Alabama
Football seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. 3 Florida x%   8 0     13 1  
Georgia   4 4     8 5  
Tennessee   4 4     7 6  
Kentucky   3 5     7 6  
South Carolina   3 5     7 6  
Vanderbilt   0 8     2 10  
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#   8 0     14 0  
No. 17 LSU   5 3     9 4  
No. 20 Ole Miss   4 4     9 4  
Arkansas   3 5     8 5  
Auburn   3 5     8 5  
Mississippi State   3 5     5 7  
Championship: Alabama 32, Florida 13
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Southeastern Conference football season started on Thursday, September 3 as conference member South Carolina visited North Carolina State. The conference's other 11 teams began their respective 2009 season of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Saturday, September 5.[1] All teams started their season at home except Kentucky, who started their season on neutral turf at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio against Miami (OH), Georgia, who traveled to Oklahoma State, and Alabama, who traveled to the Georgia Dome to face Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff for the second straight year.

  1. ^ "Ohio State Named Preseason Favorite for 2009 Football Season: Buckeyes' Pryor and Michigan State's Jones earn individual preseason honors". CBS Interactive. July 27, 2009. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.