2012 SEC Championship Game

For the SEC men's basketball championship of the same year, see 2012 SEC men's basketball tournament.

2012 SEC Championship Game
Conference Championship
2012 SEC Championship Logo
Alabama Crimson Tide Georgia Bulldogs
(11–1) (11–1)
32 28
Head coach: 
Nick Saban		 Head coach: 
Mark Richt
APCoachesBCS
222
APCoachesBCS
333
1234 Total
Alabama 010814 32
Georgia 07147 28
DateDecember 1, 2012
Season2012
StadiumGeorgia Dome
LocationAtlanta, Georgia
MVPRB Eddie Lacy, Alabama
FavoriteAlabama by 7½
RefereeTom Ritter
Halftime showDr Pepper $100,000 Tuition Throw
Attendance75,624
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS
AnnouncersVerne Lundquist play-by-play
Gary Danielson color
Tracy Wolfson sideline
Nielsen ratings16.2 million viewers[1]
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2012 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Division
No. T–5 Georgia xy   7 – 1     12 – 2  
No. 9 Florida x%   7 – 1     11 – 2  
No. 8 South Carolina   6 – 2     11 – 2  
No. 23 Vanderbilt   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Missouri   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Tennessee   1 – 7     5 – 7  
Kentucky   0 – 8     2 – 10  
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#   7 – 1     13 – 1  
No. 14 LSU *   6 – 2     10 – 3  
No. T–5 Texas A&M   6 – 2     11 – 2  
Mississippi State   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Ole Miss *   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Arkansas   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Auburn   0 – 8     3 – 9  
Championship: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
  • # – BCS National Champion
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * Ole Miss and LSU vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 SEC Championship Game was played on December 1, 2012, in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, and determined both the 2012 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game featured the Georgia Bulldogs, winners of the SEC Eastern Division versus the Alabama Crimson Tide, the winner of the SEC Western Division.

Because Alabama and Georgia were both respectively ranked 2 and 3, the game was considered a de facto semifinal game, as the winner would automatically face the undefeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the National Championship with no vote necessary. Georgia was the designated "home" team. The game was televised by CBS Sports for the twelfth straight season. Kickoff was scheduled at 4:00 (EST).[2] Alabama won the game 32–28 improving their record to 4–4 in the title game. Alabama's Eddie Lacy was named MVP after rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns. The game at the time was the most watched college football game of the 2012 season (it would be surpassed by the 2013 BCS National Championship Game on January 7, 2013) with the game receiving a 10.1 share or 21.0 million viewers tuned in.[3]

  1. ^ Rachel Cohen, Can BCS Title Game Challenge TV Ratings Record?, AP via ABCNews.com, January 4, 2013
  2. ^ [1], 2012 SEC Championship Game
  3. ^ "Alabama holds off Georgia, reaches BCS championship game". ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2013.