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2022 Southeastern Conference football season

The 2022 Southeastern Conference football season is the 90th season of Southeastern Conference (SEC) football, taking place during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began on August 27, 2022 and ended with the 2022 SEC Championship Game on December 3, 2022. The SEC is a Power Five conference as part of the College Football Playoff system.

Preseason

2022 SEC Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:

East Division

  • Georgia –
  • Florida –
  • Kentucky –
  • Missouri –
  • South Carolina –
  • Tennessee –
  • Vanderbilt -

West Division

  • Alabama –
  • Arkansas –
  • Auburn –
  • LSU –
  • Mississippi State –
  • Ole Miss –
  • Texas A&M -

Recruiting classes

SEC Media Days

The 2022 SEC Media days were held on July 18–21, 2022 at College Football Hall of Fame and The Omni Atlanta Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, GA. The Preseason Polls were released in July 2022. Each team had their head coach available to talk to the media at the event. Coverage of the event was televised on SEC Network and ESPN.

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Preseason media polls

Preseason awards

All−American Teams

Individual awards

Preseason All-SEC

Media

References:

Coaches

References:

Head coaches

There was two coaching changes before the 2022 season.

Coaches

Note: All stats current through the completion of the 2021 season

Mid-season changes

  • On October 31, Auburn fired head coach Bryan Harsin after posting a 9–12 record with the school over two years. Cadillac Williams was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On November 28, Auburn announced that they had signed Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze to take over their head coaching position beginning in 2023.

Post-season changes

  • On December 12, Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach died after suffering a major heart attack. Mississippi State still elected to play in their bowl game. Defensive coordinator Zach Arnett was named interim head coach during Leach's hospitalization and promoted to permanent head coach after Leach's death.

Rankings

Regular season

The 2022 schedule was released on September 21, 2021. The season began on August 27, 2022, and will end with the SEC Championship Game on December 3, 2022.

Week Zero

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

Week Thirteen

Championship Game

Postseason

Bowl games

For the 2020–2025 bowl cycle, The SEC will have annually eight appearances in the following bowls: Sugar Bowl and Peach Bowl (unless they are selected for playoffs filled by a Big 12 and at-large team if champion is in the playoffs), Citrus Bowl, Gator Bowl, Las Vegas Bowl, Liberty Bowl, Music City Bowl, ReliaQuest Bowl and Texas Bowl. The SEC teams will go to a New Year's Six bowl if a team finishes higher than the champions of Power Five conferences in the final College Football Playoff rankings. The SEC champion are also eligible for the College Football Playoff if they're among the top four teams in the final CFP ranking.

<small>Rankings are from CFP Poll. All times Central Time Zone.</small>

Head to head matchups

Updated with the results of all games through November 2022.

SEC vs Power Five matchups

The following games include SEC teams competing against Power Five conferences teams from the (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, BYU/Notre Dame and Pac-12). All rankings are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

SEC vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include SEC teams competing against "Group of Five" teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt.

SEC vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include SEC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, UConn and UMass.

SEC vs FCS matchups

The Football Championship Subdivision comprises 13 conferences and two independent programs.

Notes

a. Date of game was moved from October 1 to October 2

b. Date of game moved from October 1 to September 29

Note:† Denotes Neutral Site Game

SEC Records against other conferences

2022–2023 records against non-conference foes:

Regular Season

Awards and honors

Players of the week

Totals per school

SEC individual awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the SEC Conference football coaches at the end of the season

All-conference teams

The following players earned All-SEC honors. Any teams showing (_) following their name are indicating the number of All-SEC Conference Honors awarded to that university for 1st team and 2nd team respectively.

First Team

Second Team

† Two-time first team selection

Honorable mentions

  • Alabama:
  • Arkansas:
  • Auburn:
  • Florida:
  • Georgia:
  • LSU:
  • Mississippi State:
  • Missouri:
  • Ole Miss:
  • South Carolina:
  • Tennessee:
  • Texas A&M:
  • Vanderbilt:

All-Americans

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. College Football All-American consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.

List of All American Teams

All-Academic

First team

Second team

Honorable mentions

  • Alabama:
  • Arkansas:
  • Auburn:
  • Florida:
  • Georgia:
  • LSU:
  • Mississippi State:
  • Missouri:
  • Ole Miss:
  • South Carolina:
  • Tennessee:
  • Texas A&M:
  • Vanderbilt:

National award winners

2022 College Football Award Winners

Home game attendance

NFL draft

Total picks by school

The Following list includes all SEC Players drafted in the 2023 NFL draft:

Notes and references