1980-81 Men's Southeastern Conference Season Summary

Record: 173-121, .588 W-L% (5th of 29) (Records do not reflect forfeits and vacated games)

SRS: 10.38 (3rd of 29)

SOS: 8.40 (2nd of 29)

Regular Season Champion: LSU

Player of the Year: Rudy Macklin

Coach of the Year: Dale Brown, Don DeVoe

Conference Tournament Champion: Ole Miss

NCAA Tournament: 4 teams (Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and Tennessee)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 2 teams (Kentucky and LSU)

Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 teams (Kentucky, LSU and Tennessee)

Standings

Standings Table
		Conference			Overall			PTS/G		SRS
Rk	School	W	L	W-L%	W	L	W-L%	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
1	Louisiana State	17	1	.944	31	5	.861	79.2	68.0	18.0	6.9	NCAA Tournament; Reg. Season Champion; NCAA FF
2	Kentucky	15	3	.833	22	6	.786	72.9	62.9	18.6	9.5	NCAA Tournament
3	Tennessee	12	6	.667	21	8	.724	71.4	64.5	15.3	9.4	NCAA Tournament
4	Alabama	10	8	.556	18	11	.621	73.1	68.1	12.7	8.0
5	Georgia	9	9	.500	19	12	.613	72.3	67.5	10.7	8.1
6	Mississippi	8	10	.444	16	14	.533	63.9	61.4	9.5	8.1	NCAA Tournament; Conf. Tournament Champion
7	Vanderbilt	7	11	.389	15	14	.517	73.9	72.1	8.7	8.0
8	Florida	5	13	.278	12	16	.429	68.7	74.1	1.9	9.7
9	Auburn	4	14	.222	11	16	.407	65.6	65.7	4.6	6.6
10	Mississippi State	3	15	.167	8	19	.296	66.4	70.4	3.8	9.7

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Ole Miss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	12	15	11	10	10	10	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	2	3	4
Kentucky	1	2	2	2	2	5	4	3	6	7	6	11	10	9	7	8
Mississippi State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	-	-	-	-	-	18	13	11	8	11	10	9	8	10	10	15
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Alabama	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Florida	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Georgia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

School Stats Table
		Overall				Conf.		Home		Away		Ratings			Per Game																			Advanced
Rk	School	G	W	L	W%	W	L	W	L	W	L	ORtg	DRtg	NRtg	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS	SRS	SOS	Pace
1	LSU	36	31	5	.861	17	1	15	0	10	1				30.5	59.6	.512					18.1	26.2	.692		36.8	14.6	8.3	1.8		20.2	79.2	68.0	18.04	6.87
2	Kentucky	28	22	6	.786	15	3	15	0	7	3				27.9	57.2	.488					17.1	23.7	.720		35.5	14.4	5.1	4.4	12.7	22.0	72.9	62.9	18.59	9.52
3	Tennessee	29	21	8	.724	12	6	13	1	4	5				28.4	54.8	.518					14.6	19.3	.756		30.7	13.4				19.0	71.4	64.5	15.27	9.44
4	Alabama	29	18	11	.621	10	8	10	3	5	6				29.2	62.6	.467					14.7	22.3	.656		37.8	12.4	8.4	3.0	14.0	20.7	73.1	68.1	12.70	8.02
5	Georgia	31	19	12	.613	9	9	8	4	5	6				28.7	56.0	.513					14.8	21.0	.708		31.8	12.2	7.0	3.4	13.8	15.8	72.3	67.5	10.68	8.13
6	Ole Miss	30	16	14	.533	8	10	7	4	4	9				24.5	49.2	.498					14.9	21.3	.697		29.3	13.4	6.5	1.1	13.6	21.3	63.9	61.4	9.54	8.09
7	Vanderbilt	29	15	14	.517	7	11	8	6	3	7				28.2	55.3	.510					17.5	24.1	.727		32.3	14.3			16.4	24.9	73.9	72.1	8.71	7.96
8	Florida	28	12	16	.429	5	13	5	6	1	8				26.5	53.2	.498					15.7	23.0	.683		32.4	12.1	6.5	2.0	16.2	20.9	68.7	74.1	1.94	9.66
9	Auburn	27	11	16	.407	4	14	5	6	3	8				26.9	55.7	.483					11.7	17.8	.659		33.8	12.5				21.9	65.6	65.7	4.57	6.61
10	Mississippi State	27	8	19	.296	3	15	4	6	0	11				26.9	56.7	.474					12.7	19.8	.640		37.3	13.0	4.6	2.7		22.1	66.4	70.4	3.77	9.65