1996 Southeastern Conference Year Summary

Record: 81-58, .583 W-L% (1st of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 6.04 (2nd of 11), SOS: 3.70 (4th of 11)

Division Champions: Florida (East) and Alabama (West)
Conference Champion: Florida (Won Championship Game 45-30)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU and Tennessee)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU and Tennessee)

Standings

Standings Table
	Overall			Conference			Points Per Game		SRS		Polls
East	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Florida	12	1	.923	8	0	1.000	47.0	17.0	23.60	5.30	4	1	1
Tennessee	10	2	.833	7	1	.875	36.4	15.4	16.12	2.78	2	2	9
South Carolina	6	5	.545	4	4	.500	22.3	21.6	5.14	4.60
Georgia	5	6	.455	3	5	.375	20.9	23.4	4.83	6.01
Kentucky	4	7	.364	3	5	.375	12.5	29.3	-3.31	6.42
Vanderbilt	2	9	.182	0	8	.000	11.1	21.3	-3.42	5.40
West	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
LSU	10	2	.833	6	2	.750	27.9	17.5	10.25	1.50	19	11	12
Alabama	10	3	.769	6	2	.750	24.3	15.0	12.51	4.20	15	7	11
Auburn	8	4	.667	4	4	.500	33.2	23.1	9.66	2.49	17	13	24
Mississippi State	5	6	.455	3	5	.375	22.6	20.8	0.76	1.12
Ole Miss	5	6	.455	2	6	.250	18.5	24.5	-2.93	-0.21
Arkansas	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	15.8	24.3	-0.78	4.77

5 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1997-01-02	Sugar Bowl	Florida (3)	52	Florida State (1)	20	New Orleans, LA
1997-01-01	Citrus Bowl	Tennessee (9)	48	Northwestern (11)	28	Orlando, FL
1997-01-01	Outback Bowl	Alabama (16)	17	Michigan (15)	14	Tampa, FL
1996-12-31	Independence Bowl	Auburn	32	Army (24)	29	Shreveport, LA
1996-12-28	Peach Bowl	Louisiana State (17)	10	Clemson	7	Atlanta, GA