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1997 Southeastern Conference Year Summary

Record: 86-54, .614 W-L% (1st of 11) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: 10.68 (1st of 11), SOS: 7.43 (1st of 11)

Division Champions: Tennessee (East) and Auburn (West)
Conference Champion: Tennessee (Won Championship Game 30-29)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, LSU and Tennessee)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 6 (Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss 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
Tennessee	11	2	.846	7	1	.875	32.9	22.0	20.87	10.56	5	3	7
Florida	10	2	.833	6	2	.750	35.8	17.1	21.07	8.90	2	1	4
Georgia	10	2	.833	6	2	.750	31.7	16.3	17.42	5.59		7	10
South Carolina	5	6	.455	3	5	.375	23.5	25.4	6.85	8.94
Kentucky	5	6	.455	2	6	.250	31.6	32.9	3.58	5.76
Vanderbilt	3	8	.273	0	8	.000	12.5	18.5	-1.07	4.75
West	W	L	Pct	W	L	Pct	Off	Def	SRS	SOS	AP Pre	AP High	AP Rank	Notes
Auburn	10	3	.769	6	2	.750	26.2	19.2	16.33	9.87	16	6	11
LSU	9	3	.750	6	2	.750	31.1	15.7	14.18	4.76	10	8	13
Ole Miss	8	4	.667	4	4	.500	22.3	20.0	11.83	8.25		22	22
Mississippi State	7	4	.636	4	4	.500	20.5	19.5	9.00	6.09		15
Alabama	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	22.4	22.5	5.55	6.82	15	11
Arkansas	4	7	.364	2	6	.250	16.5	25.8	2.60	8.87

6 Bowl Games Table
Date	Bowl		Pts		Pts	Notes
1998-01-02	Orange Bowl	Nebraska (2)	42	Tennessee (3)	17	Miami, FL
1998-01-02	Peach Bowl	Auburn (13)	21	Clemson	17	Atlanta, GA
1998-01-01	Citrus Bowl	Florida (6)	21	Penn State (11)	6	Orlando, FL
1998-01-01	Outback Bowl	Georgia (12)	33	Wisconsin	6	Tampa, FL
1997-12-28	Independence Bowl	Louisiana State (15)	27	Notre Dame	9	Shreveport, LA
1997-12-26	Motor City Bowl	Mississippi	34	Marshall	31	Pontiac, MI