SEC ROUNDUP
No. 1 Alabama 24, No. 18 Mississippi State 0: Josh Jacobs ran for a touchdown and caught a scoring pass and host Alabama had its second straight shutout. With quarterback Tua Tagovailoa still battling a gimpy right knee, the Crimson Tide (10-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference, No. 1 CFP) turned to defense for another vintage performance. The offense raced to a fast start but mostly stalled from there against the Bulldogs (6-4, 2-4) and the nation’s No. 2 scoring defense.
No. 5 Georgia 27, Auburn 10: Host Georgia struck for a pair of touchdowns late in the first half to take control and D’Andre Swift finished off Auburn with a 77-yard scoring run early in the fourth quarter. Swift rushed for 186 yards to power another big game by Georgia’s running attack, which finished with 303 yards. Having already locked up a spot in the Southeastern Conference championship game, the Bulldogs (9-1, 7-1, No. 5 CFP) couldn’t afford to slip up against the Tigers.
Tennessee 24, No. 12 Kentucky 7: Jarrett Guarantano threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Marquez Callaway on the final play of the first half and Darrell Taylor recorded four sacks as host Tennessee trounced Kentucky. Taylor also forced and recovered a fumble to help Tennessee (5-5, 2-4 SEC) beat Kentucky (7-3, 5-3, No. 11 CFP) at Neyland Stadium for a 17th straight time.
No. 19 Florida 35, South Carolina 31: Feleipe Franks silenced the home crowd twice after touchdown runs, seemingly sending a message after getting benched last week and booed earlier in the game. Franks dived across the goal line on a fourth-down play from inside the 1-yard line with 4:09 to play, putting the host Gators (7-3, 5-3 Southeastern Conference, No. 15 CFP) ahead for the first time and for good. Florida overcame a 17-point deficit in the second half. C.J. Henderson ended the Gamecocks’ (5-4, 4-4) comeback attempt by picking off Jake Bentley.
Texas A&M 38, Mississippi 24: Kellen Mond threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to help host Texas A&M end a two-game skid. Mond threw TDs of 21, 10 and 5 yards and his touchdown run was a 1-yard scamper in the first quarter. Texas A&M (6-4, 4-3 SEC) scored its first fourth-quarter points since Oct. 13 when Seth Smalls made it 24-21 with a 46-yard field goal early in the period.
Missouri 33, Vanderbilt 28: Host Missouri’s defense bent but didn’t break during Vanderbilt’s final drive, and the Tigers defeated the Commodores to clinch bowl eligibility. Missouri kicker Tucker McCann had a chance to ice the game with 1:48 remaining, but the junior missed a 31-yard field goal to give Vanderbilt a last chance. The Commodores drove down to Missouri’s 25-yard line, but couldn’t score.
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