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2016 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 14 Florida x   6 – 2     9 – 4  
No. 22 Tennessee   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Georgia   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Kentucky   4 – 4     7 – 6  
South Carolina   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Vanderbilt   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Missouri*   2 – 6     4 – 8  
West Division
No. 2 Alabama x$^   8 – 0     14 – 1  
No. 24 Auburn   5 – 3     8 – 5  
No. 13 LSU   5 – 3     8 – 4  
Texas A&M   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Arkansas   3 – 5     7 – 6  
Mississippi State   3 – 5     6 – 7  
Ole Miss*   2 – 6     5 – 7  
Championship: Alabama 54, Florida 16
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * Ole Miss and Missouri vacated all wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks play their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gamecocks first-year head coach is Will Muschamp, with Kurt Roper as offensive coordinator and Travaris Robinson as defensive coordinator.[1]

Schedule

South Carolina announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Gamecocks will host SEC foes Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas A&M, and will travel to Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt.[2]

The Gamecocks will make it the tenth year that South Carolina opened the season on a Thursday. The team will host three out of four of its non–conference games which are against Clemson (from the ACC), East Carolina (from the American), Massachusetts (from the MAC), and Western Carolina (from the Southern Conference).

September 18:00 p.m.at Vanderbilt

ESPNW 13–1030,304 September 107:00 p.m.at Mississippi State

ESPN2L 14–2757,763 September 174:00 p.m.East Carolina*

SECNW 20–1580,384 September 247:30 p.m.at Kentucky

SECNL 10–1751,702 October 14:00 p.m.No. 9 Texas A&M

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

SECNL 13–2478,245 October 9[a]2:30 p.m.Georgia

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC (Rivalry)

SECNL 14–2877,221 October 2212:00 p.m.Massachusetts*

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

SECNW 34–2873,428 October 297:15 p.m.No. 18 Tennessee

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

ESPN2W 24–2178,696 November 54:00 p.m.Missouridagger

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

SECNW 31–2173,817 November 1212:00 p.m.at No. 22 Florida

CBSL 7–2089,614 November 194:00 p.m.Western Carolina*

  • Williams-Brice Stadium
  • Columbia, SC

SECNW 44–3176,650 November 267:30 p.m.at No. 4 Clemson*

ESPNL 7–5681,542

Template:CFB Schedule End

^[a] The game between South Carolina and Georgia on October 8, 2016, was postponed due to Hurricane Matthew, and was rescheduled the following day on October 9, 2016.
Schedule Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ Will Muschamp has both coordinators locked in
  2. ^ "2016 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of South Carolina Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
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