SEC Nation


SEC Nation is a pre-game show broadcast by SEC Network as part of its coverage of college football.
Modeled after ESPN's College GameDay, it broadcasts on Saturday mornings during the regular season from the campus of a Southeastern Conference school, and features news and analysis of the day's upcoming games in the SEC.

History

The series premiered in 2014 as part of SEC Network's launch slate of studio programming; for its inaugural season, the program would be hosted by ESPN college football commentator Joe Tessitore, joined by NFL players and SEC alumni Tim Tebow and Marcus Spears, radio host Paul Finebaum, and reporter Kaylee Hartung.
Its format was modelled after ESPN's long-running College GameDay, albeit with changes to account for the "pageantry" and "flavor" of SEC football, such as an "intimate" stage constructed near a location on the hosting campus where fans are naturally gathering, and a tour bus that would be used for feature segments highlighting the local culture. For the inaugural season, SEC Nation visited all 14 SEC schools.

Personalities

Current

Former

Locations

2022 season">2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2022 season

2025 season">2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2025 season

Winners are listed in bold.

Home team listed in italics for neutral-site or off-campus games.

All rankings displayed for FBS teams are from the AP Poll at the time of the game.

Off campus locations

Regular season

Postseason

Tebow's Freak of the Week

2016

October 8: There was no Freak of the Week due to SEC Nation not being at a specific location because of Hurricane Matthew moving SEC Nation to their Charlotte studios. The Freak of the Week would have been someone from Florida or LSU.
October 29: There was no Freak of the Week due to the game being at a neutral site with no exact team location. Instead, in the spirit of Halloween, Tebow and Spears "created" their own scariest player based on how good different players were from the SEC.

2017

October 28: There was no Freak of the Week due to the game being at a neutral site with no exact team location. Instead, in the spirit of Halloween, Tebow and Spears "created" their own scariest player based on how good different players were from the SEC.

2018

October 27: This week there were two throwback Freaks of the Week, for Georgia, Herschel Walker and for Florida, Jevon Kearse.