The SEC Championship Game matches up the winner of the Eastern and Western divisions of the Southeastern Conference.

Coach Houston Nutt replaced starting quarterback Robert Johnson with star freshman Mitch Mustain after the former's poor play in the loss, and the latter's stellar performance.

Although Dick led the Razorbacks to 2 more victories against Tennessee and Mississippi State with the latter clenching the Western Division for the Hogs, a poor performance contributed heavily in a loss to the LSU Tigers.

[9] But the Gators rebounded, and won the last 5 games of the regular season, winning the SEC Eastern Division title.

Using a two quarterback system, Coach Urban Meyer would employ Leak and freshman Tim Tebow, with the latter using his running ability to catch defenses out of position.