Record: 66-45-1, .594 W-L% (2nd of 13) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 11.73 (3rd of 13) ▪ SOS: 7.80 (5th of 13)
Conference Champion: Louisiana State
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 5 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Louisiana State and Mississippi)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Auburn, Louisiana State, Mississippi and Tennessee)
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Alvin Bresler | Auburn | 23 | 530 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 25 | 559 | 22.4 | 1 |
| 2 | Andy Hamilton* | Louisiana State | 48 | 1016 | 21.2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 2 | 59 | 1036 | 17.6 | 8 |
| 3 | Terry Beasley | Auburn | 52 | 1051 | 20.2 | 11 | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 1 | 58 | 1146 | 19.8 | 12 |
| 4 | Willie Jackson | Florida | 25 | 439 | 17.6 | 2 | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 0 | 44 | 500 | 11.4 | 2 |
| 5 | Carlos Alvarez | Florida | 44 | 717 | 16.3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 46 | 728 | 15.8 | 5 |
| 6 | Floyd Franks | Mississippi | 46 | 668 | 14.5 | 7 | 46 | 668 | 14.5 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | David Bailey | Alabama | 55 | 790 | 14.4 | 6 | 55 | 790 | 14.4 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Lester McClain | Tennessee | 24 | 341 | 14.2 | 1 | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 0 | 29 | 434 | 15.0 | 1 |
| 9 | Jim Yancey | Florida | 40 | 550 | 13.8 | 3 | 40 | 550 | 13.8 | 3 | ||||
| 10 | Vernon Studdard | Mississippi | 29 | 397 | 13.7 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 33 | 424 | 12.8 | 3 |
| 11 | Joe Thompson | Tennessee | 37 | 502 | 13.6 | 4 | 37 | 502 | 13.6 | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Charles Whittemore | Georgia | 46 | 620 | 13.5 | 5 | 46 | 620 | 13.5 | 5 | ||||
| 13 | David Smith | Mississippi State | 74 | 987 | 13.3 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 78 | 1025 | 13.1 | 6 |
| 14 | Mickey Zofko | Auburn | 34 | 443 | 13.0 | 3 | 75 | 331 | 4.4 | 3 | 109 | 774 | 7.1 | 6 |
| 15 | Ken Kavanaugh* | Louisiana State | 26 | 326 | 12.5 | 1 | 26 | 326 | 12.5 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Curt Chesley | Vanderbilt | 33 | 393 | 11.9 | 0 | 33 | 393 | 11.9 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Gary Theiler | Tennessee | 22 | 237 | 10.8 | 2 | 22 | 237 | 10.8 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Randy Reed | Mississippi | 31 | 325 | 10.5 | 4 | 157 | 668 | 4.3 | 3 | 188 | 993 | 5.3 | 7 |
| 19 | Jim Grant | Kentucky | 24 | 251 | 10.5 | 0 | 24 | 251 | 10.5 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | Jim Poole | Mississippi | 32 | 333 | 10.4 | 1 | 32 | 333 | 10.4 | 1 | ||||
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | Wallace Clark | Auburn | 22 | 211 | 9.6 | 0 | 86 | 422 | 4.9 | 5 | 108 | 633 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 22 | Dave Hunter | Kentucky | 24 | 224 | 9.3 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 0 | 38 | 273 | 7.2 | 2 |
| 23 | Johnny Musso | Alabama | 30 | 160 | 5.3 | 1 | 226 | 1137 | 5.0 | 8 | 256 | 1297 | 5.1 | 9 |