Record: 72-40-5, .637 W-L% (1st of 13) (Schedule and Results)
SRS: 12.90 (1st of 13) ▪ SOS: 8.14 (2nd of 13)
Conference Champion: Alabama
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (Alabama, Louisiana State and Tennessee)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 5 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State and Tennessee)
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Richard Appleby | Georgia | 23 | 510 | 22.2 | 3 | 23 | 510 | 22.2 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | Lee McGriff* | Florida | 38 | 750 | 19.7 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 40 | 768 | 19.2 | 7 |
| 3 | Barry Burton | Vanderbilt | 22 | 378 | 17.2 | 3 | 31 | 307 | 9.9 | 1 | 53 | 685 | 12.9 | 4 |
| 4 | Jesse Mathers | Vanderbilt | 23 | 369 | 16.0 | 2 | 23 | 369 | 16.0 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Howard Lewis | Mississippi State | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 1 | 21 | 330 | 15.7 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Larry Seivers* | Tennessee | 25 | 347 | 13.9 | 2 | 25 | 347 | 13.9 | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Rick Kimbrough | Mississippi | 23 | 271 | 11.8 | 2 | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 0 | 36 | 351 | 9.8 | 2 |