Record*: 68-46-3, .594 W-L% (1st of 11) (Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 69-45-3 by NCAA.
SRS: 11.22 (1st of 11) ▪ SOS: 8.52 (1st of 11)
Conference Champion: Auburn
Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 4 (Alabama, Auburn, Georgia and Louisiana State)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 4 (Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Georgia)
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 1 | Eric Martin | Louisiana State | 52 | 1064 | 20.5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 54 | 1079 | 20.0 | 5 |
| 2 | Danny Knight | Mississippi State | 34 | 671 | 19.7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 35 | 674 | 19.3 | 2 |
| 3 | Clyde Duncan | Tennessee | 33 | 640 | 19.4 | 6 | 33 | 640 | 19.4 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | Jesse Bendross | Alabama | 27 | 435 | 16.1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 28 | 439 | 15.7 | 2 |
| 5 | Timmy Moffett | Mississippi | 35 | 541 | 15.5 | 3 | 35 | 541 | 15.5 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | Joey Jones | Alabama | 31 | 468 | 15.1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 32 | 475 | 14.8 | 5 |
| 7 | Herman Fontenot | Louisiana State | 22 | 330 | 15.0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 2 | 26 | 353 | 13.6 | 2 |
| 8 | Phil Roach | Vanderbilt | 26 | 378 | 14.5 | 4 | 26 | 378 | 14.5 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | Lenny Taylor | Tennessee | 26 | 372 | 14.3 | 4 | 26 | 372 | 14.3 | 4 | ||||
| 10 | Ricky Nattiel | Florida | 22 | 307 | 14.0 | 1 | 22 | 307 | 14.0 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Chuck Scott | Vanderbilt | 70 | 971 | 13.9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 71 | 971 | 13.7 | 9 |
| 12 | Bee Lang | Florida | 24 | 326 | 13.6 | 2 | 24 | 326 | 13.6 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | Mitch Andrews | Louisiana State | 26 | 337 | 13.0 | 1 | 26 | 337 | 13.0 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Dwayne Dixon | Florida | 47 | 596 | 12.7 | 2 | 47 | 596 | 12.7 | 2 | ||||
| 15 | Preston Gothard | Alabama | 24 | 294 | 12.3 | 1 | 24 | 294 | 12.3 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Joe Phillips | Kentucky | 22 | 255 | 11.6 | 3 | 22 | 255 | 11.6 | 3 | ||||
| 17 | Herman Archie* | Georgia | 31 | 355 | 11.5 | 2 | 31 | 355 | 11.5 | 2 | ||||
| 18 | Jamie Holder | Mississippi | 25 | 282 | 11.3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 26 | 293 | 11.3 | 2 |
| 19 | Lorenzo Hampton | Florida | 22 | 238 | 10.8 | 1 | 115 | 465 | 4.0 | 2 | 137 | 703 | 5.1 | 3 |
| 20 | Oliver White | Kentucky | 26 | 252 | 9.7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 30 | 257 | 8.6 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | ||||||||||||
| Rk | Player | School | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Plays | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 21 | Keith Edwards | Vanderbilt | 97 | 909 | 9.4 | 0 | 59 | 216 | 3.7 | 0 | 156 | 1125 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 22 | Garry James | Louisiana State | 29 | 266 | 9.2 | 0 | 110 | 478 | 4.3 | 6 | 139 | 744 | 5.4 | 6 |
| 23 | Carl Woods | Vanderbilt | 21 | 184 | 8.8 | 0 | 160 | 644 | 4.0 | 4 | 181 | 828 | 4.6 | 4 |
| 24 | Dalton Hilliard | Louisiana State | 31 | 248 | 8.0 | 0 | 177 | 747 | 4.2 | 6 | 208 | 995 | 4.8 | 6 |
| 25 | Buford McGee | Mississippi | 39 | 272 | 7.0 | 0 | 141 | 580 | 4.1 | 7 | 180 | 852 | 4.7 | 7 |
| 26 | Louie Stephenson | Vanderbilt | 29 | 203 | 7.0 | 0 | 24 | 68 | 2.8 | 1 | 53 | 271 | 5.1 | 1 |
| 27 | Randall Morris | Tennessee | 21 | 137 | 6.5 | 0 | 80 | 412 | 5.2 | 1 | 101 | 549 | 5.4 | 1 |
| 28 | George Adams | Kentucky | 24 | 154 | 6.4 | 1 | 166 | 763 | 4.6 | 7 | 190 | 917 | 4.8 | 8 |