2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	6–6 (3–5 SEC)
Head coach	Steve Spurrier (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Tyrone Nix (3rd season)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (c. 80,250, grass)

2007 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 12 Tennessee xy		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 2 Georgia x%		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 13 Florida		5	–	3					9	–	4
South Carolina		3	–	5					6	–	6
Kentucky		3	–	5					8	–	5
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	7
Western Division
No. 1 LSU x$#		6	–	2					12	–	2
No. 15 Auburn		5	–	3					9	–	4
Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	5
Mississippi State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Alabama		4	–	4					7	–	6
Ole Miss		0	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1–4). Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks were led by Steve Spurrier in his third season as USC head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. South Carolina started the season 6–1 and ranked No. 6 in the country, their highest ranking since 1984. However, they lost their last five games. The team was bowl eligible at 6–6 but was not selected for a bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:05 pm	Louisiana–Lafayette*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 28–14	78,234
September 8	5:45 pm	at No. 11 Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 16–12	92,746
September 15	7:00 pm	SC State*	No. 17	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	W 38–3	73,095
September 22	3:30 pm	at No. 2 LSU	No. 12	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	CBS	L 16–28	92,530
September 29	12:30 pm	Mississippi State	No. 16	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	LFS	W 38–21	78,883
October 4	7:45 pm	No. 8 Kentucky	No. 11	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	W 38–23	76,220
October 13	3:30 pm	at North Carolina*	No. 7	Chapel Hill, NC (Battle of the Carolinas)	ABC	W 21–15	61,000
October 20	12:30 pm	Vanderbilt	No. 6	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	L 6–17	79,212
October 27	7:45 pm	at Tennessee	No. 15	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	ESPN	L 24–27 OT	105,962
November 3	8:00 pm	at Arkansas	No. 23	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	ESPN2	L 36–48	70,742
November 10	7:45 pm	No. 17 Florida		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	ESPN	L 31–51	81,215
November 24	7:00 pm	No. 21 Clemson*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC (Palmetto Bowl)	ESPN2	L 21–23	82,410
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time