2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Will Muschamp (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Kurt Roper (1st year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bryan McClendon (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Travaris Robinson (1st year)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium (Capacity: 80,250)

2016 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
Florida		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia		0	–	0					0	–	0
Kentucky		0	–	0					0	–	0
Missouri		0	–	0					0	–	0
South Carolina		0	–	0					0	–	0
Tennessee		0	–	0					0	–	0
Vanderbilt		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Division
Alabama		0	–	0					0	–	0
Arkansas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Auburn		0	–	0					0	–	0
LSU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Mississippi State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ole Miss		0	–	0					0	–	0
Texas A&M		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team will represent the University of South Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gamecocks will play their home games at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Gamecocks first-year head coach is Will Muschamp, with Kurt Roper as offensive coordinator and Travaris Robinson as defensive coordinator.^[1]

Schedule

South Carolina announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Gamecocks will host SEC foes Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas A&M, and will travel to Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt.^[2]

The Gamecocks will make it the tenth year that South Carolina opened the season on a Thursday. The team will host three out of four of its non–conference games which are against Clemson Tigers from the Atlantic Coast Conference, East Carolina Pirates from American Athletic Conference, Massachusetts Minutemen (UMass), and Western Carolina Catamounts from the Southern Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1		at Vanderbilt		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
September 10		at Mississippi State		Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS
September 17		East Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
September 24		at Kentucky		Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY
October 1		Texas A&M		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
October 8		Georgia		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Rivalry)
October 22		Massachusetts*		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
October 29		Tennessee		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
November 5		Missouri		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
November 12		at Florida		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
November 19		Western Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC
November 26		at Clemson*		Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC (Rivalry)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule Source:^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

1. Will Muschamp has both coordinators locked in
2. "2016 Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of South Carolina Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
3. "2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 11, 2015.