Ranking SEC states by how contiguous they are

By mileage of border shared with fellow SEC states:

1. Mississippi - 1,028 miles

2. Alabama - 976 miles

3. Georgia - 913 miles

4. Arkansas - 861 miles

5. Tennessee - 834 miles

6. Louisiana - 803 miles

7. Florida - 490 miles

8. Missouri - 447 miles

9. Kentucky - 405 miles

10. Texas - 317 miles

11. South Carolina - 281 miles


By number of SEC states bordered:

1. Tennessee - 6 states (Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia)

2. Arkansas - 5 states (Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas)

t3. Mississippi - 4 states (Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama)
t3. Alabama - 4 states (Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida)
t3. Georgia - 4 states (Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina)

t6. Louisiana - 3 states (Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi)
t6. Missouri - 3 states (Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas)

t8. Florida - 2 states (Alabama, Georgia)
t8. Kentucky - 2 states (Missouri, Tennessee)
t8. Texas - 2 states (Arkansas, Louisiana)

11. South Carolina - 1 state (Georgia)