SEC hands out hefty fine to South Carolina following Tennessee field storming
The Tennessee Volunteers can’t say they left Columbia on Saturday night with nothing. South Carolina will be fined $500,000 for rushing the field after the Gamecocks’ upset win over Tennessee, the Southeastern Conference announced Sunday afternoon. South Carolina will pay the hefty fine directly to Tennessee, as mandated by the SEC. For South Carolina, the fine is the price to pay for a magical night at Williams-Brice Stadium. However, for the Volunteers, it allows them to break even on the fine they paid a week ago. The SEC fined Tennessee $500,000 for rushing the field following its Third Saturday in October win over Alabama. The SEC recently changed its penalty structure for storming the field in May 2025. Sunday’s fine is South Carolina’s first time paying the penalty under the new system. Under previous SEC bylaws, teams were forced to pay an escalating fine for storming the field.…























































