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Alabama Wins the SEC West; Florida Wins the SEC East. The two undefeated teams meet December 5 for the SEC Football Championship. The winner will go on to the BCS Championship Game. Get your tickets to these games and others at SEC Football Tickets

Our Week 12 (Nov 21) Predictions are at SEC Football Predictions.

Latest SEC Football News: Current BCS Standings Still Have 3 SEC Teams in Top 10; FL #1; AL #2; LSU #8. No other conference has more than one team in the Top 10. Check out latest HOT stories: SEC Championship Game Preview; SEC Referee Bias and BCS Controversy.





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We know SEC Football has been the best for at least the past three years. The SEC has now won 3 straight BCS Championships (only 2 other times has a conference won 3 straight NC's -- SEC '78 - '80 and Big Ten '40 - '42); 4 of the past 6; and 5 total since the BCS system began 11 years ago. That's more than twice as many as any other conference. Here's our All-Time Conference Bowl Standings.

Read all about the last three National Championships for Southeastern Conference football at Florida's 2008 National Championship; LSU's 2007 National Championship; and Florida's 2006 National Championship.

But, what about this season? You won't be surprised that we are predicting the SEC will be the top college football conference, again, in 2009. And that Florida will win it all again. If so, that will be 4 straight National Championships for the SEC. No other college football conference has ever done that before.

Dominance at the top of the college football world is certainly exciting for SEC football fans. But, just as significant to the overall strength of SEC football is the tremendous depth from 1 through 12. More teams than ever are within range of a bowl game, and a number of teams that had struggled for a few years (Alabama Crimson Tide; Georgia Bulldogs) have established themselves as national powers once again. Other teams that had been off the college football radar for many years (Ole Miss Rebels; Vanderbilt Commodores) have become forces within the conference.

And, quite frankly, when 2 of the conference’s bottom 3 teams are the Tennessee Volunteers (who won a national title as recently as 1998) and the Auburn Tigers (who should have been national champions in 2004), you know the conference is loaded.

You can jump straight to our Current SEC Football Rankings.

If you are looking for tickets to an SEC football (or bowl) game, check out 2009 SEC Football Tickets.


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Auburn's Jordan Hare Stadium
Auburn's Jordan Hare Stadium .
Thanks to Carolina Hornig at flickr.com for the picture .


SEC football is always spectacular. In fact, Southeastern Conference football games are simply the most exciting sports events in America. Every weekend there are always at least several amazing games.

See the bottom of this page for links to many, many more pages about SEC football.

Check out Paul Lyboult's SEC Football Blog; our Tennessee Football Blog;
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The SEC is the best college sports conference because of its football. Football is the #1 college sport in America. Nothing compares to the fan interest and support that football receives. It has become our national sport. SEC football is simply the best spectator sport in America -- if not the world.

For this reason, in ranking the conferences, we have given extra weight to football. And it is the SEC's supremacy of college football, that, in the end, makes the SEC the #1 college sports conference.

How do we know SEC football is the best college football in America?

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Crazy Florida Gator Football Fan.
Thanks to bjsmith at flickr.com for the picture.




One of our readers might have put it best when he said:

The SEC is the #1 conference against ranked teams, the number 1 conference against top 10 teams, the number 1 conference against major teams and the number 1 conference in the rankings. In light of all that, I'd be uncomfortable saying the SEC is anything but the best conference ever. You can read more of what he had to say here.

Also, for instance, the Nov 21, 2007 USA Today sports page headline: "SEC Football Best College Has To Offer" summarized the general consensus.

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Or, how about the October 16, 2006 issue of Sports Illustrated – the premier sports publication in America. The cover story is titled "SEC Power: On Any Given Saturday the Southeastern Conference Proves It's the Toughest in the Country."

Beyond that – look at history. When you compare the number of all-time Bowl Appearances; Bowl Victories; National Championships; National Rankings; and just Plain Old Wins – SEC Football is #1 in them all.

The SEC has the most alumni playing in the NFL. The 2008 NFL opening day active rosters showed 259 former SEC football players on NFL rosters. The ACC was second with 254 players; the Big Ten was third with 227; Pac-10 -- 178; Big 12 -- 170; Big East -- 87. The SEC has led all conferences with the most NFL players every year since 2001. In the 2009 NFL draft, again, the SEC led all conferences with 8 first rounders and 37 players drafted overall. (For info on how individual SEC teams ranked, see SEC Schools With Most NFL Players).

The SEC has led the nation in football attendance for 11 straight years – averaging 75,816 fans per game in 2008! Amazing. Really, that fact alone says it all.

Florida Gators National Championship Sign


2007 Music City Bowl at LP Field in Nashville


Bama Football Volunteer Football Auburn Tigers Football Tennessee Vols Football


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Florida Field


Ohio State fans watch loss to Gators

Thanks to ukathletics.com for photos 2 and 8 above. Thanks to flickr.com/photos/bjmillican for photos # 5, 7, and 9; flickr.com/photos/alabamageographer for photo 3; flickr.com/photos/royce58 for photo 4; flickr.com/photos/motionblur for photo 6; flickr.com/photos/e-moose7 for photo 10; and flickr.com/photos/slarche for photo 11. Some or all rights are reserved for these photos.


In 2006, the SEC led all conferences in winning percentage vs. non-conference opponents with an incredible .854 winning percentage. In 2007, and again in 2008, the SEC was tops with a 47-10 non-conference record.

According to the 2008 SEC Football Fan guide the SEC holds an all-time 72.8% non-conference winning percentage (not including bowl games). From '92 - 07 the percentage was 77.2 % in the regular season and 60.6 in bowl games.

If you are interested in head-to-head comparisons between the SEC and each of the other major college football conferences, check out:



Check out this blog for a great study on why SEC football is simply tougher than football in other conferences.

And -- to see the future of SEC football, we need only look at current recruiting. There, again, the SEC not only leads -- it dominates. Every year the SEC has more schools than any other conference in the top 10; top 20; and top 30 in recruiting. The early 2010 recruiting rankings are no exception. Rivals.com has the SEC, right now, with 4 of top 10 (LSU, FL, AL, GA).

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Year in and year out the SEC has more teams than any other conference ranked in the Top 25.

Simply put, no conference compares to the SEC for its depth, competitiveness, talent, football history and football culture.

When you are in a state with an SEC football team and that team is playing a home game – you probably know about it because it is probably the biggest thing going on in the entire state.

During every home game at Tennessee – Neyland Stadium becomes the 5th biggest city in the state. Actually the 4th biggest because, during the game, there are actually more people in the stadium (110,000 or so) than in the city of Knoxville.


In the end, it is all about the fans. Ultimately, the conference with the best fans will have the most support for its football program and over time that is the key to why the SEC is #1.

How do we rank the other conferences in Football?


  • #2 -- Big 12 -- Very strong conference. Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska (historically). OK State, Texas Tech, Kansas and Missouri now. Good schools, great history. Only conference that can be mentioned, right now, in the same breath with the SEC.


  • #3 -- Big Ten -- It has Ohio State and Michigan, then Penn State and Wisconsin. But not much else. Still, the Big 10 has a great football tradition and a few very strong programs. Despite it's woeful 1-6 2008 bowl record, we'll be charitable and keep the Big Ten at #3 due to it's great history.


  • #4 -- Pac-10 -- The Pac-10 is a great sports conference and dominates some sports -- see SEC Tennis and SEC Volleyball for instance. As for football, historically, they have USC, but that's about it. Still, last year, the Pac-10 went 5-0 in bowl games. That bumps them to 3rd.


  • #5-- ACC -- The addition of Miami, Florida State, Boston College, and Virginia Tech greatly strengthened ACC football. In fact the conference probably had more top-50 teams last year than any other. Still ACC football tradition and history is weak as was its 2-6 bowl record last year.


  • #6-- Big East -- Big East football has certainly arrived. West Virginia, South Florida, Rutgers, even Connecticut. Lots of exciting talent now in the Big East. Obviously, not the tradition and history of the other conferences.


  • #7 -- Mountain West -- The MWC is new to our list. They have not traditionally been considered a major college football conference. And, they still aren't really. This despite Utah's great undefeated season in 2008.


Sports Writers Wanted We are looking for writers to cover each SEC team. If interested, go to SEC Sports Writer



Now, for our Current SEC Football Rankings.

How bout the SEC West? 5 of top 7 SEC teams are in the West. Three are 5-0 right now. Click on the team name to read more about each team.


  1. 1. Florida Gators -- Two words: Tim Tebow. In his senior season, Tebow will win his second Heisman Trophy and lead the Gators to their second straight BCS Championship. In January, the college football world will be debating whether Tim Tebow was the best college football player in history and whether the 2009 Florida Gators were the best team ever.


  2. 2. Alabama Crimson Tide -- Big win over LSU clinches SEC West for Bama. Coming off a superb 2008 season, the Crimson Tide return enough talent to once again be a dominant team in 2009. If only the brick wall that is the Florida Gators did not loom so large.


  3. 3. LSU Tigers -- LSU has a huge game against Ole Miss this weekend. The winner takes second in the SEC West and probably a Cotton Bowl bid.


  4. 4. Georgia Bulldogs -- Nice wins over South Carolina and at Arkansas. But, big loss at Tennessee. Turns out the defense is where the issues are for 2009. Still, wins over South Carolina and Arkansas have the Dogs off to a good start.


  5. 5. Ole Miss Rebels -- Big win over Tennessee; next up is 2009 redemption game against LSU. Losses to South Carolina, Bama and Auburn have bitterly disappointed the Rebel faithful so far.


  6. 6. Tennessee Volunteers -- Huge win over Georgia at home. Then outplayed Alabama at Bama (only to lose on a last-second blocked FG). But an impressive win on Halloween over South Carolina. Followed by 3 players arrested for attempted armed robbery and a demolition at Ole Miss. Let's hope they get it together for the Vandy and Kentucky games. We think they'll finish with a 7-5 or 6-6 record and go to a bowl. 2010 will be even better.


  7. 7. South Carolina Gamecocks -- So far, so good. A solid bowl candidate at this point. The "real" USC has some young talent, but an awful lot of question marks.


  8. 8. Auburn Tigers -- New coach Gene Chizik gets a pass here, its going to take a couple seasons to right the AU ship. A .500 season is the best that this team can realistically hope for in the tough SEC. Update:Impressive come-from-behind win over West Virginia; then road win at Tennessee moves this team up. Maybe the surprise team of 2009 SEC Football.


  9. 9. Arkansas Razorbacks -- Arkansas had a strong finish in 2009. We think Bobby Petrino will lead the Razorbacks to new heights this season. There are questions at the QB position that need to be resolved. Also, the schedule is TOUGH as Arkansas plays all 5 top teams in the SEC as well as going to Texas A&M.


  10. 10. Kentucky Wildcats -- If the pieces come together, UK has enough to make another lower tier bowl in 2009. QB play has to be at least passable.


  11. 11. Mississippi State Bulldogs -- After win at Vandy, we may have to move this team up. But, let's give it a couple weeks and see. I mean who do you move down? Dan Mullen has a lot of work to do. But there is nowhere to go but up.


  • 12. Vanderbilt Commodores -- Loss at home to Miss. State, dropped Vandy to last in the SEC.


    • If you want more information, opinion or discussion about the football programs of any of the SEC schools, click on the name of the team (above) and that will take you to their page.




    2009-2010 SEC Bowl Predictions


    So ... Who Will Go Bowling in 2009-10?

    A lot can still change over the course of the next month. But here are our fearless SEC bowl predictions as of November 2, 2009:

    Florida Gators - BCS National Championship Game (naturally this is dependent on winning the SEC Championship Game
    Alabama Crimson Tide - Sugar Bowl
    LSU Tigers - Capital One Bowl
    Ole Miss Rebels - Cotton Bowl
    Georgia Bulldogs - Outback Bowl
    Arkansas Razorbacks - Liberty Bowl
    Tennessee Volunteers - Music City Bowl Bowl
    Kentucky Wildcats - Chick-Fil-A Bowl
    Auburn Tigers - Independence Bowl
    South Carolina Gamecocks - Papa Johns Bowl


    Who will Florida be facing in the National Championship game? In order of likelihood:

    1) Texas Longhorns
    2) TCU Horned Frogs
    3) Cincinnati Bearcats
    4) Boise State Broncos



    Ole Miss football takes the field at Florida
    Ole Miss football takes the field at Florida.
    Thanks to bjsmith at flickr.com for the picture.


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