SEC Football is the Best!

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Congrats to the FLORIDA GATORS -- 2008 - 2009 College Football National Champions!!

WOW!! Florida beats Oklahoma to win the BCS title game for the 2nd time in 3 years. Making it the 3rd straight year that college football's best team has come from the Southeastern conference. So, congrats to SEC football as well. SEC Football is still -- #1!!

Read more about the big game at Florida vs Oklahoma 2009 BCS Championship Game and see video of Tim Tebow's "The Promise" speech.

Eight Southeastern Conference football teams played in bowl games. They were Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Kentucky from the SEC East. And, Alabama, LSU, and Ole Miss from the SEC West. Find out how they did at 2008 - 2009 SEC Football Bowl Results.

To see how the SEC fared vs the other conferences, check out Top College Football Bowl Conference.

If you are looking for tickets to next year's games, check out 2009 SEC Football Tickets.

The Tigers' 2007 BCS Championship was big for LSU and really big for SEC football. Not sure how anyone can any more doubt that SEC football is #1. Perhaps the SEC vs Big Ten Debate is finally settled. But, I doubt it.

We've got 3 new football coaches in the SEC. Here's a nice article by Ronnie Arnold that ranks the 12 2009 SEC football coaches.

Read more about LSU's big win as well as what it means for the future of the BCS and the College Football Playoff controversy -- go to BCS Unfair to SEC; College Football Playoff; and, LSU vs Ohio State BCS Controversy.

LSU's victory over Ohio State gave SEC football its second straight College Football National Championship. It also gave the SEC it's record 7th bowl win in the 2007-2008 bowl season.

The SEC has now won 2 straight BCS Championships; 3 of the past 5; and 4 in total since the BCS system began 10 years ago. That's twice as many as any other conference. You can get the complete conference bowl standings at Top College Football Bowl Conference.

Auburn's Jordan Hare Stadium

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

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SEC football is always spectacular. In fact, Southeastern Conference football games are simply the most exciting sports events in America. Especially this year. It seemed that every weekend there were several amazing games. I know ESPN was very happy to have the Saturday night SEC contract. Incredible games almost each week.

I do have to toot our horn just a bit because back in August, before the first coin flip, we predicted LSU would win the SEC West rather comfortably and TENNESSEE would eek out first place in the SEC East -- in a 2 or 3 way tie. We said 4, maybe 5, teams would have a legit. shot at winning the SEC East.

DEAD on with all of those predictions.

We also predicted LSU would win the National Championship. Right on again.

We predicted that South Carolina would have a down year and Vanderbilt would have an up year. [Now, to be honest, we thought South Carolina would finish last (caught lots of flack for that) in the SEC East (they finished 5th, ahead of Vandy) and we thought Vandy would get a Bowl bid (they just missed out on that). Still the Gamecocks were down this year and the Commodores were up.

And, we were pretty much on the mark with our rankings of all the teams (for instance, we had Ole Miss last). So, it's pretty obvious that NO ONE touched SEC Sports Fan's 2007 SEC football predictions.

As it should be. And shall always be :)

Again, our 2008 SEC football predictions are below.

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

New Features: Cincy Vol's Tennessee Football Blog Brendan Collins' SEC Football Blog
and
Tex Noel's SEC Football Stats Corner

To vote in our new poll, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the SEC last year, go to Top All-Time SEC Football Team Survey.

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?

Crazy Florida Gator Football Fan

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

You can read about why the SEC's Florida Gators dominated Ohio State in last years -- 2006 BCS National Championship game at Florida Gators 2006 College Football Championship.

But, it goes much, much deeper than that.

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.

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.

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. (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 9 straight years – averaging 75,706 fans per game in 2006! Amazing. Really, that fact alone says it all.

Florida Gators National Championship Sign

2007 Music City Bowl at LP Field in Nashville

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, the SEC was tops again with a 47-10 non-conference record.

According to the 2005 SEC Football Fan guide the SEC holds an all-time 72.4% non-conference winning percentage. That all-time percentage obviously went up after 2006.

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 this comment by a visitor to this site gives a nice preview of the college football conferences in 2008 -- South Shows Intelligence.

And -- to see the future of SEC football, we need only look at current recruiting. There, again, the SEC not only leads -- it dominates. Last year, most scouting services ranked 6 SEC schools in the top 10 nationally. Rivals.com, for instance, had Florida #1 and Tennessee #2.

This year (2008), Rivals.com ranked only 3 SEC schools in the top 10 in recruiting. But, that was still more than any other conference. Alabama was ranked #1; Florida #3 and Georgia #5. Plus, the SEC also led with 6 of the top 25 2007-2008 college football recruiting classes.

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Year in and year out the SEC has more teams than any other conference ranked in the Top 25. They ended the 2007-2008 season with an incredible five teams ranked in the AP Top 15! The Big 12 had 4; ACC had 2; Big 10; Pac-10; Big East; and, Mountain West each had 1. AND, the SEC held down both #1 (LSU) and #2 (GA).

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. At the moment, maybe even better then 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.

#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. Admittedly, this year, the Pac-10 is stronger. In fact, on the field, they are about equal (top to bottom) with the Big-12. And, the ACC appears particularly weak. So, we've moved the Pac-10 past them. Still, the lack of college football history and culture, forces us to rank the Pac-10 no higher than #4 overall -- for now at least.

#5-- ACC -- The addition of Miami, Florida State, Boston College, and Virginia Tech greatly strengthened ACC football. The conference has been off the past two years though. Also, the ACC lack's the history and tradition of at least the top 3 conferences ranked above them.

#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 others.

#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. But, they did go 4-1 in the 2007-2008 bowls (including BYU's win over UCLA). However, they didn't play in any of the major bowls.

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

Now, for our Current (2009) SEC Football Team Rankings. We rank from 1 to 12 on where (we think) they stand right now.

Click on the team name to find out why we rank them as we do and to read about their bowl game and other post-season news.

1. Florida Gators -- Won the National Championship -- again!!

2. Alabama Crimson Tide -- Sugar Bowl Bound

3. Georgia Bulldogs -- Capital One Bowl

4. Ole Miss Rebels -- Cotton Bowl

5. LSU Tigers -- Chick-fil-A Bowl

6. Vanderbilt Commodores -- Music City Bowl

7. South Carolina Gamecocks -- Outback Bowl

8. Kentucky Wildcats -- Liberty Bowl

9. Auburn Tigers -- Tommy Tuberville Resigned

10. Arkansas Razorbacks Razorbacks Finished Strong

11. Tennessee Volunteers -- Phil Fulmer Fired

12. Mississippi State Bulldogs Sylvester Croom Resigned

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.

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.

OTHER SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL PAGES

SEC FOOTBALL CONFERENCE AND TEAM HISTORIES

Southeastern Conference Football History

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL COACHES (mainly) BIOGRAPHIES

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL ARTICLES

NCAA FOOTBALL ARTICLES

Tex Noel 1st-N-Goal Articles

NFL ARTICLES

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