First, honors go to Missouri for being the first SEC program to win 9 games in a season (1899).

First to win 10 games in a season (includes bowl game if played).........."consensus national champions" means team won the majority of all the NCAA-recognized polls..........

#1 -- LSU!! (1908)....Tigers also first SEC program to be named national champions (same year) as recognized by NCAA Official Records Book.

#2 -- Oklahoma (1915)....named national champions by one NCAA poll service.

#3 -- Texas A&M (1919)....named national champions by two NCAA poll services.

#4 -- Alabama (1920)

#5 -- Tennessee (1938).....named consensus national champions

#6 -- Mississippi State (1940)

#7 -- Georgia (1942).....named consensus national champions

#8 -- Texas (1945)

#9 -- Kentucky (1950).....named national champions by one NCAA poll service.

#10 -- Ole Miss (1955)

#11 -- Auburn (1957).....named consensus national champions.

#12 -- Missouri (1960)....named national champions by one NCAA poll service.

#13 -- Arkansas (1964)......named consensus national champions

#14 -- South Carolina (1984)

#15 -- Florida (1991)

#16 -- Vanderbilt......has never won 10 games in its history; however, they have won 9 games three times: 1904, 1915, and 2012. They also have an outstanding winning record vs. Texas Longhorns (8-3-1).

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Posted by NFLSU

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Member since Oct 2014

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Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:39 pm to JetDawg

Texas A&M has one, ONE, 10-win season in the last 25 years...

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Posted by Mizzouligan

St. Louis, MO

Member since Aug 2014

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Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:42 pm to JetDawg

Missouri admins have no balls or they would (legitimately) claim the 1960 Natty.

Hell, if the Gumps go a game or two above .500 they claim the Natty.

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Posted by RTRnFlorida

Tampa, FL

Member since Mar 2024

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Posted on 5/2/24 at 7:49 pm to JetDawg

Correction* #11 - Alabama Polytechnic Institute.

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Posted by KennesawTiger

Your's mom's house

Member since Dec 2006

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Posted on 5/2/24 at 7:52 pm to JetDawg

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#1 -- LSU!! (1908)

How?

Bama fans tell me that Nick Saban founded LSU in 2001 so this can't be right. They would never lie.

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Posted by Rex Feral

Athens

Member since Jan 2014

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Posted on 5/3/24 at 7:46 am to JetDawg

quote:
#15 -- Florida (1991)

Amazing since 1990 was the first year Florida started playing football.

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Posted by TouchdownTony

Central Alabama

Member since Apr 2016

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Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:05 am to JetDawg

quote:
#16 -- Vanderbilt......has never won 10 games in its history;

damn

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Posted by madmaxvol

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Posted on 5/3/24 at 3:45 pm to JetDawg

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#5 -- Tennessee (1938).....named consensus national champions

Let's look at the craziest (non-traditional) opponents for each of those teams:

1908 LSU - Young Men's Gymnastic Club; Jackson Barracks; Haskell Indian Institute - (Side Note...Haskell beat aTm and Arkansas that year)

1915 Oklahoma - Kingfisher

1919 Texas A&M - Howard Payne;

1920 Alabama - Southern Military Academy; Marion Military Institute, Birmingham-Southern

1938 Tennessee - None

1940 MSU - Southwestern Tennessee; Millsaps

1942 Georgia - Jacksonville Naval Air Station

1945 Texas - Bergstrom Field

1950 Kentucky - None

1955 Ole Miss - None

1957 Auburn - None

1960 Missouri - None

1964 Arkansas - None

1984 South Carolina - None

1991 Florida - None

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Posted by Lucado

Member since Nov 2023

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Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:56 pm to JetDawg