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This is the first year the ACC has sent more teams bowling than the SEC in probably over a decade, and that's only because 6–6 Missouri has a bowl ban. Otherwise, both conferences would have ten bowl eligible teams.

Out of curiosity, I looked it up after I made this statement: Since the beginning of the BCS, these are the number of teams the SEC vs. ACC has sent bowling:

1998: SEC: 8, ACC: 5
1999: SEC: 8, ACC: 5
2000: SEC: 9, ACC: 5
2001: SEC: 8, ACC: 6
2002: SEC: 8, ACC: 7
2003: SEC: 7, ACC: 6
2004: SEC: 6, ACC: 6
2005: SEC: 6, ACC: 7
2006: SEC: 9, ACC: 8
2007: SEC: 9, ACC: 8
2008: SEC: 8, ACC: 9
2009: SEC: 10, ACC: 7
2010: SEC: 10, ACC: 9
2011: SEC: 9, ACC: 8
2012: SEC: 9, ACC: 7
2013: SEC: 10, ACC: 11
2014: SEC: 12, ACC: 11
2015: SEC: 10, ACC: 9
2016: SEC: 12, ACC: 11
2017: SEC: 9, ACC: 10
2018: SEC: 11, ACC: 11
2019: SEC: 9, ACC: 10

The record is 15–5–2, in the SEC's favor. There were a couple of wrinkles, like SCAR and Clemson both turning down a bowl bid, Miami being on probation, Ole Miss being on probation, Missouri being on probation, North Carolina not receiving an invitation a couple of times, etc. But it more or less evens out in the end.

For margin of defeat: all five times the ACC won, they sent one more team to a bowl. The SEC sent three more in 1998, three more in 1999, four more in 2000, two more in 2001, three more in 2009, and two more in 2012

This post was edited on 12/9/19 at 2:50 pm