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SEC dominance by decade
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:00 am
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:00 am
Teams that dominated the SEC every decade of the SEC:
-The new teams aren’t going to be here just FYI cause there isn’t enough sample size
1920s (Foundational era)
King: Alabama ( 2 natties, 3 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (2 conference titles)
1930s (SEC creations)
King: Alabama (2 natty, 4 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
1940s
King: Georgia (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (1 natty, 2 conference titles)
1950s
King: Tennessee (2 natties, 3 conference titles)
Runner Up: Ole Miss (1 natty, 3 conference title)
1960s
King: Alabama (3 natties, 4 conference titles)
Runner Up: Ole Miss (2 natties, 3 conference titles)
1970s
King: Alabama (3 natties, 8 conference titles)
Runner Up: Georgia (1 conference title)
1980s
King: Auburn (4 conference titles)
Runner Up: Georgia (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
1990s
King: Florida (1 natty, 5 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
2000s
King: LSU (2 natties, 3 conference titles)
Runner Up: Florida (2 natties, 3 conference titles)
2010s
King: Alabama (4 natties, 5 conference titles)
Runner Up: Auburn (1 natty, 2 conference titles)
2020s (so far)
King: Georgia (2 natties, 2 conference titles)
Runner Up: Alabama (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
-the closest margins were 1980s and 2000s
-Auburn beat out LSU in 2010s because they played in more SEC titles 3>2
-the widest gap was 1970s
-ok ready for people to complain (Texas fans who weren’t in the SEC and Arkansas fans who don’t have relevance to this thread)
-The new teams aren’t going to be here just FYI cause there isn’t enough sample size
1920s (Foundational era)
King: Alabama ( 2 natties, 3 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (2 conference titles)
1930s (SEC creations)
King: Alabama (2 natty, 4 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
1940s
King: Georgia (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (1 natty, 2 conference titles)
1950s
King: Tennessee (2 natties, 3 conference titles)
Runner Up: Ole Miss (1 natty, 3 conference title)
1960s
King: Alabama (3 natties, 4 conference titles)
Runner Up: Ole Miss (2 natties, 3 conference titles)
1970s
King: Alabama (3 natties, 8 conference titles)
Runner Up: Georgia (1 conference title)
1980s
King: Auburn (4 conference titles)
Runner Up: Georgia (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
1990s
King: Florida (1 natty, 5 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
2000s
King: LSU (2 natties, 3 conference titles)
Runner Up: Florida (2 natties, 3 conference titles)
2010s
King: Alabama (4 natties, 5 conference titles)
Runner Up: Auburn (1 natty, 2 conference titles)
2020s (so far)
King: Georgia (2 natties, 2 conference titles)
Runner Up: Alabama (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
-the closest margins were 1980s and 2000s
-Auburn beat out LSU in 2010s because they played in more SEC titles 3>2
-the widest gap was 1970s
-ok ready for people to complain (Texas fans who weren’t in the SEC and Arkansas fans who don’t have relevance to this thread)
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 1:13 pm
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Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:05 am to VFL67
Nice thread 
Also, did some Hog on this site piss you off?
Also, did some Hog on this site piss you off?
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:09 am to VFL67
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1980s
King: Auburn (4 conference titles)
Runner Up: Georgia (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
1 natty trumps no natties. Georgia>Auburn
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:09 am to VFL67
Alabama - 5
Georgia - 2
Tennessee - 1
Auburn - 1
Florida - 1
LSU 1
Seems right to me.
Georgia - 2
Tennessee - 1
Auburn - 1
Florida - 1
LSU 1
Seems right to me.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:15 am to ArmydawgMD
but auburn was better than UGA for most the 1980s. its a toss up
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:17 am to VFL67
quote:
1980s
King: Auburn (4 conference titles)
Runner Up: Georgia (1 natty, 3 conference titles)
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2010s
King: Alabama (4 natties, 5 conference titles)
Runner Up: Auburn (1 natty, 2 conference titles)
I’ll take it. Auburn vs Georgia was certainly a battle in the ‘80s.
If you take it back one decade further, Auburn would likely be King of the 1910s.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:18 am to VFL67
Close one between LSU and Florida in the 2000s
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:21 am to AUTiger789
it would be between vandy and auburn probably
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:21 am to VFL67
quote:
King: Florida (1 natty, 5 conference titles)
Runner Up: Tennessee (1 natty, 2 conference titles)
2000s
Huh? Alabama (1 natty, 2 conference titles)
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:22 am to dalefla
Tennessee had a winning record against bama in the 1990s. Also anyone who watched from 1990 to 1999 would say Tennessee was the better program.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:25 am to VFL67
Yep
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:47 am to VFL67
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Tennessee had a winning record against bama in the 1990s. Also anyone who watched from 1990 to 1999 would say Tennessee was the better program.
I agree. Tennessee was more consistent and outright dominant at times.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:49 am to VFL67
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it would be between vandy and auburn probably
Yes.
SIAA Championship 1910-1919:
4- Auburn (1910, 1913, 1914, 1919)
4- Vanderbilt (1910, 1911, 1912, 1915)
3- Georgia Tech (1916, 1917, 1918)
2- Tennessee (1914, 1916)
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:53 am to VFL67
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Tennessee had a winning record against bama in the 1990s. Also anyone who watched from 1990 to 1999 would say Tennessee was the better program.
I don't disagree. It's a benefit of the yearly rivalry game for these comparisons. Even the early 90s when Bama was keeping it's win/no loss streak alive, they were close games. When UTk went on their streak starting in 1995, there were multiple 2 score ++ wins by the Vols.
My only recourse is to reintroduce the argument that a decade is the 1 to the 0 and not the 0 to the 9, so even though it only helps your case, let's please retread the decades argument, so I can go back to repressing the tears between Stallings and Saban.
Interesting thread.
again. I'd also flip UGA and AU in the 80s. NC carries more weight. Plus, UGA won 2 of 3 SEC titles outright. Au won 2 of 4 outright, and one was a 3-way tie. Plus, frick AU.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:55 am to BlindedMeWithScience
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Close one between LSU and Florida in the 2000s
IMO should be Florida bc we won head to head 6-4 in that era.
I feel casual fans forget that Fl and LSU started the whole SEC football dominance trend. Bama simply took the reins after. Guarantee if you ask a random football fan they'd say it was Bama that put the SEC on top. Bama and UGA etc simply kept us up there.
This post was edited on 5/4/25 at 11:58 am
Posted on 5/4/25 at 11:58 am to VFL67
Last two decades: 2006-2025
Arkansas' dominance of Tennessee
Hawgs are winners of 5/6 in football.
Arkansas' dominance of Tennessee
Hawgs are winners of 5/6 in football.
Posted on 5/4/25 at 12:07 pm to TriStateAreaFootball
imagine that a piglet trying to be relevant
Posted on 5/4/25 at 12:09 pm to VFL67
By most other programs standards, particularly Bama, Florida won the 84 and 85 nattys...
Posted on 5/4/25 at 12:11 pm to VFL67
I can’t remember the last time TN was legit at football. Memphis State has been the best program in the state if TN the last 15 years or so
Posted on 5/4/25 at 12:12 pm to VFL67
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imagine that a piglet trying to be relevant
Two Weeks.
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