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Four SEC teams have a winning record vs ranked opponents over the last 20 years

Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:19 pm
Posted by AHM21
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:19 pm


Really puts Saban’s dominance into perspective.
Posted by PurpleSingularity
Member since Dec 2017
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:31 pm to
Your link must be broken….i don’t see Texas on the list….is it broken?



Posted by TizzyT4theUofA
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:36 pm to
Kevin Norwood is underrated and was so clutch.
Posted by bamabaseballsec
Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:36 pm to
He also taught Kirby everything Kirby knows about program management and built the foundation for lsu’s sustained success after he left. As impressive as 80-21 is, it doesnt even begin to showcase how goat saban was. He’s responsible for three of the four teams listed. Okie playing a joke sched was responsible for the rest.
Posted by Boomer00
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:47 pm to
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Okie playing a joke sched was responsible for the rest.


It’s ranked opponents only idiot. Also okies had no trouble spanking bama majority of the time.
Posted by WilliamTaylor21
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 6:57 pm to
Only one of those four lost to Vanderbilt in the last 365 days of the year
Posted by AHM21
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:00 pm to
I would’ve gone with “one of those four beat Alabama by 21.”

But that would also require you to say “one of those four beat LSU by 28.”
Posted by lsufan1971
Zachary
Member since Nov 2003
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:08 pm to
fricking TJ Yeldon. I was at that game and wanted to vomit.
Posted by jnethe1
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:16 pm to
Didn’t know Oklahoma was that dominant. Wow
Posted by Saunson69
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 8:07 pm to
Oklahoma's doesn't count. There's a shite ton of win vs #24 Kansas, or #23 Texas Tech in there. Do their record vs ranked SEC opponents, and I'd bet it's like 2-10. After 2000, OU was 0-7 in BCS Nati and CFP games.

Lost '04 LSU
Lost '05 USC
Lost '08 Florida
Lost '16 Clemson
Lost '17 Georgia
Lost '18 Bama
Lost '19 LSU (49-7 at half)

4 straight years of making CFP and losing round 1. You know what they say about definition of insanity.
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 8:08 pm
Posted by Saunson69
Stephen the Pirate
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 8:07 pm to
Oklahoma's doesn't count. There's a shite ton of win vs #24 Kansas, or #23 Texas Tech in there. Do their record vs ranked SEC opponents, and I'd bet it's like 2-10. After 2000, OU was 0-7 in BCS Nati and CFP games.
Posted by Saunson69
Stephen the Pirate
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 8:09 pm to
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It’s ranked opponents only idiot. Also okies had no trouble spanking bama majority of the time.


You're the idiot for not understanding just how many #24 Kansas's, #23 Texas Tech's, #25 TCU's, #24 West Virginia type games are in that record. I'd bet their record vs Top 25 SEC opponents since 2000 would be like 2-10.
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 8:19 pm to
Well remember these are probably game time rankings, not end of season rankings.
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 8:37 pm to
Using final rankings:

0.65306 Alabama (64-34)
0.50000 Georgia (48-48)
0.48936 Oklahoma (46-48)
0.46512 LSU (40-46)
0.39506 Texas (32-49)
0.35106 Florida (33-61)
0.30612 Auburn (30-68)
0.23256 Texas A&M (20-66)
0.21591 Tennessee (19-69)

Vols.
Posted by cajunbama
Metairie
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:03 pm to
quote:

0.46512 LSU (40-46)



Losing record
Posted by AuburnTigers
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:04 pm to
quote:

Only one of those four lost to Vanderbilt in the last 365 days of the year
Posted by FireDanMullen
Member since Dec 2020
4430 posts
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:19 pm to
Man Saban was unbelievable
Posted by MexKE
Member since Jul 2025
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:03 pm to
quote:

I'd bet their record vs Top 25SEC opponents since 2000 would be like 2-10.


Since 2000 (why 2000?), OU has played a ranked SEC team 16 times. We are 5-11. Not good, but you'd have lost the bet. This record is only against teams that were in the SEC at the time.

If you include teams that make up the SEC today (adding in ranked UT, A&M, and Mizzou teams), the record changes to 26-17.

Interesting that the SEC teams on this list have played roughly the same number of ranked teams as OU.

The schedule argument is tired when you consider ALL the history. Some of the old SEC teams haven't really played each other that much. Why is that? Why did the SEC only require 5 or 6 conference games for decades?






Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:33 pm to
Let's leave Tejas and OU out of these lists until they've been in the league a few years.
Posted by lsudave1
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Member since Jan 2005
11358 posts
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:44 pm to
One of those four beat Oklahoma by 20. Another on the list lost to Oklahoma by 21.
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 11:46 pm
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