re: Which SEC teams will be Better, Worse, Same this year?

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The SEC was down last year

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Compared to when and using what metric? 2010 was down, no doubt, but 2013 was about the same as the previous two seasons with the exception of top 10 teams fro the SEC.

Percentage of conference teams in a given category listed in parenthesis.

2013 - 7 top 25 teams (50%), 4 top 10 teams (29%), 3 top 5 teams (21%)

2012 - 7 top 25 teams (50%), 5 top 10 teams (36%), 2 top 5 teams (14%)

2011 - 5 top 25 teams (42%), 4 top 10 teams (33%), 3 top 5 teams (25%)

2010 - 6 top 25 teams (50%), 3 top 10 teams (25%), 1 top 5 team (8%)

2013 had the lowest percentage of top 10 SEC teams in the previous 3 seasons. However, it had the 2nd highest percentage of top 5 teams and tied for highest percentage of top 25 teams (though, to be fair, half the conference has been in the top 25 most of the time the past several years).