Another interesting stat... based on these rankings, this is when each program hit their pinnacle point in terms of where they stand compared to the rest of the league. I've ordered them in terms of the highest score:

.909- Tennessee in 1951
.890- Alabama in 1992
.684- LSU in 1962
.619- Ole Miss in 1963
.598- Georgia Tech in 1955
.573- Florida in 2008
.543- Auburn in 1963
.507- Georgia in 1994
.447- Tulane in 1940
.345- Texas A&M in 2012
.336- Miss St. in 1942
.306- Arkansas in 2011
.263- Missouri in 2014
.252- Kentucky in 1955
.220- S. Carolina in 2013
.212- Vanderbilt in 1948

Not surprisingly, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida all hit their peak in years they won a National Title.

Auburn's and LSU's peaks both came within 5 years of a National Title which also included several high AP Poll finishes in the years that soon followed.

Ole Miss' peak came in 1963 which was also a year in which they finished in the AP Top 5.

Georgia's peak in 1994 is a head-scratcher to me, but it comes exactly 15 years after the 1980 title. A total of 20% of the formula is weighted to "Recent Success" which takes into account the previous 15 seasons. I think the reason Georgia's peak comes out at the end of the 15 year period is because the '80 title was followed by a very strong decade of football for Georgia in the 1980s, and prior to that UGA really struggled a bit at times in the '70s.

For all those young people who don't understand the reverence to Tennessee football.... look for no further evidence beyond the fact that in 1951 under Coach Neyland, UT Football was as dominant of a program as the SEC had ever and to this point still has ever seen.

In '51 Tennessee brought home the first official National Championship Trophy for the SEC. This was at the tail-end of a 14-year run in which the Vols had an 82% SEC win% and five AP Top 5 finishes... the entire rest of the SEC (12 other teams) combined for just 6 AP Top 5 finishes during the same span.

I think the reason Tennessee's 1951 score is higher than where Alabama scored under either Bryant or Saban is the fact the SEC had other programs performing well during those eras. UT in the 1940s and 1950s was really just quite dominant and no other teams were doing anything else significant in comparison.