All-Time SEC Standings

Also... I think this is interesting...

All-Time Percentage of SEC Conference Games coming against Oppoments that finished ranked in the AP Final Rankings:

.625- Oklahoma (10/16)
.469- Arkansas (130/277)
.425- Texas A&M (48/113)
.396- South Carolina (109/275)
.391- Miss State (247/632)
.383- Vanderbilt (242/632)
.382- Kentucky (239/625)
.373- Auburn (243/651)
.371- Missouri (43/116)
.353- Texas (6/17)
.351- Florida (221/630)
.350- LSU (223/638)
.339- Ole Miss (210/620)
.333- Tennessee (210/631)
.328- Alabama (224/682)
.317- Georgia (202/637)

Observations:

1) You can tell the SEC has really improved in strength during the modern era, as most of the newer expansion teams are all at the top.

2) it's most interesting to compare the expansion programs who came in together at the same time:

.469- Arkansas (130/277)
.396- South Carolina (109/275)

South Carolina got it way easier being in the SEC East unlike Arkansas who got put in the West.

.425- Texas A&M (48/113)
.371- Missouri (43/116)

A&M also had a huge disadvantage having to play in the West while Mizzou got the easier East. Mizzo's total number of ranked opponents played is also bolstered +2 by playing in two SEC Championship Games.

.625- Oklahoma (10/16)
.353- Texas (6/17)

This is the biggest discrepancy on the list. There's no doubt the SEC gifted Texas an easy schedule in those first two seasons. And while trying to make sure every team played either Texas or Oklahoma, that meant Oklahoma got screwed with the toughest schedule imaginable. In regular season games, OU has had to face literally double the number of ranked opponents.

Thank God we have an actual rotation going forward to help alleviate some of these discrepancies in SOS.

3) Georgia has historically played an unbelievably weak SEC schedule.

From 1966-2006, Georgia only played Alabama 12 times in 41 seasons.

From 1933-1991, Georgia only played Tennessee 10 times in 58 seasons.

From 1954-2002, Georgia only played LSU 8 times in 49 seasons.

And during the Vaught era of Ole Miss and just after... the only time when Ole Miss was elite, Georgia played Ole Miss just one time from 1943-1965 (22 seasons).

How does a program somehow escape playing so many top tier programs throughout the years?

All this shows that getting rid of divisions and putting the league into a rotation where everyone plays everyone way more often was way past time. Thankfully we finally have that going forward.

You list Alabama as having played 682 conference games; the next highest total is Auburn at 651 (and then another drop to 637). Alabama has 50 more conference games than a significant portion of the OG members.

Is that right?

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May want to correct one of these...

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I'll do it:

.339- Ole Miss (210/631)
.033- Tennessee (210/631)

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Is that right?

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Yes. Lots of SEC CG's along with Bama often playing more games than most in the early years when there wasn't as much structure.

Just glancing...

In 1934 bama played 7 conference games while many played just 5. Same with 1946.

In 1949, Bama played 9 SEC games while one team played just 5 and most played just 6.

Lots of years like this stretching all the way into the late 1970s.

Melt

You're just scared of Lane & what's coming.

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3) Georgia has historically played an unbelievably weak SEC schedule.

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Interesting conclusion. The three top (long standing) SEC teams (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee) faced the 3 lowest percentages of final ranked teams. The 5 bottom SEC teams (Arkansas, South Carolina, Miss St, Vanderbilt, Kentucky) faced the 5 highest percentages of final ranked teams. And your conclusion is that Georgia (whose ranked opponent percentages are within about 1% of Bama and Tennessee) is somehow an unfair beneficiary of that obvious and predictable negative correlation that runs through the entire list.

My conclusion is that
1) Auburn fans are dumb and
2) Auburn fans have bellies full of UGA sour grapes.

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All this shows that getting rid of divisions and putting the league into a rotation where everyone plays everyone way more often was way past time. Thankfully we finally have that going forward.

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Very retarded.

Your examples were largely before divisions.

Ahhh… it feels good to be good.

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Auburn fans have bellies full of UGA sour grapes.

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Sorry you don't like facts. Tell me what's incorrect.

Take Georgia's first five SEC Championship seasons:

1942:
Georgia went 6-1 in SEC play beating the #3, #5, #9, #10, #11, and #12 teams in the SEC while losing to the #7 team. Overall, Georgia's opponents were a combined 13-23 in conference play as the Bulldogs escaped having to play three of the top 5 teams in the SEC that year not counting themselves.

1946:
Georgia went 5-0 in SEC play beating the #4, #6, #8, #10, and #12 teams in the SEC (out of 12)... Georgia's opponents finished a combined 11-18 in SEC play as they only had to play one of the other Top 5 teams in the league that year.

1948:
This one is by far the worst. Georgia went 6-0 in SEC play beating the #'s 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12 ranked teams.... those opponents went just 11-27-2 in combined SEC play. Somehow UGA managed to miss the three next beat teams in the league that season while managing to play all 4 of the bottom 4 teams in just a 6-game conference season. Absurd!

1959:
Georgia went 7-0 against an SEC slate that included three of the bottom 4 teams in the league. Their opponents went a combined 17-28-2 missed both of the #2 and #3 teams that season.

1966:
Georgia went 5-0 while facing three of the bottom four SEC teams that year. UGA's opponents went a combined 13-18 in SEC play.

That's five SEC Championship seasons for Georgia in The 1940's, '50s, and mid '60s. Out of a possible 5 second place teams in SEC play those seasons, Georgia played ZERO. Out of a possible five third place teams in SEC play those seasons, Georgia played two. Out of a possible five fourth place teams in SEC play those seasons, Georgia played three. Out of a possible five fifth place teams in SEC play those seasons, Georgia played three.

Put all that together, and in those 5 SEC title seasons, Georgia played just 2 of the next 10 best teams in the standings not counting themselves.... and just 8 of the next 20 best teams in the standings not counting themselves.

Couple that with playing the last place team in the standings in all five of those seasons.... and hitting 12 of the worst 15 teams in the standings those 5 seasons, and it's pretty hard to argue Georgia didn't have a cakewalk back then.

I'm just pointing out facts. There's no reason to get your parties in a wad. Just be glad you had that advantage.

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Total Championships:

30- Alabama
16- Georgia
13- Tennessee
12- LSU
8- Auburn, Florida
6- Ole Miss
2- Kentucky
1- Miss State

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total SEC championships?....no
total big 3 championships?....no
total championships across all school sports?....no

wtf are these numbers?