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re: Big wins by SEC teams in the last 20 seasons

Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:33 pm to
Posted by JTM72
BR, LA.
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:33 pm to
quote:

VFL67


Honestly surprised you were able to pick up on that this thread is about football, since it doesn't state football or baseball anywhere in the OP. I know that was a hard one for you to grasp yesterday.

I did find it hilarious that you just started spewing random facts about Tennessee vs LSU that had nothing to do with what we were talking about or the thread, it was just out of nowhere

I did not realize how far down Tennessee was on all those lists, must suck to root for a team that hasn't won the big one in close to 30 years
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
4524 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:34 pm to
quote:

Instead, Vandy beat Bama, which made them 9-3, and they lost their postseason game, finishing ranked #17.


So in other words, Bama was nothing close to a #1 team so Vandy getting credit for beating a Top 25 opponent rather than tbe #1 team is far more accurate... just as using final rankings produces.

Thank you for proving my point.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
91221 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:38 pm to
quote:

They obviously have


yeah they're being "penalized" with internet message board talking points. Oh the horror. What they actual did in real life on the field is unchanged.

quote:

Go look at the OP where he says they have 0 wins against the top 10.


well, it's an objective fact that they didn't beat anyone in 2024 that finished in the top 10. The only halfway decent team they beat that season won single-digit games and lost 4 times. Their next best win was barely .500.
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
24156 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:09 pm to
What's the breakdown for conference and non-conference ranked teams?
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
4524 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:37 pm to
quote:

What's the breakdown for conference and non-conference ranked teams?


For Top 25 wins in the past 20 years (SE C / Non-SEC / Total):

Alabama (47/18/65)
Georgia (32/18/50)
Oklahoma (6/38/44)
LSU (28/14/42)
Texas (5/25/30)
Auburn (23/6/29)
Florida (21/7/28)
S Carolina (14/12/26)
Ole Miss (15/9/24)
Texas A&M (11/10/21)
Tennessee (9/8/17)
Arkansas (14/2/16)
Missouri (5/8/13)
Kentucky (6/4/10)
Miss St (6/2/8)
Vanderbilt (4/0/4)

Expansion teams are going to show way more non-SEC wins simply because they played much of the period outside the SEC.
Posted by PurpleSingularity
Member since Dec 2017
2945 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:40 pm to
Obvious Big 3 and it’s not close:

Alabama
Georgia
LSU

This post was edited on 7/28/26 at 1:41 pm
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
4524 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 1:51 pm to
quote:

Obvious Big 3


Indeed.

If you do a points system, awarding a team 25 points for beating the #1 team, 24 points for beating the #2 team... sliding all the way down to 1 point for beating the #1 team, this is how it shakes out over the past 20 seasons:

792- Alabama
543- Georgia
541- LSU
439- Oklahoma
381- Auburn
376- Florida
265- South Carolina
265- Texas
213- Texas A&M
204- Ole Miss
182- Arkansas
170- Tennessee
97- Missouri
89- Kentucky
53- Miss St
19- Vanderbilt

Texas and South Carolina having the same number of Big Win points is wild. As is Arkansas being ahead of Tennessee.
Posted by CelticTiger
Saint Louis
Member since Feb 2019
1642 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 2:02 pm to
quote:

*Missouri having zero Top 5 wins in 20 years is a bit surprising...


…and yet in 2 of those years Mizzou WAS a final AP Top 5 team.
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
24156 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

For Top 25 wins in the past 20 years (SE C / Non-SEC / Total):

Alabama (47/18/65)
Georgia (32/18/50)
Oklahoma (6/38/44)
LSU (28/14/42)
Texas (5/25/30)
Auburn (23/6/29)
Florida (21/7/28)
S Carolina (14/12/26)
Ole Miss (15/9/24)
Texas A&M (11/10/21)
Tennessee (9/8/17)
Arkansas (14/2/16)
Missouri (5/8/13)
Kentucky (6/4/10)
Miss St (6/2/8)
Vanderbilt (4/0/4)

Thanks

The numbers that jump out to me are Auburn and Florida's low totals vs non-conference. Tennessee has more in that timeframe, and they weren't good for much of that. Even Missouri has more. I assume those are bowls included, I'd have guessed they would have won more OOC big game matchups. I guess they really didn't play anyone in the regular season, outside of conference games.
Posted by AUTiger789
Birmingham, AL
Member since Apr 2022
4524 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 2:17 pm to
quote:

…and yet in 2 of those years Mizzou WAS a final AP Top 5 team.


Yeah I think that's why I was surprised.

Missouri's biggest wins since 2006 (using final AP rankings)

Beat #6 Oklahoma in 2010
Beat #7 Florida in 2018
Beat #7 Kansas in 2007
Beat #10 Ohio State in 2023
Beat #17 Tennessee in 2023
Beat #17 Oklahoma St in 2013
Beat #18 Kansas St in 2023
Beat #18 Texas A&M in 2013
Beat #19 Texas A&M in 2010
Beat #20 Illinois in 2007
Posted by BreakawayZou83
Kansas City, Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
10368 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 3:06 pm to
quote:

Missouri having zero Top 5 wins in 20 years is a bit surprising... turns out they are 0-46 against the Final AP Top 5 since 1977. Their last Top 5 win came against Final #2 USC in 1976.


Back in the Big Eight/12, we would beat the underlings and get smoked by OU and Nebraska. Same thing has pretty much been true in the SEC except now its Georgia and Alabama.
Posted by GTnerd
ATL Jawja baby
Member since Sep 2023
878 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 3:18 pm to
I’m going to get roasted for this but whatever - One has to wonder how many of these ranked wins come from Sec teams just beating down other over-ranked Sec teams at the beginning of the season? The pollsters always seem to stick the a certain number of teams in there that have no realistic reason for being there (Au, FL the past few years as example)
Posted by Audustxx
Member since Jul 2022
2499 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 3:26 pm to
Surprising to who?
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
41756 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 3:31 pm to
Wins Against the Top 10:
26- Alabama
21- Georgia
18- LSU
13- Florida
12- Auburn
12- Oklahoma
9- South Carolina
9- Texas
6- Arkansas
6- Texas A&M
5- Ole Miss
4- Missouri
3- Tennessee
2- Kentucky
0- Miss St
0- Vanderbilt

Tennessee waaaaaay down there sandwiched between two basketball programs.

Haven’t won’t a national championship in football since 98.


It’s now big 5.
Posted by WhateverUWant
Member since Sep 2025
98 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:00 pm to
quote:

One has to wonder how many of these ranked wins come from Sec teams just beating down other over-ranked Sec teams at the beginning of the season? The pollsters always seem to stick the a certain number of teams in there that have no realistic reason for being there (Au, FL the past few years as example)


These numbers are based on Final AP rankings. Read the thread, nerd.
Posted by PineyWoodsHog
Darla Say Dictate Good
Member since Sep 2021
3301 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:02 pm to
quote:

Arkansas having as many Top 10 wins as A&M and more than Ole Miss is surprising.
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What’s more surprising is, not gonna take the time to look, that most of ours probably came in that short 6 years between 2006 and 2012. If we hadn’t fallen of a cliff the last 15 years or so, we’d probably have more.
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
8281 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:25 pm to
This is how it shakes out all time:

2349 Bama
2051 OU
1877 Texas
1646 UF
1518 UGA
1514 Tennessee
1484 LSU
1396 Auburn
867 Ole Miss
863 Arkansas
789 A&M
660 Mizzou
583 SCar
465 UK
423 Miss St
242 Vandy
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
8281 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:27 pm to
quote:

What’s more surprising is, not gonna take the time to look, that most of ours probably came in that short 6 years between 2006 and 2012. If we hadn’t fallen of a cliff the last 15 years or so, we’d probably have more.

2006 #9/#8 Auburn
2007 #1/#1 LSU
2010 #8/#8 LSU
2011 #9/#8 SCar
2015 #10/#9 Ole Miss
2024 #9/#8 Vols
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
8281 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:35 pm to
I'm pretty sure Will Muschamp has more final top 10 wins as a HC over the past 20 seasons than Tennessee.

---Vols---
2007 #2/#3 UGA
2013 #4/#4 SCar
2022 #5/#5 Bama

---Muschamp---
2012 #5/#5 A&M
2012 #8/#7 SCar
2012 #10/#8 FSU
2019 #4/#4 UGA

Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
30142 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 4:49 pm to
The Big Six stricks again..well The Big Five and Tenn

And Texas and OU, but most of that was in another conference.
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