SEC Championship Game Fun Facts

- Alabama, Auburn or LSU have represented the West in 22 of the 26 SECCG (Arkansas 3, Mississippi State 1, Ole Miss 0, Texas A&M 0)

- Florida, Georgia or Tennessee have represented the East in 23 of the 26 SECCG (Missouri 2, South Carolina 1, Kentucky 0, Vanderbilt 0)

- Since the SEC Championship Game began, only the 6 teams noted above have won the SEC Title (Alabama 7, Florida 7, LSU 4, Auburn 3, Georgia 3, Tennessee 2).

- The last 10 years of appearances (since 2008)
1. Alabama (6)
2. Florida (4)
3. Auburn (3)
3. Georgia (3)
5. Missouri (2)
6. LSU (1)
6. South Carolina (1)

- The last 10 years of titles (since 2008)
1. Alabama (5)
2. Auburn (2)
3. Florida (1)
3. Georgia (1)
3. LSU (1)

- Only 1 of the 10 games since 2008 has been a one-score margin (2012 Alabama 32 - Georgia 28). The average MOV is 22.4 pts. The median MOV is 20.0 pts.

- The East went 6-1 from 1992 to 1998. The series was 4-4 from 1999 to 2006. Then, the West went 9-2 from 2007 to 2017. Overall, the West leads 14-12.

- The rankings all-time by win % in the SECCG
1. LSU (80%) (4-1)
2. Alabama (64%) (7-4)
3. Florida (58%) (7-5)
4. Auburn (50%) (3-3)
4. Georgia (50%) (3-3)
6. Tennessee (40%) (2-3)
7. Arkansas (0%) (0-3)
7. Missouri (0%) (0-2)
7. Mississippi State (0%) (0-1)
7. South Carolina (0%) (0-1)

- There have been 9 Top 10 Matchups. There have been 5 Top 5 matchups. There have been 2 #1 vs #2 matcups (2008/2009 Alabama vs Florida) and 1 #2 vs #3 matchup (2012 Alabama vs Georgia).

- There has never been a matchup in which neither top was ranked in the Top 10. The lowest ranked highest ranked team was 1993 : #9 Florida vs #16 Alabama, and the highest combined rankings of the teams was 2002 : #4 Georgia vs #22 Arkansas.

- The lowest ranked teams to play in the game were : #23 Arkansas in 1995, #23 Mississippi State in 1998 and #22 Arkansas in 2002.

- There have only been 6 "upsets" in the SECCG in which the higher ranked team lost to the lower ranked team.

1994 : #6 Florida 24, #3 Alabama 23
1999 : #7 Alabama 34, #5 Florida 7
2001 : #21 LSU 31, #2 Tennessee 20
2005 : #13 Georgia 34, #3 LSU 14
2008 : #2 Florida 31, #1 Alabama 20
2009 : #2 Alabama 32, #1 Florida 13
2017 : #6 Georgia 28, #4 Auburn 7

There has only been 1 game in which a team ranked 11 or more spots lower won the game - 2001 #21 LSU beating #2 Tennessee. This is also the only game in which a team lost a clear shot at the national championship to a team that did not take it's place (such as 2008 Florida-Alabama, 2009 Florida-Alabama, 2017 Auburn-Georgia).