re: Top 5 Rivalry Games In The SEC

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Number 2 with an Egg: Miss State vs Ole Miss Hear me out.

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No.

List is trash. No one cares about Bama UT, feels forced now. OU Texas is not an SEC rivalry, OU will be the new Missouri in that no one sees them as SEC. But it’s also a bigger rivalry game than Bama Auburn.

it's all a matter of who you ask. For me

1. Texas v Oklahoma
2. Texas v Aggie
3. Texas v Arkansas

I really couldn't give a shite about the others. "Best rivalry" discussions only serve to piss everyone off lol.

Not trying to give a hot take, but the Egg Bowl is way too high. Any rivalry game where you see sections of empty seats on TV is automatically disqualified from the top 5 list.

On top of that, how many times during the desegregation era has the Egg Bowl actually had any national significance or impact on the rankings.

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Number 1 with a bullet: ALABAMA vs The Barn

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The Iron Bowl has come along way in the eyes of the bammers in recent years.

Up until the last 10-15 years, Bama fans would clearly put more time, energy, and emotion into the rivalry with Auburn, but the hatred was so great, they tried to belittle the rivalry by claiming Tennessee was really their biggest rival.

I don’t know if it was Auburn playing them tougher than any other SEC program during the Saban years (5 wins straight up and 4 losses in which AU led in the 4th quarter)…. Auburn winning a title in 2010 and playing for another in 2013…. Or Tennessee sucking for a quarter century…

It’s probably a combo of all three. But the vast majority of Bama fans seem to embrace the Iron Bowl rivalry for what it’s always been far more than they did not so long ago.

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Not trying to give a hot take, but the Egg Bowl is way too high

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I'm convinced everyone acts like the Egg Bowl is amazing because they feel bad for Mississippi.

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I'm convinced everyone acts like the Egg Bowl is amazing because they feel bad for Mississippi.

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It’s also been the only college game to watch on Thanksgiving night. CFB fans are craving to watch their beloved sport on a long holiday weekend, and on Thursday night, the egg bowl has been the only option.

You move it to Saturday and no one cares about this game.

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Bama vs UT isn’t a top 5 anymore. Thanks Saban. ___________________________________
This is correct. Bama vs LSU would fit better here

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Interesting data points to see which SEC teams have given good Bama teams the most problems over the years.

*Final AP rankings used, 1936-2023

Wins Against Top 25 Bama teams:

14- Auburn
13- Tennessee
8- LSU
6- Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss
5- Texas
4- Miss St
3- Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
2- Oklahoma, S Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri
0- Kentucky

Winning % Against Top 25 Bama Teams (min of 25 games played):

25.9%- Auburn
24.6%- Tennessee
23.1%- Florida
18.8%- Georgia
17.7%- LSU
15.4%- Ole Miss
7.8%- Miss St
7.7%- Arkansas
7.6%- Vanderbilt
0.0%- Kentucky

Wins Against Top 10 Bama teams:

9- Auburn
6- LSU
5- Tennessee, Texas
4- Florida, Georgia
3- Texas A&M
2- Ole Miss
1- S Carolina, Miss St, Oklahoma, Vandy, Missouri
0- Arkansas, Kentucky

Winning % Against Top 10 Bama Teams (min of 20 games played):

20.9%- Auburn
17.4%- Florida
16.0%- Georgia
14.6%- LSU
13.5%- Tennessee
6.5%- Ole Miss
4.6%- Vanderbilt
2.8%- Miss St
0.0%- Arkansas, Kentucky

Clearly Auburn has been the most formidable against good Bama teams. Tennessee and LSU have had very similar success.

Texas is coming in with a head start… very few meetings but winning records against both Top 10 and Top 25 Bama teams.

Wrong

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from 2000-2011 LSU was 9-3 against Bama

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LSU was 9-4 through those seasons against Bama (I see you trying to exclude that national title game).

Auburn was 8-4 against Bama in that same time frame.

Bama was not the same in that stretch, and honestly beating them some of those seasons was meaningless.

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Technically, I can't be wrong, it's my list.

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