Tigermike 3,027 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 That's all great, but is it too little too late to help AUBURN get to the Orange Bowl? The SEC - Football Success Continues in 200412/01/2004 The Southeastern Conference has completed its 72nd year of college football competition. The tradition of excellence in the SEC has continued in 2004 as the league has five teams ranked in this week's polls. The league will celebrate its 13th annual football championship game on Saturday as Western Division Champion Auburn plays Eastern Division Champion Tennessee. The game will be televised live nationally from the Georgia Dome on CBS Sports at 6 p.m. ET. Here are some highlights from the SEC this season: SEC IN 2004 *Has the most teams ranked in this week's Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN polls and Bowl Championship Series Top 25 ratings. The five teams ranked this week are (AP/USA Today-ESPN/BCS): 3/3/3 Auburn, 8/7/7 Georgia, 13/12/11 LSU, 15/15/15 Tennessee and 20/19/22 Florida. *Has had more different teams ranked in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Top 10 than any other conference. The SEC has had five different teams at one time or another ranked in the Top 10 this season - Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU and Tennessee. *Among the six teams that have been ranked at one time or another in the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN Top 25 polls this season, the longest losing streak by any team has been two - once by Florida and once by South Carolina. *Eight SEC teams defeated a team this season that was ranked in the Associated Press or USA Today/ESPN Top 25 at the time the game was played. *For the first time since 1957-58, every SEC team has won a conference game in consecutive seasons. (Depth of the league) *The SEC had more intra-conference games decided by five-points-or-less than any other conference in the nation. The league had 15 of its 48 league games or 31.3 percent decided by five points or less. The MAC was next with 14 of 56, followed by the Big Ten 10 of 44 and Big 12 with 10 of 48. *Among all Division I-A conferences, the SEC attempted less pass plays per game than any other conference in the nation (27.5) ... The league also averaged less plays per game than any other conference (67.0) and was 8th of 11 conferences in total offensive yards per game (367.8). (League's strong defensive play) *In four of the six computer polls used by the BCS, eight SEC teams are in the top 50. In the other two, five SEC teams are in the top 50. *The SEC is the only conference of the three that has four teams with nine wins or more. The next highest total in a league is the Big Ten with three teams with nine wins or more. No other conference has more than two. *The SEC has five teams ranked in the nation's top 20 in total defense. *The SEC has five teams ranked in the nation's top 35 in total offense. SEC FOOTBALL HISTORY *The SEC has had 15 national champions in the Associated Press, USA Today/ESPN, Football Writers Association of America and United Press International final polls. *Since conference expansion in 1992, four different SEC teams have claimed national championships – Alabama (1992), Florida (1996), Tennessee (1998) and LSU (2003). *In its history, the SEC has won 72.4 percent of its non-conference games (2203-811-91). This season, the SEC was 25-11 in non-conference games (69.4) percentage. The SEC has won at least 60 percent of its non-conference games every year since 1982. *The SEC continually leads the nation in attendance and this year may be no different. The league teams drew 5.8 million fans in 78 games, an average of 74,416 fans per game. League stadiums were filled to an average of 95.87 percent of capacity in 2004. For 23 straight seasons, the SEC has led the nation in total attendance. *Last season, the SEC posted five bowl wins, tied with the ACC for most in the nation. Using current conference alignments, the SEC leads the nation with 172 bowl wins in its history. *During the last three years, the Southeastern Conference has had eight student-athletes honored by the National Football Foundation as Scholar-Athletes. The eight represent one-third of the 24 that the NFF has honored the last three seasons and is most of any conference in the nation. This year, Georgia quarterback David Greene and Tennessee offensive lineman Michael Munoz achieved the honor. SEC LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUHansel 0 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 but to everyone else the SEC is down this year. The only place we are down is at the very bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermike 3,027 Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 The bottom team all won more games than they did last year. Bama, Kentucky, Mississippi St, Vanderbilt and South Carolina all won more games this year than last. Of course AUBURN won more. On the other hand Arkansas, Ole Miss, LSU, won fewer games this year than last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerinBham 1 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 But LSU still won 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaTiger 0 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 For the first time since 1957-58, every SEC team has won a conference game in consecutive seasons. what an interesting stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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