During the BCS ERA, SEC football teams have been to 104 bowl games. This equates to an average of 8 teams per year going to bowl games. Even more impressive, they’ve been to the Big 5 (Sugar, Rose, Fiesta, Orange, and National Championship) 21 times, or on average, which is pretty good considering the first BCS National Championship game wasn’t played until January 2007. ) . His winning percentage is 76% in major bowls.
This means they win 4 of the 5 games played in the big five bowl games. If that isn’t domination by SEC football teams, I don’t know what is.
The main reason SEC football is so dominant is because it is in the Deep South, which is the hotbed of college football. People in these states are fans of their teams. The SEC Conference borders the states of Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana. Along with California, these states produce the best high school football players in the nation. Especially when it comes to speed.
To me, that’s the biggest difference between the SEC and most other conferences: overall team speed. It becomes very apparent when an SEC team plays a Midwestern or Northern team. Not only wide receivers and defensive backs, but also defensive lines and linebackers for SEC teams typically have great speed.
Maybe it’s also because of the larger college football stadiums and the fanatical fans that the best players in the country want to play in the SEC. There’s nothing like playing in front of sold-out crowds every week.
Most of the SEC East teams draft Atlanta, Tampa, Miami and Jacksonville. In the SEC West they draft Dallas, along with the entire states of Texas and Louisiana. Those cities and states just because of the sheer number of high school athletes give the SEC a huge advantage. The ACC also draws players from those cities and states, but not as many 4- and 5-star recruits as the SEC.
Another advantage of SEC football teams is their coaches. There are great coaches all over the country, but many of your best coaches want to coach in the SEC because they know the tremendous fan support for their team, the support that schools give teams, and the great salary that coaches receive in the SEQ. Of course, the incredible pressure to win that comes from the fans and the school administration is part of the job.
Players want to be drafted high and the SEC leads in that category with the most players drafted in the first round and the most players drafted overall.
In general, SEC football prepares the best players for the NFL, players are able to play in front of large crowds of fans each week, and can expect almost every game of their college career to be played on television due to contracts. of the SEC with the national chains. . This helps SEC schools with recruiting because players know their family will be able to watch them on TV if they can’t make it to games.