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SEC Football Championship Game
Conference Football Championship
SEC Championship Game Logo
SportFootball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Current stadiumMercedes-Benz Stadium
Current locationAtlanta, Georgia
Played1992–present
Last contest2019
Current championLSU
Most championshipsAlabama (8)
TV partner(s)CBS
Official websiteSECSports.com – Football
Sponsors
Dr Pepper (1992–present)
Host stadiums
Legion Field (1992–1993)
Georgia Dome (1994–2016)
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (2017–present)
Host locations
Birmingham, Alabama (1992–1993)
Atlanta, Georgia (1994–present)

The SEC Championship Game is an annual American football game that has determined the Southeastern Conference's season champion since 1992. The championship game pits the SEC West Division regular season champion against the East Division regular season champion. Since 2007, the game has typically been played on the first Saturday of December, and the game has been held in Atlanta since 1994, first at the Georgia Dome, and at Mercedes-Benz Stadium since 2017.

Ten of the fourteen current SEC members have played in the SEC Championship Game. Kentucky and Vanderbilt have yet to reach the game from the East, while Ole Miss and Texas A&M have yet to reach the game from the West. The overall series is led by the Western Division, 16–12.

While ten SEC members have played in the game, only six have won: Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee of the East Division, and Alabama, Auburn, and LSU of the West Division. Each of these teams has won the championship multiple times. LSU is the reigning SEC champion.

History

The SEC was the first NCAA conference in any division to hold a football championship game that was exempt from NCAA limits on regular-season contests. Such a game was made possible by two separate developments. The first came in 1987, when the NCAA membership approved a proposal sponsored by the Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association that allowed any conference with at least 12 football members to split into divisions and stage a championship game between the divisional winners. The SEC took advantage of this rule by adding the University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina in 1992, bringing the conference membership to 12, and splitting into two football divisions.[1] The format has since been adopted by other conferences to decide their football champion (the first being the Big 12 in 1996).

The first two SEC Championship Games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. From 1994 until 2016 the game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.[2] With the Georgia Dome scheduled to be demolished after the 2016 season, the SEC chose to keep the title game in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome's replacement, Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The game will be played at the new stadium through at least 2027.[3]

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– East Division
– West Division
– Championship Game site

In 2016, Alabama and Florida met in the SEC Championship Game for the ninth time in the first 25 years of the game; the record for the most times any two teams have faced each other in the championship game. At least one of those two teams has qualified for the game in 15 of 27 seasons. The only other matchup in the SEC Championship played more than twice is Georgia and LSU, who have met there four times (most recently in 2019). Alabama has faced Florida in nine of its 12 SEC Championship Game appearances. In addition, the 2009 game marked the second consecutive year that the No. 1 (Florida) and No. 2 (Alabama) ranked teams in the AP Poll met in the SEC Championship game. 2009 was the first time any conference championship game had featured two undefeated teams. Alabama won 32–13 and earned a berth in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, which it went on to win as well.

Auburn and Missouri met in the 2013 SEC Championship Game (in Missouri's 2nd year in the SEC). Auburn won the game 59–42, breaking the previous record of 56 points for most points scored by a single team in the SEC Championship Game (previously set by Auburn in 2010).

In the final years of the Bowl Championship Series, the game was nicknamed the "national semi-final" for college football.[citation needed][according to whom?] The 2008, 2009, and 2012 games were essentially national semi-final games, as both participating teams were virtually guaranteed a berth in the BCS national championship game with a win. The 2013 game, the last held in the BCS era, was not thought of as such at the time of the game, but results of other games later that day meant that it effectively was such a semi-final.

Between 2006 and 2013 the winner of the SEC Championship Game went on to play in the BCS National Championship Game eight straight years, posting a 6–2 record in the game. Since 2014, the SEC Championship Game winner has gone on to appear in the College Football Playoff every season, posting a 5–1 record in the national semi-final and a 2–3 record in the national championship game.

Results

Results from all SEC Championship games that have been played.[4] Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to matchup.

Year West Division East Division Site Attendance TV Rating MVP
1992 2 Alabama Crimson Tide 28 12 Florida Gators 21 Legion Field • Birmingham, AL 83,091 9.8 CB Antonio Langham, Alabama
1993 16 Alabama Crimson Tide 13 9 Florida Gators 28 76,345 QB Terry Dean, Florida
1994 3 Alabama Crimson Tide 23 6 Florida Gators 24 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA 74,751 10.5 DT Ellis Johnson, Florida
1995 23 Arkansas Razorbacks 3 2 Florida Gators 34 71,325 7.2 QB Danny Wuerffel, Florida
1996 11 Alabama Crimson Tide 30 4 Florida Gators 45 74,132 7.0 QB Danny Wuerffel, Florida
1997 11 Auburn Tigers 29 3 Tennessee Volunteers 30 74,896 QB Peyton Manning, Tennessee
1998 23 Mississippi State Bulldogs 14 1 Tennessee Volunteers 24 74,795 WR Peerless Price, Tennessee
1999 7 Alabama Crimson Tide 34 5 Florida Gators 7 71,500 WR Freddie Milons, Alabama
2000 18 Auburn Tigers 6 7 Florida Gators 28 73,427 QB Rex Grossman, Florida
2001 21 LSU Tigers 31 2 Tennessee Volunteers 20 74,843 7.0 QB Matt Mauck, LSU
2002 22 Arkansas Razorbacks 3 4 Georgia Bulldogs 30 75,835 3.2 QB David Greene, Georgia
2003 3 LSU Tigers 34 5 Georgia Bulldogs 13 74,913 4.1 RB Justin Vincent, LSU
2004 3 Auburn Tigers 38 15 Tennessee Volunteers 28 74,892 4.8 QB Jason Campbell, Auburn
2005 3 LSU Tigers 14 13 Georgia Bulldogs 34 73,717 3.9 QB D. J. Shockley, Georgia
2006 8 Arkansas Razorbacks 28 4 Florida Gators 38 73,374 4.7 WR Percy Harvin, Florida
2007 5 LSU Tigers 21 15 Tennessee Volunteers 14 73,832 6.0 QB Ryan Perrilloux, LSU
2008 1 Alabama Crimson Tide 20 2 Florida Gators 31 75,892 10.4 QB Tim Tebow, Florida
2009 2 Alabama Crimson Tide 32 1 Florida Gators 13 75,514 11.8 QB Greg McElroy, Alabama
2010 1 Auburn Tigers 56 19 South Carolina Gamecocks 17 75,802 6.3 QB Cam Newton, Auburn
2011 1 LSU Tigers 42 12 Georgia Bulldogs 10 74,515 7.4 CB Tyrann Mathieu, LSU
2012 2 Alabama Crimson Tide 32 3 Georgia Bulldogs 28 75,624 10.0 RB Eddie Lacy, Alabama
2013 3 Auburn Tigers 59 5 Missouri Tigers 42 75,632 8.7 RB Tre Mason, Auburn
2014 1 Alabama Crimson Tide 42 14 Missouri Tigers 13 73,526 7.7 QB Blake Sims, Alabama
2015 2 Alabama Crimson Tide 29 18 Florida Gators 15 75,320 8.3[5] RB Derrick Henry, Alabama
2016 1 Alabama Crimson Tide 54 15 Florida Gators 16 74,632 7.0 LB Reuben Foster, Alabama
2017 4 Auburn Tigers 7 6 Georgia Bulldogs 28 Mercedes-Benz Stadium • Atlanta, GA 76,532 8.4 LB Roquan Smith, Georgia
2018 1 Alabama Crimson Tide 35 4 Georgia Bulldogs 28 77,141 10.5[6] RB Josh Jacobs, Alabama
2019 1 LSU Tigers 37 4 Georgia Bulldogs 10 74,150 QB Joe Burrow, LSU
2020 Alabama Crimson Tide Florida Gators

SEC Championship Game Results by team

Appearances School Division Wins Losses Win % Year(s) Won Year(s) Lost
13 Alabama West 8 4 .667 1992, 1999, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 1993, 1994, 1996, 2008
13 Florida East 7 5 .583 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008 1992, 1999, 2009, 2015, 2016
8 Georgia East 3 5 .375 2002, 2005, 2017 2003, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019
6 LSU West 5 1 .833 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2019 2005
6 Auburn West 3 3 .500 2004, 2010, 2013 1997, 2000, 2017
5 Tennessee East 2 3 .400 1997, 1998 2001, 2004, 2007
3 Arkansas West 0 3 .000   1995, 2002, 2006
2 Missouri East 0 2 .000   2013, 2014
1 Mississippi State West 0 1 .000   1998
1 South Carolina East 0 1 .000   2010

Home/away designation

The team designated as the "home" team alternates between division champions. The designation goes to the East champion in even-numbered years and the West champion in odd-numbered years.

After the 2019 contest, the designated "home" team is 16–12 overall in SEC championship games.

In 2009, the West champion, Alabama, was the home team, ending a streak where the SEC West team had worn white jerseys in nine consecutive SEC Championship Games (2000–2008). This was because LSU had represented the West in the previous four seasons that the West Division champion was the "home" team, and LSU traditionally chooses to wear white jerseys for home games. Additionally, for the next three years (2010–2012), the East Division representative wore their home jerseys because in 2011, LSU again represented the West;[4] this happened again from 2018-2020 since LSU represented the West in 2019.

Rematches

While SEC schools play every other member of their own division, they do not play every member of the opposite division; thus, the SEC Championship Game is not guaranteed to be a rematch of a regular season game. The SEC Championship game has featured a rematch of a regular season game a total of seven times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017). The team which won the regular season game is 5–2 in the rematches, the exceptions being 2001 and 2017.

Common matchups

Matchups that have occurred more than once:

# of Times Eastern Division Western Division Record Years Played
10 Florida Alabama Alabama 5–4 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2020
4 Georgia LSU LSU 3–1 2003, 2005, 2011, 2019
2 Georgia Alabama Alabama 2–0 2012, 2018
2 Florida Arkansas Florida 2–0 1995, 2006
2 Tennessee Auburn Tied 1–1 1997, 2004
2 Tennessee LSU LSU 2–0 2001, 2007

Selection criteria

Division standings are based on each team's overall conference record. The SEC Commissioner's Regulations requires each football team play all eight conference games in a season in order to be eligible to compete for a divisional title and play in the SEC Championship Game. Often, two or more teams tie for the best record in their division and each team is recognized as a divisional co-champion. However, tiebreakers are used to determine who will represent the division in the championship game.[7]

Two-team tie-breaker procedure

  1. Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
  2. Records of the tied teams within the division.
  3. Records against the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.
  4. Complete record vs. all non-divisional opponents.
  5. Complete record vs. all common non-divisional teams if there be any.
  6. Record vs. common non-divisional opponent (if there be any) with the best overall conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
  7. Best cumulative conference winning percentage of non-divisional opponents
  8. Coin flip of the tied teams

NOTE: Although all division rivals meet during the season and NCAA overtime is played, the SEC has provisions in case a game ends in a tie, which is possible under NCAA Rule 3–3–3 (c.2) and (d), Suspending the Game, and Commissioner's Regulations (including a tie game after the end of three periods, at the point the game is suspended in the fourth period, or end of regulation, or if one team had played their overtime period but the opponent had not played, when the game reaches the conference curfew of 1:30 a.m. local time), or if the two tied teams did not play an official game because of weather (including a game that ends before the end of three periods), which is possible because numerous conference teams have had games affected by hurricanes but also lightning. As such, SEC rules, written before overtime was implemented in regular season play, still contain the remaining procedures if those circumstances were to happen.[7]

Three or more-team procedure

(Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go to the two-team tie-breaker format.)

  1. Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams.
  2. Record of the tied teams within the division.
  3. Records against the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.
  4. Complete record vs. non-division teams.
  5. Complete record vs. all common non-divisional teams.
  6. Record vs. common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
  7. Best cumulative Conference winning percentage of non-divisional opponents (Note: If two teams' non-divisional opponents have the same cumulative record, then the two-team tiebreaker procedures apply. If four teams are tied, and three teams' non-divisional opponents have the same cumulative record, the three-team tiebreaker procedures will be used beginning with #1
  8. Coin flip of the tied teams with the team with the odd result being the representative (Example: If there are two teams with tails and one team with heads, the team with heads is the representative)

Winner's bowl performance

Currently the SEC champion plays in the Sugar Bowl unless it has been selected to play in a College Football Playoff semi-final bowl, or if the Sugar Bowl is hosting a CFP semi-final and the SEC champion either does not qualify for the CFP or has a seeding that prevents it from appearing in the Sugar Bowl.[8] In the SEC Championship Game era, eleven winners of the game have gone on to win the national title (outright or shared), with thirteen SEC teams winning national titles overall, including seven consecutive titles from the 2006–2012 seasons. There are two occasions when the SEC champion advanced to the BCS or CFP but lost to another SEC team which won the national championship: In 2011 LSU won the SEC Championship Game and advanced to the BCS National Championship Game which they lost 21–0 to fellow SEC member Alabama, and in 2017 Georgia won the SEC Championship Game and advanced to the College Football Playoff, defeating Oklahoma in the semifinal and advancing to the CFP final game, which they lost 26–23 in overtime to SEC member Alabama.

Rankings are from the AP Poll at the time the game was played.

Season SEC Champ Result Opponent Opp. Conference Bowl Game National Champion
1992 No. 2 Alabama W 34–13 No. 1 Miami Big East 1993 Sugar Bowl[9] Alabama
1993 No. 8 Florida W 41–7 No. 3 West Virginia Big East 1994 Sugar Bowl Florida State
1994 No. 5 Florida L 17–23 No. 7 Florida State ACC 1995 Sugar Bowl Nebraska
1995 No. 2 Florida L 24–62 No. 1 Nebraska Big 8 1996 Fiesta Bowl[9] Nebraska
1996 No. 3 Florida W 52–20 No. 1 Florida State ACC 1997 Sugar Bowl Florida
1997 No. 3 Tennessee L 17–42 No. 2 Nebraska Big 12 1998 Orange Bowl[9] Nebraska, Michigan[10]
1998 No. 1 Tennessee W 23–16 No. 2 Florida State ACC 1999 Fiesta Bowl[11] Tennessee
1999 No. 5 Alabama L 34–35 OT No. 8 Michigan Big Ten 2000 Orange Bowl[12] Florida State
2000 No. 7 Florida L 20–37 No. 2 Miami Big East 2001 Sugar Bowl Oklahoma
2001 No. 12 LSU W 47–34 No. 7 Illinois Big Ten 2002 Sugar Bowl Miami
2002 No. 4 Georgia W 26–13 No. 16 Florida State ACC 2003 Sugar Bowl Ohio State
2003 No. 3 LSU W 21–14 No. 2 Oklahoma Big 12 2004 Sugar Bowl[11] LSU, USC[13][14]
2004 No. 3 Auburn W 16–13 No. 9 Virginia Tech ACC 2005 Sugar Bowl USC[15]
2005 No. 8 Georgia L 35–38 No. 13 West Virginia Big East 2006 Sugar Bowl Texas
2006 No. 2 Florida W 41–14 No. 1 Ohio State Big Ten 2007 BCS Champ. Game[11] Florida
2007 No. 2 LSU W 38–24 No. 1 Ohio State Big Ten 2008 BCS Champ. Game[11] LSU
2008 No. 2 Florida W 24–14 No. 1 Oklahoma Big 12 2009 BCS Champ. Game[11] Florida
2009 No. 1 Alabama W 37–21 No. 2 Texas Big 12 2010 BCS Champ. Game[11] Alabama
2010 No. 1 Auburn W 22–19 No. 2 Oregon Pac-10 2011 BCS Champ. Game[11] Auburn
2011 No. 1 LSU L 0–21 No. 2 Alabama SEC 2012 BCS Champ. Game[11] Alabama
2012 No. 2 Alabama W 42–14 No. 1 Notre Dame Independent 2013 BCS Champ. Game[11] Alabama
2013 No. 2 Auburn L 31–34 No. 1 Florida State ACC 2014 BCS Champ. Game[11] Florida State
2014 No. 1 Alabama L 35–42 No. 4 Ohio State Big Ten 2015 Sugar Bowl (CFP Semi-final) Ohio State
2015 No. 2 Alabama W 38–0 No. 3 Michigan State Big Ten 2015 Cotton Bowl (CFP Semi-final) Alabama
W 45–40 No. 1 Clemson ACC 2016 CFP National Championship
2016 No. 1 Alabama W 24–7 No. 4 Washington Pac-12 2016 Peach Bowl (CFP Semi-final) Clemson
L 31–35 No. 2 Clemson ACC 2017 CFP National Championship
2017 No. 3 Georgia W 54–48 2OT No. 2 Oklahoma Big 12 2018 Rose Bowl (CFP Semi-final) Alabama
L 23–26 OT No. 4 Alabama SEC 2018 CFP National Championship
2018 No. 1 Alabama W 45–34 No. 4 Oklahoma Big 12 2018 Orange Bowl (CFP Semi-final) Clemson
L 16–44 No. 2 Clemson ACC 2019 CFP National Championship
2019 No. 1 LSU W 63–28 No. 4 Oklahoma Big 12 2019 Peach Bowl (CFP Semi-final) LSU
W 42–25 No. 3 Clemson ACC 2020 CFP National Championship

Runner-up's bowl performance

Rankings are from the AP Poll at the time the game was played.

Season SEC Runner-up Result Opponent Opp. Conference Bowl Game
1992 No. 14 Florida W 27–10 No. 12 NC State ACC 1992 Gator Bowl
1993 No. 18 Alabama W 24–10 No. 12 North Carolina ACC 1993 Gator Bowl
1994 No. 6 Alabama W 24–17 No. 13 Ohio State Big Ten 1995 Citrus Bowl
1995 No. 24 Arkansas L 10–20 North Carolina ACC 1995 Carquest Bowl
1996 No. 16 Alabama W 17–14 No. 15 Michigan Big Ten 1997 Outback Bowl
1997 No. 13 Auburn W 21–17 Clemson ACC 1998 Peach Bowl
1998 No. 25 Mississippi State L 11–38 No. 20 Texas Big 12 1999 Cotton Bowl
1999 No. 10 Florida L 34–37 No. 9 Michigan State Big Ten 2000 Citrus Bowl
2000 No. 20 Auburn L 28–31 No. 17 Michigan Big Ten 2001 Citrus Bowl
2001 No. 8 Tennessee W 45–17 No. 17 Michigan Big Ten 2002 Citrus Bowl
2002 No. 25 Arkansas L 14–29 Minnesota Big Ten 2002 Music City Bowl
2003 No. 11 Georgia W 34–27 No. 12 Purdue Big Ten 2004 Capital One Bowl
2004 No. 15 Tennessee W 38–7 No. 22 Texas A&M Big 12 2005 Cotton Bowl
2005 No. 10 LSU W 40–3 No. 9 Miami ACC 2005 Peach Bowl
2006 No. 12 Arkansas L 14–17 No. 6 Wisconsin Big Ten 2007 Capital One Bowl
2007 No. 16 Tennessee W 21–17 No. 18 Wisconsin Big Ten 2008 Outback Bowl
2008 No. 4 Alabama L 17–31 No. 6 Utah Mountain West 2009 Sugar Bowl
2009 No. 5 Florida W 51–24 No. 4 Cincinnati Big East 2010 Sugar Bowl
2010 No. 19 South Carolina L 17–26 No. 23 Florida State ACC 2010 Chick-fil-A Bowl
2011 No. 18 Georgia L 30–33 3OT No. 12 Michigan State Big Ten 2012 Outback Bowl
2012 No. 7 Georgia W 45–31 No. 16 Nebraska Big Ten 2013 Capital One Bowl
2013 No. 9 Missouri W 41–31 No. 13 Oklahoma State Big 12 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic
2014 No. 16 Missouri W 33–17 No. 25 Minnesota Big Ten 2015 Citrus Bowl
2015 No. 19 Florida L 7–41 No. 14 Michigan Big Ten 2016 Citrus Bowl
2016 No. 20 Florida W 30–3 No. 21 Iowa Big Ten 2017 Outback Bowl
2017 No. 7 Auburn L 27–34 No. 10 UCF American 2018 Peach Bowl
2018 No. 5 Georgia L 21–28 No. 15 Texas Big 12 2019 Sugar Bowl
2019 No. 5 Georgia W 26–14 No. 8 Baylor Big 12 2020 Sugar Bowl

Game records

Team Performance vs. opponent Year
Most points scored 59, Auburn vs. Missouri 2013
Most points scored (losing team) 42, Missouri vs. Auburn 2013
Most points scored (both teams) 101, Auburn vs. Missouri 2013
Most points scored in a half 35, LSU vs Georgia – 2nd half 2011
Most points scored in a half (both teams) 55, Auburn (28) vs Missouri (27) – 1st half 2013
Fewest points scored 3, Arkansas vs. Florida
3, Arkansas vs. Georgia 		1995
2002
Largest margin of victory 39, Auburn vs. South Carolina 2010
First downs 31, Auburn vs. Tennessee 2004
Rushing yards 545, Auburn vs. Missouri 2013
Passing yards 401, Florida vs. Alabama 1996
Total yards 677, Auburn vs. Missouri 2013
Most Punts 10, Mississippi State
10, Auburn
10, Alabama 		1998
1997
1992
Fewest Punts 1, Auburn 2010
Individual Performance, team vs. opponent Year
Total offense 431, Jason Campbell (374 pass, 57 rush) (Auburn vs. Tennessee) 2004
Touchdowns (Total) 6, Danny Wuerffel (Florida vs. Alabama)
6, Cam Newton (Auburn vs. South Carolina) 		1996
2010
Rushing Yards 304, Tre Mason (Auburn vs. Missouri) 2013
Rushing TDs 4, Tre Mason (Auburn vs. Missouri) 2013
Passing yards 401, Danny Wuerffel (Florida vs. Alabama) 1996
Passing TDs 6, Danny Wuerffel (Florida vs. Alabama) 1996
Receiving yards 217, Darvin Adams (Auburn vs. South Carolina) 2010
Receiving TDs 3, Reidel Anthony (Florida vs. Alabama) 1996
Tackles 18, Omar Gaither (Tennessee vs. Auburn) 2004
Sacks 2.0, done eight times

Last by Rueben Foster (Alabama vs. Florida)

2016
Interceptions 2, Michael Gilmore (Florida vs. Alabama)
2, Tommy Johnson (Alabama vs. Florida)
2, Marcus Spencer (Alabama vs. Florida)
2, Lito Sheppard (Florida vs. Auburn)
2, Derek Stingley Jr. (LSU vs. Georgia) 		1993
1993
1999
2000
2019
Punts 10, Jaret Holmes (Auburn vs. Tennessee)
10, Bryne Diehl (Alabama vs. Florida) 		1997
1992
Field Goals Made 3, done five times

Last by Cade York (LSU vs. Georgia)

2019
Long plays Performance, team vs. opponent Year
Touchdown run 87 yards, Justin Vincent (LSU vs. Georgia) 2003
Touchdown pass 94 yards, Freddie Kitchens to Michael Vaughn (Alabama vs. Florida) 1996
Kickoff return 50 yards, Lennon Creer (Tennessee vs. LSU) 2007
Punt return 85 yards, Antonio Callaway (Florida vs. Alabama) 2015
Interception return 77 yards, Jayson Bray (Auburn vs. Tennessee) 1997
Fumble return 95 yards, Ben Hanks (Florida vs. Arkansas) 1995
Punt 67 yards, Brad Wing (LSU vs. Georgia) 2011
Field goal 52 yards, Cody Parkey (Auburn vs. Missouri) 2013

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Staples, Andy (May 16, 2014). "Should NCAA alter title game requirements? Look at the rule's origin". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Southeastern Conference". www.secsports.com. Archived from the original on 2009-03-17.
  3. ^ "SEC Championship Game to remain in Atlanta until 2027". ESPN.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Southeastern Conference". secsports.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26.
  5. ^ "CFB Week 14 Overnights: SEC Championship Top Game of Season – Sports Media Watch". 6 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Overnight Ratings Huge For SEC Championship – Sports Media Watch". www.sportsmediawatch.com. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  7. ^ a b "Southeastern Conference". www.secdigitalnetwork.com.
  8. ^ "nokiasugarbowl.com". www.nokiasugarbowl.com.
  9. ^ a b c Bowl Coalition (1992–1994) or Bowl Alliance (1995–1997) Championship Game
  10. ^ Nebraska shared the 1997 NCAA title with Michigan
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j BCS National Championship Game
  12. ^ Alabama took the spot of ACC champion Florida State in the Orange Bowl, as the Seminoles were selected to play in the BCS national championship game in the Sugar Bowl.
  13. ^ "Maisel: Power to the people". ESPN.com. 14 July 2004.
  14. ^ http://media.www.mtsusidelines.com/media/storage/paper202/news/2004/01/14/Sports/Lsu-Usc.Split.National.Championship-580477.shtml
  15. ^ Southern California won the BCS Championship but the title was vacated following an investigation into improper payments to various players. USC retained its AP National Championship.
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