9 teams making bowl games, that's a bad year for the SEC!
Yeah, the SEC was down this year.
So, you call 12 out of 14 teams going to a bowl a down year? One of only two undefeated teams in the nation is from the SEC.
Yes, I think the SEC is down this year. Going to a bowl only means they had 6 wins. Look at the polls.
POLL:
(1) Alabama
(14) Auburn
(17) Florida
(20) LSU
(21) Tennessee
Alabama --------- 13 - 0
Auburn ----------- 8 - 4
Florida ------------ 8 - 4
LSU ------------- 7 - 4
Tennessee ------ 8 - 4
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TOTAL ----- 44 -- 16
That's 5 teams out of the top 21 in the country
BOWL TEAMS:
Georgia ---------- 7 - 5
Kentucky -------- 7 - 5
South Carolina -- 6 - 6
Vanderbilt -------- 6 - 6
Texas A&M ------ 8 - 4
Arkansas --------- 7 - 5
Mississippi State 5 - 7
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TOTAL --- 46 -- 38 ( BOWL TEAMS NOT RANKED )
TOTAL --- 44 -- 16 ( RANKED TEAMS )
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TOTAL -------- 90 -- 54 ( 12 teams going to bowls )
AVERAGE ----- 7.5 -- 4.5 ( wins and losses for the 12 bowl teams )
TOTAL FOR ALL TEAMS IN THE SEC:
99 --- 69 ( wins and losses )
AVERAGE ---- 7.071 ----- 4.929 ( wins and losses for all 14 SEC teams for 2016 )
WINNING PERCENTAGE FOR SEC CONFERENCE: .589