In the years during the BCS, SEC football teams have won 104 bowl games. This corresponds to an average of 8 teams per year going to Bowl Games. Even more impressive were during the big 5 (Sugar, Rose, Fiesta, Orange and National Championship), 21 times the games have been played with an an SEC team participating since the start of the first BCS National Championship game in January 2007 ). Their winning percentage is 76% in the big five bowl games.
This means they win 4 of 5 games played in the five major bowl games. If this is not domination of college football by SEC football teams I do not know what it is.
The main reason that SEC football is so dominant is because of it’s location, the deep south, which is home to college football. The population of these States are more than fond of their teams. The SEC conference is surrounded by Texas, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana. Along with California’s these states produce the best high school football players in the nation annually. Especially when it comes to speed.
I think it’s the biggest difference between the SEC and most other conferences – the overall team speed. It becomes very evident when a team a team in the SEC plays a team from the north or the Midwest. Not only are the defensive backs and wide receivers speedy, but the defensive lines and linebackers in the SEC usually are big and fast, a deadly combination.
Maybe because many of the biggest stages for college football are in the SEC and fanatical fans make the best players in the country want to play in the SEC. Nothing like a game in front of sold out football stadiums every week.
Most teams in the SEC East are recruiting Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, Orlando and Jacksonville areas. In the SEC West, they recruit the Dallas area, along with all the states of Texas and Louisiana. These cities and states just by pure numbers of high school athletes give the SEC a huge advantage. The ACC also attracts players from these cities and states, but they do get not get nearly as many 4 and 5 star recruits as the SEC.
Another advantage for the SEC football teams is the top notch coaches. There are great coaches across the country, but many of your best coaches want to coach in the SEC because they know about the tremendous fan support for their teams, the support that schools provide the teams and the coaches receive huge salaries in the SEC. Of course, incredible pressure to win comes from fans and the school administration.
Players want to get drafted high by the NFL and the SEC leads in that category. They have the most players drafted in the first round of the draft, and most years have the most players drafted. The SEC also better prepares the players overall.
SEC football prepares their best players to play in the NFL. Players will play in front of fanatical crowds every week and they can expect almost every game of their college careers to be played on television because of the contract SEC with the National Networks. This helps schools recruit in the SEC, because the players know that their families will be able to watch them on TV if they are unable to attend the Games.
