SEC

16 current members, three former. Our membership records under this name start in 1933. 2025 champion: Georgia.

2002 standings

TeamConf.OverallAPEloLast 5
Georgia7–⁠113–⁠131768WWWWW
Alabama6–⁠210–⁠3111714WWWLW
Florida6–⁠28–⁠51656WWWLL
Auburn5–⁠39–⁠4141645WWLWW
Arkansas5–⁠39–⁠51580WWWLL
LSU5–⁠38–⁠51618WLWLL
Tennessee5–⁠38–⁠51624LWWWL
Kentucky3–⁠57–⁠51525LWLWL
Ole Miss3–⁠57–⁠61527LLLWW
South Carolina3–⁠55–⁠71488LLLLL
Mississippi State0–⁠83–⁠91381LLLLL
Vanderbilt0–⁠82–⁠101320WLLLL

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied. AP: the AP poll, final (else the final AP rank). Elo is our own rating, a measure of strength, not a prediction.

Against other conferences, 2002

SEC teams are 40–⁠16 outside the conference.

The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.

All-SEC teams, 2002

First team 35

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackDavid GreeneGeorgiaGeorgia
Running backArtose PinnerKentuckyKentucky
Musa SmithGeorgiaGeorgia
Fred TalleyArkansasArkansas
Wide receiverTaylor JacobsFloridaFlorida
Terrence EdwardsGeorgiaGeorgia
CenterBen NowlandAuburnAuburn
Alonzo EphraimAlabamaAlabama
GuardMarico PortisAlabamaAlabama
TackleShawn AndrewsArkansasArkansas
Wesley BrittAlabamaAlabama
Jon StinchcombGeorgiaGeorgia
Will OfenheusleTennesseeTennessee
Antonio HallKentuckyKentucky
Tight endJason WittenTennesseeTennessee
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive linemanDavid PollackGeorgiaGeorgia
Kindal MooreheadAlabamaAlabama
Jarrett JohnsonAlabamaAlabama
Johnathan SullivanGeorgiaGeorgia
Kenny KingAlabamaAlabama
LinebackerBradie JamesLSULSU
Boss BaileyGeorgiaGeorgia
Karlos DansbyAuburnAuburn
Hunter HillenmeyerVanderbiltVanderbilt
Eddie StrongOle MissOle Miss
Defensive backCorey WebsterLSULSU
Ken HamlinArkansasArkansas
Travaris RobinsonAuburnAuburn
Keiwan RatliffFloridaFlorida
Matt GrierOle MissOle Miss
Julian BattleTennesseeTennessee
Rashad BakerTennesseeTennessee
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
KickerBilly BennettGeorgiaGeorgia
PunterGlenn PakulakKentuckyKentucky
All-purposeDerek AbneyKentuckyKentucky

Second team 35

Offense
PositionPlayerSchool
QuarterbackJared LorenzenKentuckyKentucky
Eli ManningOle MissOle Miss
Rex GrossmanFloridaFlorida
Running backRonnie BrownAuburnAuburn
Domanick DavisLSULSU
Wide receiverMichael ClaytonLSULSU
Chris CollinsOle MissOle Miss
Dan StrickerVanderbiltVanderbilt
CenterBen ClaxtonOle MissOle Miss
GuardJustin SmileyAlabamaAlabama
Kevin BreedloveGeorgiaGeorgia
Shannon SnellFloridaFlorida
Tight endAaron WalkerFloridaFlorida
Defense
PositionPlayerSchool
Defensive linemanDewayne RobertsonKentuckyKentucky
Chad LavalaisLSULSU
Vincent BurnsKentuckyKentucky
Jason ClarkMississippi StateMississippi State
Langston MooreSouth CarolinaSouth Carolina
LinebackerMario HagganMississippi StateMississippi State
Tony BuaArkansasArkansas
Byron HardmanFloridaFlorida
Brooks DanielsAlabamaAlabama
Eddie MooreTennesseeTennessee
Mark BrownAuburnAuburn
Defensive backTodd JohnsonFloridaFlorida
Demetrius HookfinLSULSU
Kentrell CurryGeorgiaGeorgia
Ahmad CarrollArkansasArkansas
Gerald DixonAlabamaAlabama
Guss ScottFloridaFlorida
Specialists
PositionPlayerSchool
KickerBrent SmithMississippi StateMississippi State
John CorbelloLSULSU
PunterDamon DuvalAuburnAuburn
Donnie JonesLSULSU
All-purposeDomanick WilliamsLSULSU

From Wikipedia’s 2002 all-conference team article (CC BY-SA): each player on the best team any selector named him to (the coaches’, the media’s or the AP’s), in the article’s order. Players link to their pages where we could match them.

Champions

Most titles

Alabama30last 2023
Georgia16last 2025
Tennessee13last 1998
LSU12last 2019
Auburn8last 2013
Florida8last 2008
Ole Miss6last 1963
Georgia Tech5last 1952
Tulane3last 1949
Kentucky2last 1976

By year

2025Georgia
2024Georgia
2023Alabama
2022Georgia
2021Alabama
2020Alabama
2019LSU
2018Alabama
2017Georgia
2016Alabama
2015Alabama
2014Alabama
80 earlier seasons, back to 1933
2013Auburn
2012Alabama
2011LSU
2010Auburn
2009Alabama
2008Florida
2007LSU
2006Florida
2005Georgia
2004Auburn
2003LSU
2002Georgia
2001LSU
2000Florida
1999Alabama
1998Tennessee
1997Tennessee
1996Florida
1995Florida
1994Florida
1993Florida
1992Alabama
1991Florida
1990Tennessee
1989Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee (shared)
1988Auburn, LSU (shared)
1987Auburn
1986LSU
1985Tennessee
1983Auburn
1982Georgia
1981Alabama, Georgia (shared)
1980Georgia
1979Alabama
1978Alabama
1977Alabama
1976Georgia, Kentucky (shared)
1975Alabama
1974Alabama
1973Alabama
1972Alabama
1971Alabama
1970LSU
1969Tennessee
1968Georgia
1967Tennessee
1966Alabama, Georgia (shared)
1965Alabama
1964Alabama
1963Ole Miss
1962Ole Miss
1961Alabama, LSU (shared)
1960Ole Miss
1959Georgia
1958LSU
1957Auburn
1956Tennessee
1955Ole Miss
1954Ole Miss
1953Alabama
1952Georgia Tech
1951Georgia Tech, Tennessee (shared)
1950Kentucky
1949Tulane
1948Georgia
1947Ole Miss
1946Georgia, Tennessee (shared)
1945Alabama
1944Georgia Tech
1943Georgia Tech
1942Georgia
1941Mississippi State
1940Tennessee
1939Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Tulane (shared)
1938Tennessee
1937Alabama
1936LSU
1935LSU
1934Alabama, Tulane (shared)
1933Alabama

Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.

Members

  1. Alabama1933–⁠19421944 on
  2. Auburn1933–⁠19421944 on
  3. Florida1933–⁠19421944 on
  4. Georgia1933 on
  5. Georgia Tech1933–⁠1963
  6. Kentucky1933–⁠19421944 on
  7. LSU1933 on
  8. Mississippi State1933–⁠19421944 on
  9. Ole Miss1933–⁠19421944 on
  10. Sewanee1933–⁠1939
  11. Tennessee1933–⁠19421944 on
  12. Tulane1933–⁠1965
  13. Vanderbilt1933 on
  14. Arkansas1992 on
  15. South Carolina1992 on
  16. Missouri2012 on
  17. Texas A&M2012 on
  18. Oklahoma2024 on
  19. Texas2024 on
Every school and its years (19)

Members now

Former members

Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1933; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.

Who came and went

SeasonSchoolMoveAnnounced
2024OklahomaJoined from Big 12February 9, 2023
2024TexasJoined from Big 12February 9, 2023
2012MissouriJoined from Big 12Source
2012Texas A&MJoined from Big 12Source
1992ArkansasJoined from Southwest Conference (football only)Source
1992South CarolinaJoined (independent before) (football only)Source
1966TulaneLeft to play as an independentJanuary 1, 1965
1964Georgia TechLeft to play as an independentJanuary 17, 1964
1932 †AlabamaJoined from SoConSource
1932 †AuburnJoined from SoConSource
1932 †FloridaJoined from SoConSource
1932 †GeorgiaJoined from SoConSource
1932 †Georgia TechJoined from SoConSource
1932 †KentuckyJoined from SoConSource
1932 †LSUJoined from SoConSource
6 earlier moves
1932 †Mississippi StateJoined from SoConSource
1932 †Ole MissJoined from SoConSource
1932 †SewaneeJoined from SoConSource
1932 †TennesseeJoined from SoConSource
1932 †TulaneJoined from SoConSource
1932 †VanderbiltJoined from SoConSource

Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. † Our membership records (CollegeFootballData.com) date the move to another season, or don’t show it. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 1,110 team-seasons from 1933. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.

Honors while members

Heisman winners 16

Alabama4
Auburn3
Florida3
LSU3
Georgia2

Consensus All-Americans 346

Alabama84
LSU42
Georgia40
Tennessee39
Florida34

NFL first-round picks 435

Alabama83
Florida59
LSU54
Georgia51
Tennessee46

Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1933); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.

The money

The Southeastern Conference is a nonprofit. Its IRS Form 990 for the year to August 2025 reports $1.11 billion in revenue, $772.2 million of it from TV/radio right fees, and $1.12 billion in expenses; it ended the year with $351.0 million in assets. Its best-paid, commissioner Greg Sankey, was paid $4.8 million.

By year

YearRevenueExpensesAssetsTop pay
2024-25$1.11B$1.12B$351M$4.8M
2023-24$840M$899M$482M$4.3M
2022-23$853M$823M$541M$3.6M
2021-22$802M$782M$512M$3.8M
2020-21$833M$833M$492M$3.0M
2019-20$729M$697M$141M$2.9M
2018-19$721M$697M$109M$2.6M
2017-18$660M$671M$84.7M$2.0M
2016-17$650M$638M$95.5M
2015-16$639M$622M$83.9M
2014-15$527M$510M$66.7M
2013-14$326M$323M$49.5M
2012-13$314M$318M$42.9M
2011-12$273M$271M$46.3M
2010-11$261M$257M$43.8M

Best paid, 2024-25

Greg Sankey, commissioner$4.8 million
Charles Hussey, deputy commissioner$867,000
William King, associate commissioner$864,000
Tiffany Daniels, associate commissioner$615,000
Mark Womack, executive assoc. commissio$610,000

Paid by bowls

2024-25Sugar Bowl$5.8 million
2024-25Liberty Bowl$3.0 million
2024-25Gator Bowl$2.6 million
2024-25ReliaQuest Bowl$3.3 million
2023-24Gator Bowl$2.5 million
2023-24ReliaQuest Bowl$2.9 million
2022-23Sugar Bowl$5.5 million
2022-23Liberty Bowl$2.9 million
2022-23Gator Bowl$1.5 million
2022-23ReliaQuest Bowl$2.9 million

Grants it lists, 2024-25

FloridaNCAA assistance$556,000
TennesseeNCAA assistance$548,000
AlabamaNCAA assistance$547,000
Ole MissNCAA assistance$545,000
South CarolinaNCAA assistance$543,000
Mississippi StateNCAA assistance$543,000
MissouriNCAA assistance$541,000
KentuckyNCAA assistance$540,000
8 more
AuburnNCAA assistance$540,000
GeorgiaNCAA assistance$537,000
ArkansasNCAA assistance$535,000
Louisiana State UniversityNCAA assistance$534,000
Texas A&m UniversityNCAA assistance$534,000
VanderbiltNCAA assistance$516,000
OklahomaNCAA assistance$135,000
TexasNCAA assistance$135,000

From the organization’s IRS Form 990, via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and the IRS’s e-file data. Fiscal years end in August; top pay is the best-paid person’s total compensation on the return, listed for e-filed years (2018 on). Grants are the ones the conference lists on Schedule I; bowl payments are the ones bowls list on theirs. See every filing at ProPublica (EIN 63-0377461).