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January belongs to the SEC.
Out of the 10 SEC bowl games, five of them will end in 2016. The Alabama-Michigan State game ended just minutes before the new year.
If that’s not enough evidence, consider that 13 of the 14 SEC teams have won a January game since 2011. Here’s the most recent January win for each of the programs entering today, when Tennessee, Florida and Ole Miss all play.
Alabama, Arkansas and Georgia all will have an opportunity to update their most recent January win as well.
Alabama: Jan. 7, 2013
Result: Crushed Notre Dame, 42-14, in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game.
Arkansas: Jan. 6, 2012
Result: Topped Kansas State, 29-16, in the Cotton Bowl.
Auburn: Jan. 10, 2011
Result: Edged Oregon, 22-19, in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game.
Florida: Jan. 3, 2015
Result: Chomped on East Carolina, 28-20, in the Birmingham Bowl.
Georgia: Jan. 1, 2013
Result: Grounded Nebraska, 45-31, in the Capital One Bowl.
Kentucky: Jan. 2, 2009
Result: Nipped East Carolina, 25-19, in the Liberty Bowl.
LSU: Jan. 1, 2014
Result: Outlasted Iowa, 21-14, in the Outback Bowl.
Mississippi: Jan. 5, 2013
Result: Pummeled Pittsburgh, 38-17, in the BBVA Compass Bowl.
Mississippi State: Jan. 1, 2011
Result: Mauled Michigan, 52-14, in the Gator Bowl.
Missouri: Jan. 1, 2015
Result: Beat Minnesota, 33-17, in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl.
South Carolina: Jan. 1, 2014
Result: Defeated Wisconsin, 34-24, in the Capital One Bowl.
Tennessee: Jan. 2, 2015
Result: Defeated Iowa, 45-28, in the TaxSlayer Bowl.
Texas A&M: Jan. 4, 2013
Result: Overwhelmed Oklahoma, 41-13, in the Cotton Bowl.
Vanderbilt: Jan. 4, 2014
Result: Handled Houston, 41-24, in the BBVA Compass Bowl.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
