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SEC superiority reflected in dominance of AP polls since 2008
By Cody McClure
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The days of the SEC winning seven consecutive national championships may be over, but as a whole, the conference has still been pretty dominant over the past few seasons.
That dominance has been reflected in the AP Poll since November 2008. In that time, there have been a total of 137 AP polls. And an SEC team has been ranked No. 1 in 91 of those.
Alabama has held the top spot for 58 of those 137 polls, with Florida a ways behind at 15. That’s according Chris Fallica, also known as ” The Bear” on ESPN’s College Gameday.
An SEC team has been No. 1 in 91 of the last 137 AP polls (since 11/2/08). In the prev 137 polls there were 10 weeks an SEC team was No. 1.
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) August 16, 2017
That’s a fairly impressive feat for a conference, and even more impressive for Alabama. If the Crimson Tide are able to get past Florida State on Sept. 2, there’s a good chance Nick Saban’s squad will be spending some more time at No. 1.
Cody McClure is an SEC Football Writer for Saturday Down South. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he also co-hosts a midday sports radio show for FOX Sports. Cody previously worked for Athlon Sports.
