SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game has determined the Southeastern Conference’s season champion since 1992. The winner of the game goes on to play in the BCS National Championship Game eight straight years. The game has been held in Atlanta since 1994, first at the Georgia Dome, and at Mercedes-Benz Stadium since 2017. Since 2014, the SEC Championship game winner has gone on to appear in the College Football Playoff every season.
About SEC Championship Game in brief
The SEC Championship Game has determined the Southeastern Conference’s season champion since 1992. Since 2007, the game has typically been played on the first Saturday of December. The game has been held in Atlanta since 1994, first at the Georgia Dome, and at Mercedes-Benz Stadium since 2017. While ten SEC members have played in the game, only six have won: Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee of the East Division, and Alabama, Auburn, and LSU of the West Division. The overall series is led by the Western Division, 17–12. The winner of the game goes on to play in the BCS National Championship Game eight straight years, posting a 6–2 record in the games. Since 2014, the SEC Championship game winner has gone on to appear in the College Football Playoff every season. In the 2009 game marked the second consecutive year that the No.
1 and No. 2 ranked teams in the AP Poll met in theSEC Championship game. Alabama won 32–13 and earned a berth in the 2010 BCS national championship game, which it went on to win as well. In 2016, Alabama and Florida met for the ninth time in the first 25 years of thegame; the record for the most times any two teams have faced each other in the championship game. At least one of those two teams has qualified for the game in 15 of 27 seasons. In 2009, the West champion was the home team, ending a streak of nine consecutive SEC Championship Games where the West had represented the West in the previous four seasons. The designation goes to the East team in even-numbered years, and the West team in odd- numbered years. After the 2020 contest, the designated home team is Alabama.
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