Winning the SEC is extremely difficult. When you are in a conference loaded with national champions such as Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Florida it can be challenging to make a conference championship appearance. In fact, there are five current members of the conference who have never claimed a national championship, and only five have won it since the turn of the century.
Even in 2021, the Georgia Bulldogs went on to be crowned national champions but didn’t win the SEC as Alabama got the best of them in Atlanta. Kirby Smart and Georgia will be heavy favorites to win the east for a third year in a row, while Alabama and LSU will battle it out in the West.
Below, we break down the last time every school appeared in the SEC championship game.