4. Auburn
Football: 9-4 overall, 5-3 in conference, 3rd in SEC West
Basketball: 25-6 overall, 12-6 in conference, T2nd in SEC
How Were The Football/Basketball Seasons? The basketball team followed up a run to the 2019 Final Four with a nice season – even with four losses in the last seven games. Before things started to slip, though, it was 22-2 after a fourth overtime win in five games. It would’ve been somewhere between a 4 and 6 seed in the NCAAs.
The football team beat Alabama. Mic drop.
There might have been a loss to Minnesota in the Outback Bowl, but it beat Oregon, hung around with Florida and Georgia in tight losses, and … it beat Bama.
3. Kentucky
Football: 8-5 overall, 3-5 in conference, T4th in SEC East
Basketball: 25-6 overall, 15-3 in conference, 1st in SEC
How Were The Football/Basketball Seasons? Even with an SEC regular season title, the Cats would’ve been no stronger than a third-seed at best in the NCAA Tournament. Even so, it managed to fight though a few hiccups to finish strong. With no tournament, it’ll forever be the 2020 SEC Champion.
The football team overcame a rough start and the loss of starting QB Terry Wilson to finish with four straight wins, a blowout over Louisville, and a fantastic finish to take the Belk Bowl over Virginia Tech.
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2. Florida
Football: 11-2 overall, 6-2 in conference, 2nd in SEC East
Basketball: 19-12 overall, 11-7 in conference, T4th in SEC
How Were The Football/Basketball Seasons? Florida wouldn’t have been a high seed in the NCAAs, but it would’ve been in with relative ease despite losing three of its last five games. It might have been a wee bit rocky if it lost to a bad Georgia team in the SEC Tournament, but even then it likely would’ve been fine.
The football team had a breakthrough/turnaround season in Year Two under Dan Mullen. 11-2 with losses to LSU and Georgia – that’s more than fine. Throw in the Orange Bowl win over Virginia, the blowout win over Florida State, and wins over Tennessee and Kentucky, and it was a strong run.
1. LSU
Football: 15-0 overall, 8-0in conference, 1st in SEC West
Basketball: 21-10 overall, 12-6 in conference, T2nd in SEC
How Were The Football/Basketball Seasons? The basketball team struggled a bit over the second half of the season, losing six games in nine before beating Georgia to finish second in the SEC and …
The football team won the national championship with possibly the greatest season in the history of the sport.
The solid season in hoops was nice, but going 15-0 with a win at Alabama, an SEC Championship, a blowout College Football Playoff semifinal win over Oklahoma, and a national title victory over Clemson in New Orleans – all with a Heisman Trophy for Joe Burrow – was beyond the wildest of any LSU fan’s dreams.
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