By Marc Lawrence “They ought to just rename the system, BC SEC.” Those are the prophetic words from Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com. After all, “the SEC is now 7-0 in BCS title games. The conference has won more than half of the 13 BCS championships games,” said Dodd. We couldn’t agree more. Winning five national titles in a row and six of the last eight, the SEC might have padded the numbers even more had Auburn... Read more

By Marc Lawrence When it comes to determining college football's next national champion, one would be wise to peruse the SEC before casting a vote. Winning four national titles in a row and five of the last seven, the SEC might have padded the numbers even more had Auburn caught a break in 2004. But, as Pete Fiutak of College Football News.com reminds us, "of the five recent national champions from the SEC, only... Read more

By Marc Lawrence PROJECTED FINAL FOUR: Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Mississippi State THE WAY WE SEE IT: KENTUCKY enters as the No. 1 seed for the first time since 2005 and we'll look for them to continue their dominant play in this event. Since 1992, the Wildcats are 38-8 SU and 31-13-2 ATS, including an amazing 28-8-1 ATS as favorites of more than four points in this tourney. The top rebounding team... Read more

SECond to none. That's the SEC's mantra and it's hard to argue. Consider, the SEC: has lead the nation in total attendance the last 27 seasons; owns the best non-conference win percentage 18 of the last 29 seasons, including 43-13 last year; has featured 4 teams in the BCS final Top 25 each of the last five seasons; has won more BCS bowl games (12) than any conference; features 4 current coaches that have won national... Read more