And we can thank Coach Spurrier for that. I personally never thought (8-10 years ago) we would be named as an elite team in the SEC, but glad we are. As an analyst once stated "South Carolina is no longer in the SEC, we are an SEC team."
Link: http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/59396/examining-the-sec-elites-2013-schedules
Link: http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/59396/examining-the-sec-elites-2013-schedules