The streak of six straight BCS National Championships for the SEC is now very much in doubt, after Alabama—the only remaining undefeated SEC team—fell at home to Texas A&M, 29-24, on Saturday afternoon.
The crystal football may seem far away at this point, but that doesn't mean that the SEC is in a down year.
It's quite the opposite, in fact.
SEC teams currently occupy Nos. 4-9 in the current BCS standings, the first time in history that six teams from the same conference have been in the Top 10.
Last season, it was "Alabama, LSU and everybody else." Whether that moniker was fair or not, it's clear that the SEC is much deeper in this 2012 season than any other year in recent memory.
After it established dominance over the rest of the country, the fear in the SEC was always that the conference would cannibalize itself and prevent the best team or teams from making the BCS National Championship Game.
The crystal football may seem far away at this point, but that doesn't mean that the SEC is in a down year.
It's quite the opposite, in fact.
SEC teams currently occupy Nos. 4-9 in the current BCS standings, the first time in history that six teams from the same conference have been in the Top 10.
Last season, it was "Alabama, LSU and everybody else." Whether that moniker was fair or not, it's clear that the SEC is much deeper in this 2012 season than any other year in recent memory.
After it established dominance over the rest of the country, the fear in the SEC was always that the conference would cannibalize itself and prevent the best team or teams from making the BCS National Championship Game.