The national narrative is that it was a "down year" in the SEC, and there is plenty of merit to that considering behind undefeated Alabama, there was no other league team with fewer than four losses.
But it also speaks to parity in the conference, and 12 SEC programs are participating in bowl season, with 11 of those having at least six victories and Mississippi State getting in due to its stellar Academic Progress Rate scores.
For some of these teams, it'll be a chance to showcase some little-known stars such as Bulldogs quarterback Nick Fitzgerald, Vanderbilt's Ralph Webb and Arkansas' Jeremy Sprinkle.