The SEC has a total of nine teams playing in bowl games this season. Four teams from the conference will play in December, but for the first time in over six decades, five SEC teams will play in a New Year’s Day bowl.
For the first time in 65 years, the SEC will have 5 different teams play on New Year’s Day. pic.twitter.com/Uwsvsx8TGZ
Every team wants to be bowl eligible, but with so many bowl games played each postseason, simply playing in any bowl game is not as significant as it used to be.