The SEC sent 12 teams to bowl games in 2014 and saw their SEC football programs post a 7-5 record. While that record was good for second best, there was a glaring problem. The 7 SEC football teams that entered bowl season ranked in the top 25 posted a measly 2-5 record. Included in that disappointing performance were two losses in New Year’s Six Games (Ole Miss, Mississippi State) and a College Football Playoff loss (Alabama). It looked like the SEC was still deep; the conference did not look very good at the top.
It was a very different story in 2015, but you know that by now.