When the Aggies joined the SEC back in 2012, they were joining a conference that had won six straight national championships in football. Alabama would make it seven in a row in Texas A&M football‘s inaugural season.
Since the run started in 2006, most college football fans and analysts agree the Southeastern Conference is the best. That is backed up by the SEC sending more players to the NFL annually than every other conference. They have had 111 players selected in the first round alone since 2007, best of any conference.
The SEC also set a record recently by having 379 of its former players on NFL teams as of opening weekend this year.