Winning your conference is very important in the era of the expanded College Football Playoff.
The top four conference champions will receive byes to the second round of the 12-team postseason. With just four power conferences remaining following the demise of the Pac-12, a conference title is essentially a guaranteed off week.
With the 2024 season quickly approaching, here's a look at the SEC as the conference enters year one of its post-Nick Saban era.