How will the SEC East do against the SEC West this year?

[TrueOrange]

Thought this could provide an interesting point of discussion as the season goes on. (I'll update it as the games are played).

But at least at this point, it appears that the West seems to be filled with really good teams...but meanwhile the East is a bit more of a...mess (or dumpster fire, by whatever terms one would like to call it).


So how do people see the rest of this year playing out? A division has never completely swept the other one (since the formation of the two in 1992) but that doesn't mean it can't happen either. What are people's thoughts?



Anyways, here are the remaining match-ups between the divisions:

10/11 LSU vs Florida
10/18 Kentucky vs LSU
10/18 Georgia vs Arkansas
10/18 Tennessee vs Ole Miss
10/25 Mississippi State vs Kentucky
10/25 South Carolina vs Auburn
10/25 Alabama vs Tennessee
11/15 Missouri vs Texas A&M
11/15 Auburn vs Georgia
11/22 Vanderbilt vs Mississippi State
11/28 Arkansas vs Missouri
12/6 SEC Championship: TBD (East) vs TBD (West)


Here, of course, are the results so far:

8/28: Texas A&M 52 - South Carolina 28
9/6: Ole Miss 41 - Vanderbilt 3
9/20: Florida 21 - Alabama 42

 

[McCat]

Lots of pain to come.

 

[Aesius]

Very, very poorly.

 

[lawgator1]

The East is basically just like the ACC. ok but nothing special. The west is like the NFC

 

[Lawrence Wright]

The #1 and #2 teams in the West should play for the SEC title in Atlanta.

 

[TrueOrange]

After thinking about it, if the East is going to actually take a game against the West, I think these next two weeks are probably the most likely chance of it happening.

If not, it might have to take a very unexpected upset.

As bad as UF is, LSU seems equally as much of a mess, especially on offense.

 

[TrueOrange]

I decided to do the numbers, here how the two divisions have each faired against each other since the split following the 1991 season:


The SEC originally had a 6-2-1 scheduling format starting in 1992. Each team had two permanent opponents in the opposite division, plus one rotating opponent. This played out for each team as follows:

East:
Florida - Auburn, LSU, rotating opponent
Georgia - Auburn, Ole Miss, rotating opponent
Kentucky - LSU, Mississippi State, rotating opponent
South Carolina - Arkansas, Mississippi State, rotating opponent
Tennessee - Alabama, Arkansas, rotating opponent
Vanderbilt - Alabama, Ole Miss, rotating opponent

West:
Alabama - Tennessee, Vanderbilt, rotating opponent
Arkansas - South Carolina, Tennessee, rotating opponent
Auburn - Florida, Georgia, rotating opponent
LSU - Florida, Kentucky, rotating opponent
Mississippi State - Kentucky, South Carolina, rotating opponent
Ole Miss - Georgia, Vanderbilt, rotating opponent


1992: East - 9 wins. West - 10 wins.
1993: East - 8 wins. West - 10 wins. 1 tie.
1994: East - 6 wins. West - 12 wins. 1 tie.
1995: East - 9 wins. West - 9 wins. 1 tie.
1996: East - 11 wins. West - 8 wins.
1997: East - 10 wins. West - 9 wins.
1998: East - 12 wins. West - 7 wins.
1999: East - 9 wins. West - 10 wins.
2000: East - 9 wins. West - 10 wins.
2001: East - 9 wins. West - 10 wins.
2002: East - 10 wins. West - 9 wins.
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(The SEC switched to a 6-1-2 scheduling format starting in 2003. Each team now played two rotating opposite division opponents and one yearly cross-divisional opponent, seen by the following pairs: Tennessee-Alabama, Georgia-Auburn, Florida-LSU, South Carolina-Arkansas, Kentucky-Mississippi State, Vanderbilt-Ole Miss)


2003: East - 7 wins. West - 12 wins.
2004: East - 8 wins. West - 11 wins.
2005: East - 10 wins. West - 9 wins.
2006: East - 10 wins. West - 9 wins.
2007: East - 10 wins. West - 9 wins.
2008: East - 12 wins. West - 7 wins.
2009: East - 7 wins. West -12 wins.
2010: East - 3 wins. West - 16 wins. *
2011: East - 6 wins. West - 13 wins.

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(Missouri and Texas A&M join the conference. The conference moves to a 6-1-1 format; each team now plays only plays 2 opponents from the other division, dropping the number of match ups to 15)

2012: East - 7 wins. West - 8 wins.
2013: East - 5 wins. West - 10 wins.


(* clearly, the West in 2010 wins for greatest amount of success over the other division in a single season)

 

[WooPigSooie]

What if Kentucky won the east? LOL

 

[Dudleys87]

Sec championship game tv ratings will be terrible....