Sports Illustrated<\/em>‘s Bryan Fischer. “That’s top heavy, that’s not depth.”<\/p>\nTechnically that’s incorrect, but we’re not going to stop Lashlee while he’s rolling because we love a good conference feud. <\/p>\n
Since 1964, Alabama, Florida Georgia, Tennessee, LSU, Auburn and Kentucky have won SEC titles. That’s seven teams, but there is an asterisk. In 1976, Kentucky was awarded co-champion status after Mississippi State forfeited its win over the Wildcats from that season, moving Kentucky to 5\u20131 and giving it a share of the conference title with Georgia. The next season, Kentucky went undefeated in conference but was ineligible for the SEC championship due to NCAA violations. <\/p>\n
Given all of that, we’ll lean towards saying Lashlee is basically correct here. <\/p>\n
In fact, since 2000, only five teams have won an SEC championship, as Tennessee’s last came in 1998. <\/p>\n
The 42-year-old Lashlee is entering his fourth season as SMU’s head coach and has been excellent during his time in Dallas. In 2022, he led the Mustangs to a 7\u20136 record, but since has authored back-to-back 11\u20133 seasons and led them to the first round of the College Football Playoff in 2024.<\/p>\n
Given the politics around college football conference strength and how it relates to CFP seeding, we would expect more coaches to take stances like this in the future.<\/p>\n
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