MNC Wednesday may have run its natural course with us, but we still will try to find fun things to write about, and we took a crack at the Atlantic Coast Conference months ago. So, today, we will move to the Southeastern Conference and rank its best seasons ever. In 91 seasons now, the SEC has won 281 bowl games, with a .571 winning percentage. Of course, most of those were virtual home games for the league.

We’re not fans of the SEC and its blatant corruption of the sport; this is well documented here. There’s no need to rehash it, so on with the show: sabermetrically, these are the best seasons in the history of the conference comprised of mostly Confederate-state colleges. They must be so proud to have lost the big one, even if they win a few of the small ones today through hook or by crook. Enjoy the read (if you can?!) …

(Editor’s Note: sabermetric analysis sees right through the current-day lies about strength of schedule, built upon the cupcake out-of-conference games, etc. That’s why there is only one year on this list from the last 40 seasons … this is college football’s Big Lie, of course!)

10. 2014

This was the first season of the College Football Playoff, even though the conference did not provide the MNC winner. Alabama and Missouri won their respective divisions, with the Crimson Tide winning the title game matchup and being selected for the CFP. Twelve of the 14 league teams played in bowl games, although LSU and Mississippi eventually had to vacate 8 wins each due to NCAA violations. Shocker.

9. 1959

Georgia posted a 7-0 record in a 12-team league, which clearly presented schools with a totally unbalanced schedule. LSU and Ole Miss faced off in the Sugar Bowl, oddly, although none of these three teams won the MNC. The Tigers had the voted Heisman winner, even though we disagreed. Five teams were ranked in the final Associated Press poll: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, and Mississippi—the Bulldogs won the Orange.

8. 1983

We are nothing if not fair and honest here, meaning we know that the Auburn Tigers should have won the MNC this season. Seven of the league’s 10 teams reached a bowl game, led by Auburn in the Sugar and Georgia in the Cotton. Florida joined those two schools in the AP Top 6 to end the season. The Tigers went 6-0 in conference action, with the league still sporting a pretty imbalanced slate of opponents within itself.

7. 1946

In the first real post-World War II season, the SEC did okay—four teams finished ranked in the Top 11, including conference co-champions Georgia and Tennessee. Georgia Tech and LSU joined them in the AP’s final poll. Those were the four teams that reached bowl games, too: the Bulldogs won the Sugar; the Tigers tied in the Cotton; the Yellow Jackets won something called the Oil Bowl; and the Vols lost the Orange.

6. 1970

Believe it or not, the conference didn’t integrate until 1967. And the league had a stupid schedule where some teams played seven games in conference; others played just five games. LSU went 5-0 to capture the league crown and play in the Orange; overall, four teams reached bowl games out of the 10-team league. Alabama (Bluebonnet, T), Auburn (Gator, W), and Tennessee (Sugar, W) all went bowling, too.

5. 1969

Tennessee won the conference with a 5-1 record; LSU finished second with a 4-1 record. Hurray for non-sensical, unbalanced schedules, right? Six teams reached bowl games: Alabama (Liberty, L); Georgia (Sun, L); Florida (Gator, W, over the Vols); Auburn (Bluebonnet, L); and Mississippi (Sugar, W). Such strange times for the sport, for sure. LSU didn’t even get to go to a bowl; how come? Insults to injury, basically. Go figure.

4. 1971

You can start to see when the SEC’s real heyday was, can’t you? And how contrived the modern “success” has been, too. An Auburn player won the Heisman, unduly, we think. Alabama won the conference with a 7-0 league mark, and overall, six teams reached a bowl game: the Crimson Tide (Orange, L); Auburn (Sugar, L); Georgia (Gator, W); Mississippi (Peach, W); Tennessee (Liberty, W); and LSU (Sun, W). A pretty good year …

3. 1974

Alabama (6-0) won the conference but lost the Orange Bowl and a shot at the MNC. Yet at least all teams in the league played the same number of games this time: six. Overall, seven of the 10 teams made it to a bowl game, including the Crimson Tide: Florida (Sugar, L); Auburn (Gator, W); Vanderbilt (Peach, T); Mississippi State (Sun, W); Georgia (Tangerine, L); and Tennessee (Liberty, W). That’s a strong lineup for a league, truly.

2. 1972

Alabama won another conference title, with a 7-1 record, while Auburn finished second with a 6-1 record. Never ceases to amaze us, really … but we digress: in an odd twist, only four teams received bowl invitations—and two of them played each other! Overall, it was the Crimson Tide losing the Cotton Bowl to Texas; Tennessee beating LSU in the Bluebonnet Bowl; and Auburn beating Colorado in the Gator Bowl.

1. 1965

Between 1965 and 1974, the SEC was truly at its historical best. Remind some moron of this next time they talk about how “great” the SEC is these days. Anyway, the Crimson Tide rightfully won the MNC, even if their quarterback should have won the Heisman, too. Of the 11 teams in the league, six of them played in a combined five bowl games. Alabama jumped from No. 4 to No. 1 with its Orange victory over Nebraska.