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The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the Southeastern Conference's football season champion. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division representative versus the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. The SEC was the first conference in the NCAA to hold a championship game in football, which was made possible by the conference's 1991 expansion to twelve members with the addition of the University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina in 1991. As of 2007, eight of the twelve SEC members have played in the Championship.
The first two SEC Championship football games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, but since 1994, the game has been played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.

Selection criteria

Division standings are based on each team's overall conference record. Often, two or more teams tie for the best record in their division and each team is recognized as a divisional co-champion. However, tiebreakers are used to determine who will represent the division in the championship game.

Two-team tie-breaker procedure

Head-to-head competition between the two tied teams.
Records of the tied teams within the division.
Head-to-head competition vs. the team within the division with the best overall record (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.
Overall record vs. all common non-divisional opponents.
Combined record vs. all common non-divisional teams.
Record vs. common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.
The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game.

Three or more-team procedure

(Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go to the two-team tie-breaker format.)

Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams.

Record of the tied teams within the division.

Head-to-head competition vs. the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last.

Overall record vs. non-division teams.

Combined record vs. all common non-divisional teams.

Record vs. common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division.

The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game, unless the second of the tied teams is ranked within five-or-fewer places of the highest ranked tied team. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall determine the representative in the SEC Championship Game.

Results

Rankings are from the AP Poll, winner in bold italics

Year	Eastern Division	Score	Western Division	Venue	Attendance	MVP
1992	#12 Florida	21-28	#2 *Alabama*	Legion Field (Birmingham, AL)	83,091	CB Antonio Langham, Alabama
1993	#9 *Florida*	28-13	#16 Alabama	Legion Field	76,345	QB Terry Dean, Florida
1994	#6 *Florida*	24-23	#3 Alabama	Georgia Dome (Atlanta, GA)	74,751	DT Ellis Johnson, Florida
1995	#2 *Florida*	34-3	#23 Arkansas	Georgia Dome	71,325	QB Danny Wuerffel, Florida
1996	#4 *Florida*	45-30	#11 Alabama	Georgia Dome	74,132	QB Danny Wuerffel, Florida
1997	#3 *Tennessee*	30-29	#11 Auburn	Georgia Dome	74,896	QB Peyton Manning, Tennessee
1998	#1 *Tennessee*	24-14	#23 Miss. State	Georgia Dome	74,795	WR Peerless Price, Tennessee
1999	#5 Florida	7-34	#7 *Alabama*	Georgia Dome	71,500	WR Freddie Milons, Alabama
2000	#7 *Florida*	28-6	#18 Auburn	Georgia Dome	73,427	QB Rex Grossman, Florida
2001	#2 Tennessee	20-31	#21 *LSU*	Georgia Dome	74,843	QB Matt Mauck, LSU
2002	#4 *Georgia*	30-3	#22 Arkansas	Georgia Dome	75,835	QB David Greene, Georgia
2003	#5 Georgia	13-34	#3 *LSU*	Georgia Dome	74,913	RB Justin Vincent, LSU
2004	#15 Tennessee	28-38	#3 *Auburn*	Georgia Dome	74,892	QB Jason Campbell, Auburn
2005	#13 *Georgia*	34-14	#3 LSU	Georgia Dome	73,717	QB D.J. Shockley, Georgia
2006	#4 *Florida*	38-28	#8 Arkansas	Georgia Dome	73,374	WR Percy Harvin, Florida
2007	#14 Tennessee	14-21	#5 *LSU*	Georgia Dome	73,832	QB Ryan Perrilloux, LSU
2008	UF, UGA, UK, USC, UTK or VU		AL, AR, AU, LSU, MSU or UM	Georgia Dome

The SEC East Leads the series 10-6 and has outscored the SEC West 418-349.

Results by team

Appearances	School	W	L	Pct
8	Florida	6	2	.750
5	Alabama	2	3	.400
5	Tennessee	2	3	.400
4	LSU	3	1	.750
3	Georgia	2	1	.666
3	Auburn	1	2	.333
3	Arkansas	0	3	.000
1	Mississippi St.	0	1	.000
0	Kentucky	0	0	N/A
0	Ole Miss	0	0	N/A
0	South Carolina	0	0	N/A
0	Vanderbilt	0	0	N/A

SEC Championship winner's bowl performance

Seven winners of the SEC Championship game have gone on to play for the national title. Rankings are from the AP Poll.

Season	SEC Champ	Result	Opponent	Conference	Bowl Game	NCAA Champion
1992	#2 Alabama	W 34-13	#1 Miami	Big East	1993 Sugar Bowl	Alabama
1993	#8 Florida	W 41-7	#3 West Virginia	Big East	1994 Sugar Bowl	Florida State
1994	#5 Florida	L 17-23	#7 Florida State	ACC	1995 Sugar Bowl	Nebraska
1995	#2 Florida	L 24-62	#1 Nebraska	Big 8	1996 Fiesta Bowl	Nebraska
1996	#3 Florida	W 52-20	#1 Florida State	ACC	1997 Sugar Bowl	Florida
1997	#3 Tennessee	L 17-42	#2 Nebraska	Big 12	1998 Orange Bowl	Nebraska, Michigan
1998	#1 Tennessee	W 23-16	#2 Florida State	ACC	1999 Fiesta Bowl	Tennessee
1999	#5 Alabama	L 34-35 OT	#8 Michigan	Big Ten	2000 Orange Bowl	Florida State
2000	#7 Florida	L 20-37	#2 Miami	Big East	2001 Sugar Bowl	Oklahoma
2001	#12 LSU	W 47-34	#7 Illinois	Big Ten	2002 Sugar Bowl	Miami
2002	#4 Georgia	W 26-13	#16 Florida State	ACC	2003 Sugar Bowl	Ohio State
2003	#3 LSU	W 21-14	#2 Oklahoma	Big 12	2004 Sugar Bowl	LSU, Southern California
2004	#3 Auburn	W 16-13	#9 Virginia Tech	ACC	2005 Sugar Bowl	Southern California
2005	#8 Georgia	L 35-38	#13 West Virginia	Big East	2006 Sugar Bowl	Texas
2006	#2 Florida	W 41-14	#1 Ohio State	Big Ten	2007 BCS Champ. Game	Florida
2007	#2 LSU	W 38-24	#1 Ohio State	Big Ten	2008 BCS Champ. Game	LSU

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