SEC Championship game - wikipedia SEC Championship game `` SEC Championship '' redirects here. For other uses, see SEC Championships. SEC Football Championship Game Conference Football Championship SEC Logo Sport Football Conference Southeastern Conference Current stadium Mercedes - Benz Stadium Current location Atlanta, Georgia Played 1992 -- present Last contest 2016 Current champion Alabama Most championships Alabama ( 7 ) Florida ( 7 ) TV partner ( s ) CBS Official website SECSports.com - Football Sponsors Dr Pepper ( 1992 -- present ) Host stadiums Legion Field ( 1992 -- 1993 ) Georgia Dome ( 1994 -- 2016 ) Mercedes - Benz Stadium ( 2017 -- 2027 ) Host locations Birmingham, Alabama ( 1992 -- 1993 ) Atlanta, Georgia ( 1994 -- present ) The SEC Championship Game ( officially The SEC Championship on CBS presented by Dr Pepper for broadcast and sponsorship purposes ) is an annual American football game that has determined the Southeastern Conference 's season champion since 1992. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division regular season champion against the Eastern Division regular season champion. It is typically played on the first Saturday of December. Ten of the fourteen current SEC members have played in the SEC Championship Game. Kentucky and Vanderbilt have yet to reach the game from the East, while Ole Miss and Texas A&M have yet to reach the game from the West. The overall series between both divisions is led by the Western Division, 14 -- 11. While ten SEC members have played in the game, only six have won : Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee of the Eastern Division, and Alabama, Auburn, and LSU of the Western Division. Each of these teams has won the championship multiple times. Alabama is the current SEC champion. The SEC Championship Game has been aired on CBS since 2001 ; the current broadcast team is Verne Lundquist as the play - by - play announcer, Gary Danielson as the color analyst, and Allie LaForce as the sideline reporter. Since 2007, the game is held the first Saturday of December at 4 : 00 PM Eastern. Contents 1 History 2 Results 2.1 Results by team 2.2 Home / away designation 2.3 Rematches 2.4 Common matchups 3 Selection criteria 3.1 Two - team tie - breaker procedure 3.2 Three or more - team procedure 4 Winner 's bowl performance 5 Runner up 's bowl performance 6 Footnotes 7 See also History The SEC was the first NCAA conference in any division to hold a football championship game that was exempt from NCAA limits on regular - season contests. Such a game was made possible by two separate developments. The first came in 1987, when the NCAA membership approved a proposal sponsored by the Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association that allowed any conference with 12 football members to split into divisions and stage a championship game between the divisional winners. The SEC took advantage of this rule by adding the University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina in 1992, bringing the conference membership to 12, and splitting into two football divisions. The format has since been adopted by other conferences to decide their football champion ( the first being the Big 12 in 1996 ). The first two SEC Championship Games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. From 1994 until 2016, the game has been played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. With the Georgia Dome scheduled to be demolished after the 2016 season, the SEC chose to keep the title game in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome 's replacement, Mercedes - Benz Stadium. The game will be played at the new stadium through 2027. Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Missouri Ole Miss Mississippi State South Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt -- Eastern division -- Western division -- Championship Game site In 2016, Alabama and Florida met in the SEC Championship Game for the ninth time in the twenty - five year history of the game, the record for the most times any two teams have faced each other in the championship game. And at least one of those two teams has qualified for the game in 14 of 25 seasons. The only other matchup in the SEC Championship played more than twice is Georgia and LSU, which has been played three times. Alabama has faced Florida in nine of their eleven SEC Championship Game appearances. In addition, the 2009 game marked the second consecutive year that the No. 1 ( Florida ) and No. 2 ( Alabama ) ranked teams in the AP Poll met in the SEC Championship game. 2009 was the first time any conference championship game had featured two undefeated teams. Alabama won 32 -- 13 and earned a berth in the 2010 BCS National Championship Game, which it went on to win as well. Auburn and Missouri met in the 2013 SEC Championship Game ( in Missouri 's 2nd year in the SEC ). Auburn won the game 59 -- 42, breaking the previous record of 56 points for most points scored by a single team in the SEC Championship Game ( previously set by Auburn in 2010 ). In recent years, the game has been nicknamed the `` national semifinal '' for college football. The 2008, 2009, and 2012 games were essentially national semifinal games, as both participating teams were virtually guaranteed a berth in the BCS national championship game with a win. The 2013 game was not thought of as such at the time of the game, but results of other games later that day meant that it effectively was such a semifinal. Between 2006 and 2013 the winner of the SEC Championship Game went on to play in the BCS National Championship Game eight straight years, posting a 6 - 2 record in the game. Since 2014, the SEC Championship Game winner has gone on to appear in the College Football Playoff every season, and as such, the SEC Championship Game has been re-labeled a `` national quarterfinal '', since the winner ( Alabama each time ) has advanced to the CFP semifinals. Results Results from all SEC Championship games that have been played. Rankings are from the AP Poll released prior to matchup. Year Eastern Division Western Division Site Attendance TV Rating MVP 1992 # 12 Florida 21 # 2 Alabama 28 Legion Field Birmingham, AL 83,091 9.8 CB Antonio Langham, Alabama 1993 # 9 Florida 28 # 16 Alabama 13 76,345 QB Terry Dean, Florida 1994 # 6 Florida 24 # 3 Alabama 23 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA 74,751 10.5 DT Ellis Johnson, Florida 1995 # 2 Florida 34 # 23 Arkansas 71,325 7.2 QB Danny Wuerffel, Florida # 4 Florida 45 # 11 Alabama 30 74,132 7.0 QB Danny Wuerffel, Florida 1997 # 3 Tennessee 30 # 11 Auburn 29 74,896 QB Peyton Manning, Tennessee 1998 # 1 Tennessee 24 # 23 Mississippi State 14 74,795 WR Peerless Price, Tennessee 1999 # 5 Florida 7 # 7 Alabama 34 71,500 WR Freddie Milons, Alabama 2000 # 7 Florida 28 # 18 Auburn 6 73,427 QB Rex Grossman, Florida 2001 # 2 Tennessee 20 # 21 LSU 31 74,843 7.0 QB Matt Mauck, LSU 2002 # 4 Georgia 30 # 22 Arkansas 75,835 3.2 QB David Greene, Georgia 2003 # 5 Georgia 13 # 3 LSU 34 74,913 4.1 RB Justin Vincent, LSU # 15 Tennessee 28 # 3 Auburn 38 74,892 4.8 QB Jason Campbell, Auburn 2005 # 13 Georgia 34 # 3 LSU 14 73,717 3.9 QB D.J. Shockley, Georgia 2006 # 4 Florida 38 # 8 Arkansas 28 73,374 4.7 WR Percy Harvin, Florida 2007 # 14 Tennessee 14 # 5 LSU 21 73,832 6.0 QB Ryan Perrilloux, LSU 2008 # 2 Florida 31 # 1 Alabama 20 75,892 10.4 QB Tim Tebow, Florida 2009 # 1 Florida 13 # 2 Alabama 32 75,514 11.8 QB Greg McElroy, Alabama # 19 South Carolina 17 # 1 Auburn 56 75,802 6.3 QB Cam Newton, Auburn 2011 # 12 Georgia 10 # 1 LSU 42 74,515 7.4 CB Tyrann Mathieu, LSU 2012 # 3 Georgia 28 # 2 Alabama 32 75,624 10.0 RB Eddie Lacy, Alabama 2013 # 5 Missouri 42 # 3 Auburn 59 75,632 8.7 RB Tre Mason, Auburn 2014 # 14 Missouri 13 # 1 Alabama 42 73,526 7.7 QB Blake Sims, Alabama 2015 # 18 Florida 15 # 2 Alabama 29 75,320 8.3 RB Derrick Henry, Alabama 2016 # 15 Florida 16 # 1 Alabama 54 74,632 7.0 LB Reuben Foster, Alabama Results by team Appearances School Wins Losses Win % Year ( s ) Won 12 Florida 7 5. 583 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2008 11 Alabama 7. 636 1992, 1999, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 5 LSU. 800 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011 5 Auburn. 600 2004, 2010, 2013 5 Georgia. 400 2002, 2005 5 Tennessee. 400 1997, 1998 Arkansas 0. 000 Missouri 0. 000 Mississippi State 0. 000 South Carolina 0. 000 Kentucky, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt have yet to make an appearance in an SEC Championship Game. Home / away designation The team designated as the `` home '' team alternates between division champions. The designation goes to the Eastern champion in even - numbered years and the Western champion in odd - numbered years. As of the 2016 contest, the designated `` home '' team is 15 -- 10 overall in SEC championship games. In 2009, the Western division champion, Alabama, was the home team, ending a streak where the SEC Western team had worn white jerseys in nine consecutive SEC Championship Games ( 2000 -- 2008 ). This was because LSU had represented the Western division in the previous four seasons that the Western division champion was the `` home '' team, and LSU traditionally chooses to wear white jerseys for home games. Additionally, for the next three years ( 2010 -- 2012 ), the Eastern representative wore their home jerseys because in 2011, LSU again represented the Western division. Rematches The SEC Championship game has featured a rematch of a regular season game a total of six times ( 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010 ). The team which won the regular season game is 5 -- 1 in the rematches, the lone exception being in 2001 when LSU defeated Tennessee in the championship game after losing to them in the regular season. Common matchups Matchups that have occurred more than once : # of Times East Division West Division Record Years Played 9 Florida Alabama Alabama 5 -- 4 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016 Georgia LSU LSU 2 -- 1 2003, 2005, 2011 Florida Arkansas UF 2 -- 0 1995, 2006 Tennessee Auburn Tied 1 -- 1 1997, 2004 Tennessee LSU LSU 2 -- 0 2001, 2007 Selection criteria Division standings are based on each team 's overall conference record. The SEC Commissioner 's Regulations requires each football team play all eight conference games in a season in order to be eligible to compete for a divisional title and play in the SEC Championship Game. 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. Records against 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. Complete record vs. all non-divisional opponents. Complete record vs. all common non-divisional teams if there be any. Record vs. common non-divisional opponent ( if there be any ) 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. Best cumulative conference winning percentage of non-divisional opponents Coin flip of the tied teams NOTE : Although all division rivals meet during the season and NCAA overtime is played in case of a tie game, the SEC has provisions in case a game ends in a tie under NCAA Rule 3 - 3 - 3 ( c ) and ( d ), Suspending the Game, or if the two tied teams did not play an official game because of weather. As such, SEC rules still contain the remaining procedures if those circumstances were to happen. 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. Records against 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. Complete record vs. non-division teams. Complete 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. Best cumulative Conference winning percentage of non-divisional opponents ( Note : If two teams ' non-divisional opponents have the same cumulative record, then the two - team tiebreaker procedures apply. If four teams are tied, and three teams ' non-divisional opponents have the same cumulative record, the three - team tiebreaker procedures will be used beginning with # 1 Coin flip of the tied teams with the team with the odd result being the representative ( Example : If there are two teams with tails and one team with heads, the team with heads is the representative ) Winner 's Bowl performance Currently the SEC champion plays in the Sugar Bowl unless they have been selected to play in a College Football Playoff semi-final bowl. In the SEC Championship Game era, ten winners of the game have gone on to win the national title ( outright or shared ), with eleven SEC teams winning national titles overall, including seven consecutive titles from the 2006 -- 2012 seasons. In 2011 LSU won the SEC Championship Game and advanced to the BCS National Championship Game which they lost 21 -- 0 to fellow SEC member Alabama. Rankings are from the AP Poll at the time the game was played. Season SEC Champ Result Opponent Opp. Conference Bowl Game National 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 # 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 # 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, USC # 3 Auburn W 16 -- 13 # 9 Virginia Tech ACC 2005 Sugar Bowl USC 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 2008 # 2 Florida W 24 -- 14 # 1 Oklahoma Big 12 2009 BCS Champ. Game Florida 2009 # 1 Alabama W 37 -- 21 # 2 Texas Big 12 2010 BCS Champ. Game Alabama # 1 Auburn W 22 -- 19 # 2 Oregon Pac - 10 2011 BCS Champ. Game Auburn 2011 # 1 LSU L 0 -- 21 # 2 Alabama SEC 2012 BCS Champ. Game Alabama 2012 # 2 Alabama W 42 -- 14 # 1 Notre Dame Independent 2013 BCS Champ. Game Alabama 2013 # 2 Auburn L 31 -- 34 # 1 Florida State ACC 2014 BCS Champ. Game Florida State 2014 # 1 Alabama L 35 -- 42 # 4 Ohio State Big Ten 2015 Sugar Bowl ( CFP Semifinal ) Ohio State 2015 # 2 Alabama W 38 -- 0 # 3 Michigan State Big Ten 2015 Cotton Bowl ( CFP Semifinal ) Alabama W 45 -- 40 # 1 Clemson ACC 2016 CFP National Championship 2016 # 1 Alabama W 24 - 7 # 4 Washington Pac - 12 2016 Peach Bowl ( CFP Semifinal ) Clemson L 31 -- 35 # 2 Clemson ACC 2017 CFP National Championship Runner up 's Bowl performance Rankings are from the AP Poll at the time the game was played. Season SEC Runner Up Result Opponent Opp. Conference Bowl Game 1992 # 14 Florida W 27 -- 10 # 12 NC State ACC 1992 Gator Bowl 1993 # 18 Alabama W 24 -- 10 # 12 North Carolina ACC 1993 Gator Bowl 1994 # 6 Alabama W 24 -- 17 # 13 Ohio State Big Ten 1995 Citrus Bowl 1995 # 24 Arkansas L 10 -- 20 North Carolina ACC 1995 Carquest Bowl # 16 Alabama W 17 -- 14 # 15 Michigan Big Ten 1997 Outback Bowl 1997 # 13 Auburn W 21 -- 17 Clemson ACC 1998 Peach Bowl 1998 # 25 Mississippi State L 11 -- 38 # 20 Texas Big 12 1999 Cotton Bowl 1999 # 10 Florida L 34 -- 37 # 9 Michigan State Big Ten 2000 Citrus Bowl 2000 # 20 Auburn L 28 -- 31 # 17 Michigan Big Ten 2001 Citrus Bowl 2001 # 8 Tennessee W 45 -- 17 # 17 Michigan Big Ten 2002 Citrus Bowl 2002 # 25 Arkansas L 14 -- 29 Minnesota Big Ten 2002 Music City Bowl 2003 # 11 Georgia W 34 -- 27 # 12 Purdue Big Ten 2004 Capital One Bowl # 15 Tennessee W 38 -- 7 # 22 Texas A&M Big 12 2005 Cotton Bowl 2005 # 10 LSU W 40 -- 3 # 9 Miami ACC 2005 Peach Bowl 2006 # 12 Arkansas L 14 -- 17 # 6 Wisconsin Big Ten 2007 Capital One Bowl 2007 # 16 Tennessee W 21 -- 17 # 18 Wisconsin Big Ten 2008 Outback Bowl 2008 # 4 Alabama L 17 -- 31 # 6 Utah Mountain West 2009 Sugar Bowl 2009 # 5 Florida W 51 -- 24 # 4 Cincinnati Big East 2010 Sugar Bowl # 19 South Carolina L 17 -- 26 # 23 Florida State ACC 2010 Chick - Fil - A Bowl 2011 # 18 Georgia L 30 -- 33 # 12 Michigan State Big Ten 2012 Outback Bowl 2012 # 7 Georgia W 45 -- 31 # 16 Nebraska Big Ten 2013 Capital One Bowl 2013 # 9 Missouri W 41 -- 31 # 13 Oklahoma State Big 12 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic 2014 # 16 Missouri W 33 -- 17 # 25 Minnesota Big Ten 2015 Citrus Bowl 2015 # 19 Florida L 7 -- 41 # 14 Michigan Big Ten 2016 Citrus Bowl 2016 # 20 Florida W 30 -- 3 # 21 Iowa Big Ten 2017 Outback Bowl Footnotes Jump up ^ Staples, Andy ( May 16, 2014 ). `` Should NCAA alter title game requirements ? Look at the rule 's origin ''. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 5, 2016. Jump up ^ http://www.secsports.com/index.php?change_well_id=9993&s Jump up ^ `` SEC Championship Game to remain in Atlanta until 2027 ''. ESPN. Retrieved 8 September 2015. ^ Jump up to : http://secsports.com/index.php?change_well_id=2&url_article_id=54 Jump up ^ http://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2015/12/sec-championship-ratings-cbs-alabama-florida-overnights-highest-season-college-football/ ^ Jump up to : SEC Divisional Tie - Breaker ( SEC website ) Jump up ^ http://www.nokiasugarbowl.com ^ Jump up to : Bowl Coalition ( 1992 - 1994 ) or Bowl Alliance ( 1995 - 1997 ) Championship Game Jump up ^ Nebraska shared the 1997 NCAA title with Michigan ^ Jump up to : BCS National Championship Game Jump up ^ Alabama took the spot of ACC champion Florida State in the Orange Bowl, as the Seminoles were selected to play in the BCS national championship game in the Sugar Bowl. Jump up ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=1839834 Jump up ^ http://media.www.mtsusidelines.com/media/storage/paper202/news/2004/01/14/Sports/Lsu-Usc.Split.National.Championship-580477.shtml Jump up ^ Southern California won the BCS Championship but the title was vacated following an investigation into improper payments to various players. USC retained its AP National Championship. See also List of Southeastern Conference champions List of NCAA Division I FBS Conference Championship games SEC Championship Game Years 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Venues Legion Field ( 1992 -- 1993 ) Georgia Dome ( 1994 -- 2016 ) Mercedes - Benz Stadium ( 2017 -- future ) Southeastern Conference football Eastern Division Florida Gators Georgia Bulldogs Kentucky Wildcats Missouri Tigers South Carolina Gamecocks Tennessee Volunteers Vanderbilt Commodores Western Division Alabama Crimson Tide Arkansas Razorbacks Auburn Tigers LSU Tigers Mississippi State Bulldogs Ole Miss Rebels Texas A&M Aggies Championships & awards SEC Championship Game All - time standings Southeastern Conference football individual awards SEC Football Legends Seasons 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 NCAA Division I FBS conference championship games Current American Athletic Championship Game ( 2015 -- present ) ACC Championship Game ( 2005 -- present ) Big Ten Championship Game ( 2011 -- present ) C - USA Championship Game ( 2005 -- present ) MAC Championship Game ( 1997 -- present ) MW Championship Game ( 2013 -- present ) Pac - 12 Championship Game ( 2011 -- present ) SEC Championship Game ( 1992 -- present ) Future Big 12 Championship Game ( 1996 -- 2010 ; 2017 ) Sun Belt Championship Game ( 2018 ) Former WAC Championship Game ( 1996 -- 1998 ) College Football on CBS Related articles College football on television Southeastern Conference CBS Sports Network Current commentators Brad Nessler Gary Danielson Allie LaForce Adam Zucker Brian Jones Rick Neuheisel Carter Blackburn Aaron Taylor Jenny Dell Past commentators Gus Johnson Lindsey Nelson Jim Nantz Sean McDonough Brent Musburger Todd Blackledge Tim Brant Brad Nessler Ed Cunningham Terry Donahue Pat Haden Craig James Mike Mayock Jill Arrington John Dockery Greg Gumbel Andrea Joyce Pat O'Brien Ara Parseghian Lou Holtz Dean Blevins Don Criqui Dan Fouts Steve Beuerlein Sam Ryan Tracy Wolfson Tim Brando Spencer Tillman Archie Manning Craig Bolerjack Verne Lundquist Lore televised by CBS Tight - roping the sidelines in Happy Valley ( 1982 ) Hail Flutie ( 1984 ) Catholics vs. Convicts ( 1988 ) Georgia Tech vs. Virginia ( 1990 ) Tebow 's 4th Quarter comeback ( 2008 ) Game of the Century ( 2011 ) Hello, Johnny Football ( 2012 ) Prayer at Jordan -- Hare ( 2013 ) Kick Six ( 2013 ) Games televised annually Army -- Navy Game SEC Championship Game Sun Bowl Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SEC_Championship_Game&oldid=798566401 '' Categories : SEC Championship Game Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 September 2017, at 17 : 13. 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