The SEC in 1999:
Its 67th year of existence..
36 national individual champions
The SEC's 10 national team championships- led the NCAA
1998-99 National Champions
Football: Tennessee
Men's Cross Country: Arkansas
Women's Soccer: Florida
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Arkansas
Men's Swimming & Diving: Auburn
Women's Swimming & Diving: Georgia
Gymnastics: Georgia
Men's Tennis: Georgia
Men's Golf: Georgia
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Arkansas
Congratulations to UGA for capturing 4 NCAA titles!
The SEC had 10 schools finish in the top 50 of the annual Sears Directors' Cup rankings, which recognizes the top athletics programs each year.
But this site is mostly about football...
The SEC sent an NCAA-record eight teams to postseason bowls each of the last two years.
The SEC also ended the 1999 season with another NCAA-leading statistic, 7 ranked teams in the final poll (sorry Big-10).
SEC FOOTBALL: NUMBER ONE IN THE 1990s
Non-Conference Bowl Record W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. SEC 277-96-5 .739 30-20 .600 Big 12 85-46 .649 7-10 .412 ACC 197-104-4 .652 22-18-1 .549 #Big Eight 138-74-4 .648 12-8 .600 Pacific-10 204-114-4 .640 20-23 .465 Big Ten 220-124-6 .637 25-25-1 .500 Big East 173-145-3 .544 12-15 .444 #Southwest 100-96-5 .509 5-11 .313 WAC 193-206-4 .484 10-18-1 .362 Conference USA 50-65 .435 3-3 .500 Mid-American 91-177-6 .343 4-5 .444 Big West 117-249-3 .321 5-4 .555 # Final year of conference play was 1995 Overall records include bowl games
If you’re thinking about trying to get cute and manipulate the numbers so the Big-12 looks like a stronger conference, you best spend your time elsewhere...
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We’d like to thank the Big-12, the WAC, and the Mountain West Conferences for making us feel great about our conference title game. Don’t forget who started the trend... The same conference that headlines "Championship Saturday" by holding the coveted night-spot on ABC...