The Southeastern Conference is experiencing a championship drought in football.
The powerhouse league hasn’t won or even played for a national title since the 2022 season. It’s a skid that just means more given the SEC’s nearly two decades of gridiron dominance, which included 13 championships in a 17-year span beginning in 2006.
The conference has dipped since — even with the addition of former Big 12 heavyweights Oklahoma and Texas ahead of last season — and finds itself trying to regain its stronghold in 2025.
“I still feel that the SEC, top to bottom, is as strong as you’ll find,” Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said. “We experienced that last year. We had games where you showed what your ceiling was, but you also had to back it up and play the next week. It showed every team could win on any given Saturday. We want to prove ourselves as a program, but also as a league as well.”
Indeed, the SEC has something to prove for the first time in years.