There’s still a lot of football left to be played -- 11 games, for those counting -- but there’s a lot of football already been played, too. And to this point in the 2015-16 bowl season, the SEC has again been the top conference in FBS.
Heading into New Year’s Day, the SEC has posted a 4-1 record, topping the Pac-12 (5-2) and Big Ten (3-2) and the already-completed Conference USA (3-2).
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— Ted Miller (@TedMillerRK) January 1, 2016
If the SEC is to win this year’s entirely-fictional and yet all-important bowl cup, there is still much work to be done.
Tennessee faces Northwestern in the Outback Bowl while Florida meets Michigan in the nearby Citrus Bowl this afternoon, and Ole Miss squares off with Oklahoma State tonight in the Sugar Bowl.
On Saturday, Georgia dukes it out with Penn State in the TaxSlayer Bowl, and Arkansas dances with Kansas State in the Liberty Bowl.
And then there is that matter of Alabama brawling with Clemson for the national championship on Jan. 11.
The Pac-12, meanwhile, sends Stanford to battle with Iowa in the Rose Bowl, and on Saturday Oregon meets a depleted TCU team in the Alamo Bowl and Arizona State gets a virtual home game against West Virginia in the Cactus Bowl.
Again, there’s a lot of football left to be played, but the SEC is once again setting pretty.
