2012 SEC Football Media Guide - Southeastern Conference

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“National Championships hIStory”
The Southeastern Conference won nine national
championships in 2011-12: Football (Alabama),
Men’s Basketball (Kentucky), Gymnastics
(Alabama), Men’s Indoor Track and Field
(Florida), Women’s Tennis (Florida), Women’s Golf
(Alabama), Men’s Outdoor Track and Field (Florida),
Women’s Outdoor Track and Field (LSU) and Softball
(Alabama).
The SEC has also had a national runner-up finish in
seven sports, including: Women’s Swimming and Diving
(Georgia), Men’s Indoor Track & Field (Arkansas),
Gymnastics (Florida), Football (LSU), Men’s Outdoor
Track and Field (LSU), Men’s Golf (Alabama) and
Baseball (South Carolina).
Here are some facts and figures about how the SEC
has fared in national championships during its 79-year
history (pre-2012 expansion):
• The SEC became the first conference in history to
win the national football championship (Florida),
the national women’s basketball championship
(Tennessee) and the national men’s basketball championship
(Florida) in the same year (2006-07 academic
year).
• In its history, the SEC has won 196 national championships,
114 men’s and 82 women’s titles. Since 2000,
2011-12 National Champions
University of Kentucky
Men’s Basketball
2011-12 National Champions
University of Alabama
Gymnastics
the SEC has won 80 national crowns, including 42
men’s titles and 38 women’s titles.
• The SEC has won at least one national championship
in every sport it sponsors with the exception of volleyball.
• The SEC has won six straight BCS National
Championships and its eighth overall since 1998 –
both national bests. The SEC has had five different
teams – Alabama (2009-2011), Auburn (2010), Florida
(2006-08), LSU (2003-07) and Tennessee (1998) win
BCS national titles – more than any other conference.
• In the “big three” men’s sports – football, basketball
and baseball, the SEC has won 12 national championships
during the last seven academic years. The
league is the reigning national champions in football
(Alabama) and basketball (Kentucky).
• Since 2006, the SEC has had a national champion in
12 of its 20 sponsored sports – football, men’s basketball,
baseball, men’s indoor track and field, women’s
swimming and diving, gymnastics, women’s tennis,
men’s tennis, men’s swimming and diving, women’s
golf, softball and women’s basketball.
• Eight of the 12 SEC schools have won national championships
in the 20 SEC-sponsored sports since Fall
2006. They include: Alabama (football, gymnastics,
women’s golf, softball), Auburn (football, men’s swimming
and diving, women’s swimming and diving),
Florida (men’s indoor track, men’s outdoor track,
women’s tennis, women’s swimming and diving, football,
men’s basketball), Georgia (gymnastics, men’s
tennis), Kentucky (men’s basketball), LSU (baseball,
football, women’s outdoor track and field), South
Carolina (baseball), Tennessee (women’s basketball,
women’s indoor track and field)
• The SEC has now won 11 NCAA men’s basketball
tournament titles with Kentucky claiming eight (1948,
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