- SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game refers to the game determining the
Southeastern Conference 's football season champion. The championship game pits the SEC Western Division representative versus the Eastern Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. The SEC was the first conference in theNCAA to hold a championship game in football, which was made possible by the conference's 1991 expansion to twelve members with the addition of theUniversity of Arkansas and theUniversity of South Carolina in1991 . As of 2007, eight of the twelve SEC members have played in the Championship. Only Ole Miss has failed to reach the game from the West, while Kentucky, South Carolina and Vanderbilt have not represented the East.The first two SEC Championship football games were held at
Legion Field inBirmingham, Alabama , but since1994 , the game has been played at theGeorgia Dome inAtlanta, Georgia . 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. In 2008, the Eastern division champion will be the home team. BecauseLSU has won the Western division in each of the past four seasons that the Western division champion was the "home team" andLSU traditionally wears white jerseys for home games, the SEC West champion has worn white in each of the past eight SEC Championship Games. The designated home team is 10-6 in SEC championship games.Championship Game Logos
The SEC East Leads the series 10-6 and has outscored the SEC West 418-349.
Results by team
EC Championship winner's bowl performance
Seven winners of the SEC Championship game have gone on to play for the national title. Rankings are from the AP Poll.
Footnotes
ee also
*List of SEC Conference Champions
Other Conference Championship Games
*ACC Championship Game
*Big 12 Championship Game
*WAC Championship Game
*MAC Championship Game
*Conference USA Championship GameExternal links
* [http://www.secsports.com/index.php?change_well_id=2&url_article_id=7155 SECSports.com]
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