The SEC West: Sports' Greatest Conference

When a college football fan thinks of the SEC West, he thinks of LSU's success throughout the 2000's, he thinks of quarterback Johnny Manziel's breakthrough success at Texas A&M, Cam Newton's remarkable 2010 season at Auburn, and who could forget, Alabama's recent dynasty under head coach Nick Saban. By the time the 2014 college football season is over, however, the SEC West should truly lament itself as sports greatest conference.

So far, after seven weeks of college football play, the SEC West is 26-0 against non-conference opponents. An entire conference having an undefeated record is unheard-of considering West Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Wisconsin and Kansas State have all been some of the opponents. Overall, SEC West teams have played seventeen games versus top 25 ranked opponents!

Although their non-conference record is a remarkable show of their talent, there is nothing more remarkable than what is happening within the conference itself. Over the past two weeks, Ole Miss has upset #1 Alabama at home and Mississippi State has upset #2 Auburn. Both Mississippi schools are the only two football programs that remain undefeated in-and-out of conference play. Powerhouse Alabama almost lost to Arkansas this past weekend, and LSU led by head coach Les Miles has yet to win an SEC West game this season!

MSU QB Dak Prescott runs the ball during their game
against LSU in Baton Rouge (Gerald Herbert, AP)

Coming into week 8 Ole Miss, Auburn and Alabama are all ranked in the top 10, while Mississippi State is ranked #1 in the nation for the first time in program history. Texas A&M, LSU and Arkansas (all very storied programs) sit at the bottom of the conference with .500 or above records. If not already, The SEC West is proving to the country that it owns college football.


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