SEC Dynasties

[Birmingham]

Really interesting.  Good work to whoever put all of this together.

I broke SEC teams down by ten year periods and came up with the ten best 10 year periods were by winning %. Note, The 10 year periods must overlap with the formation of the SEC (1933) and ties count neither for nor against the team.

1) Tennessee 1925-1934
81-9-6 (.900)
2 Conference titles
5 undefeated seasons

2) Alabama1971-1980
107-13 (.892)
8 Conference titles
3 national titles
1 undefeated season

3) Alabama 1959-1968
91-13-6 (.875)
4 Conference Titles
3 National Titles
2 Undefeated Seasons

4) Ole Miss 1954-1963
91-13-4 (.875)
5 Conference Titles
2 Undefeated Seasons
(Note: While neither the coaches nor AP awarder these teams any titles, various services did award titles in 1959, 1960, & 1962)

5) Alabama 1925-1934
80-14-3 (.851)
5 Conference Titles
4 National Titles
4 Undefeated Seasons

6) Alabama 1936-1945
68-14-5 (.829)
2 Conference Titles
2 Undefeated Seasons

7) Florida 1991-2001
113-25-1 (.819)
6 Conference Titles
1 National Title
(Note: I'm aware I'm over by a year on this team, but both their 1991 and 2001 teams were 10-2, so it didn't matter which year I included for their decade).

8) Tennessee 1994-2004
111-25 (.816)
2 Conference Titles
1 National Title
1 Undefeated Season

9) Alabama 1985-1994
105-25-2 (.808)
2 Conference titles
1 National Title
1 Undefeated Season

10) Tennessee 1965-1974
88-22-5 (.800)
2 Conference Titles

[War Eagle!!!]

Really interesting.  Good work to whoever put all of this together.

Who gives a fuck you attention grabbing whore...

[Birmingham]

Who gives a phuk you attention grabbing whore...

Man, I can't for the life of me figure out why you aren't in favor of the numbers posted above.  Why in the world would that be, I just can't figure it out.

[AWK]

[Birmingham]

Haha, too late, the bait was already taken. lmao.

[Pell City Tiger]

Man, I can't for the life of me figure out why you aren't in favor of the numbers posted above.  Why in the world would that be, I just can't figure it out.

Why don't do something useful like breaking your arms?

[Snaggletiger]

Why don't do something useful like breaking your arms?

If one breaks both of one's arms, how does one wipe one's butt?

[jadennis]

This list made me curious, so I looked up other good stretches in the SEC.

Other teams best 10 year stretches:

Auburn
1908-1917 - 64-13-4  .815%
1954-1963 - 78-22-3  .772%
1985-1994 - 85-26-5  .754%
1997-2006 - 84-40-0  .677%
1968-1977 - 73-38-1  .656%

Georgia
1978-1986 - 80-21-5  .771%
2000-2009 - 98-31-0  .760%
1941-1950 - 79-26-6  .739%
1910-1921 - 58-20-11  .713%
1964-1973 - 73-32-5  .686%

LSU
2000-2009 - 99-31-0  .762%
1958-1967 - 79-24-5  .755%
1928-1937 - 70-23-8  .723%
1900-1909 - 40-20-2  .700%
1968-1977 - 78-33-3  .697%

[jadennis]

Great 20 year stretches:

Alabama
1961-1980 - 195-33-3  .851%
1927-1946 - 142-34-8  .793%
1907-1926 - 121-38-14  .736%
1981-2000 - 161-79-2  .669%

Auburn
1907-1926 - 117-42-10  .723%
1953-1972 - 149-56-5  .721%
1987-2006 - 167-68-5  .706%

Florida
1990-2009 - 202-52-1  .794%
1966-1985 - 138-80-8  .628%

Georgia
1964-1983 - 616-60-7  .721%
1990-2009 - 170-74-1  .696%
1929-1948 - 139-60-10  .689%


LSU
1958-1977 - 157-57-8  .725%
1990-2009 - 153-89-1  .632%

Tennessee
1926-1945 - 155-24-10  .847%
1985-2004 - 188-54-5  .771%
1965-1984 - 152-71-8  .675%

Interesting that Alabama and Auburn are the only two with 3 different 20-year stretches with a winning % of .700 or higher.  Tennessee could have 3 separate periods, but what I did was find the best 20 years stretch first, then find other 20 year periods, none overlapping.

[jadennis]

Some great 5 year stretches:

Alabama
1930-1934 - 44-4-1  .908%
1971-1975 - 56-6-0  .900%
1962-1966 - 49-5-1  .900%
1977-1971 - 53-6-1  .892%
1936-1940 - 36-7-36  .815%

Auburn
1910-1914 - 34-4-3  .866%
1954-1958 - 42-8-2  .826%
1986-1990 - 47-10-3  . 808%
1993-1997 - 46-12-1  .788%
2003-2007 - 50-14-0  .781%

Florida
1993-1998 - 65-10-1  .862%
2005-2009 - 57-10-0  .851%
1981-1985 - 42-13-3  .750%
1921-1925 - 33-10-6  .735%
1999-2003 - 45-19-0  .703%

Georgia
1980-1984 - 50-8-2  .850%
1942-1946 - 44-10-0  .815%
2002-2006 - 53-13-0  .803%
1997-2001 - 43-17-0  .716%
1929-1933 - 31-15-3  .663%

LSU
2003-2007 - 56-10-0   .848%
1958-1962 - 44-8-2   .833%
1933-1937 - 41-7-6  .815
1969-1973 - 45-12-1  .784%
1905-1909 - 28-7-2  .784%

Tennessee
1928-1932 - 45-1-4  .940%
1938-1942 - 48-5-1  .898%
1995-1999 - 54-8-0  .871%
1968-1972 - 48-9-1  .836%
1989-1993 - 48-11-2  .803%

[GH2001]

I knew Auburn from around 83 to 93 had to be high up there as well.

[jadennis]

I knew Auburn from around 83 to 93 had to be high up there as well.

For those 11 years (1983 to 1993), we were 96-30-4, .753 winning %.

Dye's last two years killed the decade from 1983 to 1992.  He went 5-6 and 5-5-1 in those last two years.  If you replaced 91 and 92 with 93 and 94, we would have been 95-20-4 for an .815 winning %.

Those two years are what keep that 10 year stretch (1985 to 1994) as Auburn's third best ever.  Had those two years even been average for Dye (he was an average of 8-3 for his career at Auburn), that decade would have been our best ever at .802 (91-21-4).

Oh well...those two years are what ended him.  Same for Tuberville.  Had he gone his average of 9-4 in 2008 instead of 5-7, then the same 8-5 last year, 2000 to 2009 would have been our fourth best decade ever at 92-36 (.719%).