The SEC’s position as college football’s top conference has been compromised by a two-year national championship drought after six of the previous nine titles, dating back to the College Football Playoff’s 2014 debut.

The arrival of Texas and Oklahoma in 2024 bolstered the SEC’s depth with a pair of blueboods, but the league bid farewell to iconic coach Nick Saban after he built a dynasty at Alabama and saw Georgia slip slightly after its 2023 bid for the first three-peat since the 1930s fell short.

The SEC failed to fully seize on the CFP’s intial expansion to 12 teams, but pushes to reassert itself in 2025.

Storylines abound as the league looks to do so:

Will Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer find his footing?

DeBoer’s lackluster start at Bama hinted the best days were behind the

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