Bowl games record by conference: SEC finishes way behind Big Ten, others in 2025-26 postseason originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

SEC no longer rules college football’s postseason. Next week will test whether the league can bend the Big Ten to its will at the negotiating table.

There can’t be any dismissing of the past: The SEC deserved the accolades it got for more than a decade leading up to 2023. The conference did win 13 national championships in 17 seasons, did have both teams in the national championship game three times in 12 years, did whip the Big Ten and other conferences in head-to-head matchups.

The Big Ten is on the verge of winning its third straight national title. Josh Pate recognizes it and has weighed in on where it sits against the SEC.

The SEC isn't the juggernaut that OU football thought it was signing up for a few years ago. Why that's a good thing.

The CFP paid the SEC $38 million plus a $3 million per game travel stipend as a result of the five teams that made the 12-team field and their respective performances.

The Alabama Heisman winner and SEC loyalist makes shocking admission as Big 10 aims for third straight national title, explaining how NIL and the transfer portal have leveled the playing field.

Here is more on why Texas women's basketball coach Vic Schaefer thinks the SEC has a vendetta against the Longhorns.