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The SEC's Eastern and Western Division winners will meet in Atlanta's Georgia Dome to battle for the league championship and the right to represent the conference in the Bowl Championship Series. The 16th-annual title game is set for December 1 and will be nationally televised by CBS Sports at 4:00 p.m. ET.
The game is a result of conference expansion, which saw Arkansas and South Carolina become the first members added in SEC history. Under NCAA regulations, a conference with 12 members may play a 12th football game to determine its champion, provided the regular season is played in divisions.
The participants of the game are determined each year during the eight-game regular-season conference schedule as the teams with the best overall SEC winning percentage in each division.
The 1994 SEC Championship Game earned a 10.5 rating and a 26 share, the highest rated SEC Championship Game in history.
The SEC Championship Game has also drawn capacity crowds in its history. 1,120,836 fans have witnessed first-hand the pageantry of SEC Football at the 15 previous Championship Games.
Attendance at the 15 previous championship games has been 102.3 percent of stadium capacity, including 13 sellouts.
Results: 1992 - Alabama 28, Florida 21 (83,091 at Birmingham) 1993 - Florida 28, Alabama 13 (76,345 at Birmingham) 1994 - Florida 24, Alabama 23 (74,751 at Atlanta) 1995 - Florida 34, Arkansas 3 (71,325 at Atlanta) 1996 - Florida 45, Alabama 30 (74,132 at Atlanta) 1997 - Tennessee 30, Auburn 29 (74,896 at Atlanta) 1998 - Tennessee 24, Miss. State 14 (74,795 at Atlanta) 1999 - Alabama 34, Florida 7 (71,500 at Atlanta) 2000 - Florida 28, Auburn 6 (73,427 at Atlanta) 2001 - LSU 31, Tennessee 20 (74,843 at Atlanta) 2002 - Georgia 30, Arkansas 3 (74,835 at Atlanta) 2003 - LSU 34, Georgia 13 (74,913 at Atlanta) 2004 - Auburn 38, Tennessee 28 (74,892 at Atlanta) 2005 - Georgia 34, LSU 14 (73,717 at Atlanta) 2006 - Florida 38, Arkansas 28 (73,374 at Atlanta)
For Tickets: SEC Championship Game 2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. North Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 458-3000
Georgia Dome Contract: Through 2009 game CBS Sports Contract: Through 2008 game Highest TV Rating: 10.5 (30 million viewers) - 1994 Largest Crowd: 83,091 (Alabama vs. Florida, Legion Field) - 1992 Top Passer: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (20-35-2, 401 yds, 6 TDs) - 1996 Top Rusher: Earnest Graham, Florida (19 for 169 yards) - 2000
Most Valuable Players: 1992 - DB Antonio Langham (Alabama) 1993 - QB Terry Dean (Florida) 1994 - DT Ellis Johnson (Florida) 1995 - QB Danny Wuerffel (Florida) 1996 - QB Danny Wuerffel (Florida) 1997 - QB Peyton Manning (Tennessee) 1998 - WR Peerless Price (Tennessee) 1999 - WR Freddie Milons (Alabama) 2000 - QB Rex Grossman (Florida) 2001 - QB Matt Mauck (LSU) 2002 - QB David Greene (Georgia) 2003 - RB Justin Vincent (LSU) 2004 - QB Jason Campbell (Auburn) 2005 - QB D.J. Shockley (Georgia) 2006 - WR Percy Harvin (Florida)
Divisional Representative Tie-Breaker
In the event of a tie for the division championship, the following procedures will be used to break all ties to determine the SEC Football Championship Game representative:
All Conference versus Conference Games (both division and non-division) will be counted in the Conference Standings.
A. TWO TEAM TIE
1. Head-to-head competition be-tween the two tied teams. 2. Records of the tied teams within the division. 3. Head-to-head competition versus the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last. 4. Overall record versus non-division teams. 5. Combined record versus all common non-divisional teams. 6. Record versus common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division. 7. The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game.
B. THREE (OR MORE) TEAM TIE (Once the tie has been reduced to two teams, go to the two team tie breaker format)
1. Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams. 2. Record of the tied teams within the division. 3. Head-to-head competition versus the team within the division with the best overall (divisional and non-divisional) Conference record and proceeding through the division. Multiple ties within the division will be broken from first to last. 4. Overall record versus non-division teams. 5. Combined record versus all common non-divisional teams. 6. Record versus common non-divisional team with the best overall Conference (divisional and non-divisional) record and proceeding through other common non-divisional teams based on their order of finish within their division. 7. The tied team with the highest ranking in the Bowl Championship Series Standings following the last weekend of regular-season games shall be the divisional representative in the SEC Championship Game, unless the second of the tied teams is ranked within five-or-fewer places of the highest ranked tied team. In this case, the head-to-head results of the top two ranked tied teams shall det-ermine the representative in the SEC Championship Game.