The SEC buried the Big Ten in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll, but that does not add up to a College Football Playoff advantage.

Defensive and offensive juggernauts, back-to-back champions and a season so good that even though it’s vacated in the record books, it still makes our list.

Revenue sharing is the latest change, but this quarter century also saw NIL, the transfer portal, conference realignment, a playoff and a coaching GOAT.