True Evaluation of Contenders for the SEC Crown

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It is now officially four weeks into the college football season and we can now truly start to evaluate the contenders in the SEC.

I do not think anyone will dispute that from top to bottom the SEC is still the best conference in America, and that barring total disaster the SEC champion will be in Pasadena to start the year 2010.

With that acknowledgement and precedent of the past 3 national champions being SEC teams I think it can be safely said that the SEC champion is the best team in America. The only real question is who will be the SEC champ.

Fortunately for us in SEC Country, our Champion will be decided in Atlanta on a neutral field in December.

Until that day, it more fun to speculate and evaluate who will get there and who will win. So without any further anticipation we start our evaluation of the top contenders of the SEC.

1. Alabama

I don't care who you are or what team you root for, No one, I repeat, No one has been more impressive than the Alabama Crimson Tide. That win over Virginia Tech appears to be the best win in America.

Especially considering that when VT lost, it was No. 7 in the country and now has risen to No. 6. Can any other team boast that it beat a top ten team that has risen higher in rankings since its double digit loss?

VT is a legit top ten team and if you take away the stats from VT's dominating loss to Alabama it makes a case as the best overall team in America.

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