The Top Five Uniforms of SEC Teams:
5. Vanderbilt
Though Vanderbilt traditionally is not very successful on the gridiron, they at least look good in every game.
Black, Gold, and White make a great color combination, and the styling of the uniform is very classy. The redesigning of the logo back to the star with a V in the center was a great move.
Best Uniform Combination—Away: Gold helmet, White jersey, with black numerals and black pants.
4. Georgia
Red and Black are very powerful colors, and Georgia utilizes them well. The Bulldogs also rock the silver britches at home or away.
The power G logo, though stolen from Green Bay, looks good on the red helmet. Even the black jerseys look pretty good. All in all, a very professional-looking uniform.
Best Uniform Combination—Away: Red Helmet, white jerseys with black numerals, and the famous silver britches.
3. LSU
The colors of Mardi Gras look great on the Tigers and seem very appropriate given the carnival atmosphere of Tiger Stadium.
Largely unchanged since...well, forever, LSU has the unique distinction of being able to wear the same uniform pretty much all the time, a good choice given how ugly the purple jerseys are.
The helmet is also a classic and meshes well with the white jerseys.
Best Uniform Combination—Away/Home on most occasions: Golden yellow helmet, white jersey with royal purple numerals, and golden yellow pants.
2. Alabama
The classiest uniforms in the country belong to the Alabama Crimson Tide.
Simplicity in itself is beautiful, and when simple crimson meets simple white with classic styling, it makes a great-looking uniform.
At home or away, Alabama makes old school look good with the numbered crimson helmets.
Best Uniform Combination—Home: Crimson helmet, Crimson jersey with white numerals, and white pants.
1. Auburn
While the classiest uniforms are in Tuscaloosa, head across the state to Auburn to find the best-looking.
Navy blue and orange are tough to match up, but the shade that Auburn uses meshes beautifully.
Shoulder stripes make the jersey brighten up, and the white helmet with the interlocking AU and the stripe arrangement down the center is flawless.
Auburn does it right: clean and classy.
Best Uniform Combination—Home: White helmet, Navy blue jersey with white numerals, and white pants.
Article by Chris—University of Tennessee student and part of the two-headed monster that is Ben White. See the rest of this article and more (you know you want to go look) at The Pigskin Pathos.
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3 months ago
I like the premise of this article, however, it is entirely subjective. From my viepoint I'll list the 12 SEC uniforms in this manner.
12-Kentucky- Looks like a high school outfit.
11-Vanderbilt- That has always been a dull uniform.
10-Arkansas- Spectacularly ordinary.
9- Tennessee- I have no idea why their color is Orange.
8- Georgia- Sort of a nice uniform that folks generally recognize.
7- Florida- Not fancy but pleasing to the eye.
6- Mississippi State- Nice uniform. Classic.
5- Carolina- Gamecocks wear garnet and black and that's an exciting combination.
4- Alabama- Red Elephants. Can't look at that uniform without thinking of Paul Bryant.
3- Auburn- The white uniform is sensational. Blue is a classic uniform like Miss State's maroon.
2- Ole Miss- Legendary color combo with discussion of hat color a long running issue.
1- LSU- The purple shirts could be the best uniform in the country. Impressive.
That's how I see it. Good post. Keep up the fine work.
from 3 months ago
Just FYI BabyTate: The Tennessee school colors of Orange and White were selected by Charles Moore, a member of the first football team in 1891, and were later approved by a student vote. The colors were those of the American Daisy which grew wildly on The Hill.
3 months ago
i like your top 5 but i wouldn't put them in that order and i would possibly trade vandy for ole miss.
3 months ago
Good article Ben. I would put The Vols on top because the Orange is just awesome.
3 months ago
Tennessee has the worst uniforms. That orange and white combo makes them look like orange creamsicles running down the field.
3 months ago
So the Vols took the orange after a daisy, that's good information. Thanks !
3 months ago
My favorite uniforms are(in no particular order)... UK, LSU, UGA, Vandy, and Auburn
3 months ago
Hahaha. I think Auburn and South Carolina have the ugliest uni's. I used to love SC's OLD uniform, and Auburns before they went all UnderArmor on me.
3 months ago
LSU faithful, correct me if I'm wrong. I believe the only times the Tigers wear the purple jerseys are for non-conference home games and away games when the opposition is wearing white.
There is no way to make orange and blue look good together, even if you're Awe-burn. Florida's unis are even worse.
Tennessee's shade of orange makes me want to vomit. It's disgusting.
Even before I was a UGA fan I was fond of the Dawg's uniforms. South Carolina's and Bama's are pretty awesome as well.
If it were possible for me to be objective I might like Vandy's uniforms. But they look too much like GAyTECH's. Eugh.
from 3 months ago
You are correct about LSU's unis. They wear the white jersey as often as they can.
from 3 months ago
to be even more specific re: LSU's uni's they wear purple for no conference games unless it's the season opener at home in which case they wear white so when LSU opens with app st this year the tigers will most likely be sporting white uni's.
i kind of like AU's combo of blue and orange but i don't like UF's.
from 3 months ago
i meant to type "non" not "no" in the above comment.
3 months ago
Alabama has the best uniforms in the country. Tennesse has the worst uniforms in the country, at least when they leave UT they can wear there same outfit in prison.
from 3 months ago
Ironic coming from what appears to be an Alabama fan.
from 3 months ago
You're right J. Tennessee wears orange so they can go to the football game on Saturday, go huntin' on Sunday, and pick up trash on Monday.
3 months ago
yall are just jealous of tennessee's orange. go vols!
3 months ago
ben better check your history before you write. georgia changed their G after the 1963 season. they have worn the current version since the beginning of 1964. green bay came out with their similar but not the same version for the 1965 season.
from 3 months ago
Well john, my only source of history is wikipedia (which may or may not be the reason so many of my college papers sucked), and it said that the Packers had the G since 1961 and Georgia adopted it a little later.
On http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=2489, "GoDawgs08" even said so:
"The Packers actually had this logo first, but Georgia got the rights to it very soon after and that was no lawsuits or anything, there were no problems between the two institutions like alot of people say there was."
Sounds pretty open and close to me.
3 months ago
Uniforms well I really like Georgia's and South Carolina's. Great color coordination with both.
3 months ago
The oval "G" logo was created in 1961 by Packers equipment manager George "Dad" Braisher. The team actually used a number of different logos prior to 1961, but the "G" is the only logo that has ever appeared on the helmet.[20] Although the Packers have granted limited permission to other organizations to utilize a similar logo, notably the University of Georgia and Grambling State University, the Packers hold the trademark for it.[21] Adopted in 1964, the Georgia "G"- though different in design and color- was similar to the Packer's "G". Then Georgia head coach Vince Dooley thought it best to clear the use of Georgia's new emblem with the Packers. However, since its inception in 1961, the Packer's "G" has been redesigned several times and now looks like Georgia's original 1964 "G."[22]
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3 months ago
IMHO, any uniform with orange cant be the "best". Just kidding. The Auburn orange is actually okay in my book compared to the UT and UF orange. I rank the top 5 based off on what I think are the most distinctive, classy looking uniforms that you never confuse with anyone else. My top 5 (in no particular order):
LSU (great colors on the team, but really not a good look for the fans)
Alabama (great classic uni, enough said)
Georgia (silver britches and the red or white jersey....and now black too!)
Tennessee (only 1 school can pull off that shade and they wear it proud)
Ole Miss ( I love the way they use the red and blue - plus I think ol' Houston looks better in red)
3 months ago
Auburn's uniforms are decent but they are too plain to be considered one of the best, in my honest opinion. They are neither classic, nor sharp-looking. Plus, I really dislike the all-white road look that Tennessee and Auburn have. There is really nothing awful about them and they are not bad. I just don't think they are among the best.
I think Auburn should go with orange jerseys at home, especially since their crowd wears orange. I think the uniform would look less plain that way and the jerseys would match the pants better, being as the pants have the thick orange stripe down the leg. However, I do like the helmets a lot.
Anyway, here's my top 5:
5: Miss St- Croom has changed the uniforms for the better since the ugly Sherrill days. I like the nice, clean look they seem to have. The white helmets go well with either the home or road uniforms. I like the home uniform with the white pants and the road uniform with the maroon pants. However, I really did not like the maroon on maroon that they have worn at home a time or two.
4: Tennessee- I like the home uniform. I really don't like the road uniform, as it has black outline and names on the jersey, but no black outline on the pants or helmets. It doesn't make sense. However, the home orange jerseys are very unique and are one of the more recognizeable in college football. But don't wear the orange pants with the orange jerseys, please! Not good.
3: Arkansas- That's right. I'm going with the Hogs. I like their helmet logo of the hog running with steam coming out of his nostrils. Very distinctive and unique logo. I like their jerseys because they say "ARKANSAS" across the front. This style was kind of big in the old Big 8 and SWC. I like that Arkansas brought a little of that to the SEC. There is one caveat- they have to wear the white pants with the two cardinal stripes with the cardinal jerseys. I like the road uniforms as well, but with the cardinal pants.
2: Georgia- I like the red and silver combination and love the helmets. I agree that the road uniforms are the best combination, although the home set looks good as well. The black jerseys were cool, but hopefully we only use them on rare occasions. I don't like it when teams overuse their alternate jerseys (ahem South Carolina!). An interesting story about the G logo- a woman in Athens actually designed this logo without any knowledge of the Packers. Dooley liked it and adopted it, but knew about the Packer logo, so he got permission from Green Bay so as to avoid any sort of legal issues.
1: Alabama- Classic is the only word you can use to describe them. They look fantastic and remind one of what is classic and Southern- Coca-Cola, barbecue and Alabama football.
Honorable Mention: (past uniforms that are no longer used)
-Auburn when they wore the orange jerseys in the late 70's and early 80's those few times. (I believe it was for two games vs UGA and a game vs Southern Miss)
-UK during the Mumme era. The white helmets with the interlocking "UK" were sharp. And you have to wear white pants with blue jerseys and vice versa. I agree that their current uniforms look HS.
-Ole Miss' red jerseys, light blue helmets and grey pants. Classic, but they now have navy helmets and navy jerseys and it just doesn't "pop" as much.
-South Carolina's garnet jerseys white pants and garnet socks they wore under Holtz. They looked really sharp, and then they went to the black helmets and black jerseys. And Holtz got fired. Makes sense, doesn't it? You ruin a good uniform and the coach gets fired.
from 3 months ago
I believe Auburn's record while wearing the orange jerseys is atrocious. And navy is a very nice color.
I have something like 27 navy shirts. Heck, I would leave home and try and join the Blue Man Group if they were the Navy Blue Man Group.
2 months ago
You can really tell it's the offseason when we're talking about colors and team "fashion."
You can really tell an Auburn homer when they think those uniforms are number 1 in any conference.
And Stephen, nice observation about the Arkansas throw-back lettering and bringing it with them from the Southwest Conference days. They changed those uni's back when Danny Ford was the coach and brought them back later. It is a nice look. In fact, it's so great that Darren McFadden looks superb on the current cover of EA Sports NCAA Football '09 in just that uniform. That endorsement is proof enough.
2 months ago
Georgia's my fave.
about 1 month ago
Top Five Uniforms In The Country:
5. Ohio State - A helmet loaded with stickers is just plain cool.
4. USC - What can I say, it's a cool uniform.
3. Notre Dame - The freshly painted gold helmet is classic.
2. Alabama - Simple, classy and old-school. And ya gotta love the numbers on the helmet.
1. Penn State - Simple, classy, great colors. The only reason I put them ahead of my alma mater is the nameless jersey. It doesn't get any better. The true definition of TEAM.
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