AUTiger789

I am starting to think the SEC postseason looks like this:

9 NCAA Tournament teams
7 2nd round teams
2 Sweet 16 teams
0 Elite 8 teams

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Our coach doesn’t understand what timeouts are used for.

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Man that 1 or 2 minute stretch was unbelievable. Just absolute self destruction.

Oats is still a great coach though.

Using KenPom:

Auburn’s losses are against #1, #6, and #9. Wins over #16, #28, and #81 all by double digits.

Arkansas lost to #4 and #14. Wins over #10 and #25.

Like I said, almost zero difference. Only difference is Auburn has played an extra game against a top team.

Auburn wins 92-78. Sloppy game and poor defensive play, but I’ll take it. One more win over Queens in a few weeks and Auburn will have navigated our schedule to avoid any Quad 4 losses… with a new coach and almost an entirely new team, that’s all we needed to do to put us in good position heading into SEC play. Wins over St John’s and NC State will be big for the resume.

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Explain it to me ... next time.

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I’m not sure how to explain the phrase, “ For Auburn (total enrollment; Fall 2025) here are the number of students from each state:” any more clearly

So based off some of the info many have responded, along with some digging I did on my own…

% of Students from the SEC footprint:

88.70%- Mississippi
87.90%- Arkansas
86.64%- Oklahoma*
84.30%- Auburn
81.10%- Texas
78.50%- Ole Miss
78.49%- Florida
74.61%- Tennessee
74.17%- LSU
69.07%- Alabama
38.15%- Vanderbilt

Couldn’t locate data for some of the others. Haven’t yet tried to find S Carolina, Kentucky, or Missouri. Also, Oklahoma’s data was for the freshmen class only.

Here is the % of in-state kids:

79.20%- Texas
73.50%- Florida
64.20%- Tennessee
62.40%- Mississippi State
62.30%- LSU
56.00%- Auburn
48.90%- Ole Miss
46.99%- Oklahoma
45.50%- Arkansas
42.40%- Alabama
15.15%- Vanderbilt

To me, Tennessee has the most unique student body, geographically speaking. They have a relatively high percentage of instate kids (64.2%), but their out-of-state kids seem to come from way far off places… even more so than Alabama. Only 10.4% of their student body comes from out of state AND inside the SEC footprint.

While Alabama has the most geographically diverse student body of the public schools, they do take a much higher 26.64% from other states in the SEC footprint.

Some other oddities I found interesting…

36.5% of Oklahoma’s freshmen come from Texas.
28.2% of Arkansas’ freshmen come from Texas.
11.3% of Auburn’s freshmen come from Georgia.

These appear to be the only three schools that have more than 10% of their student body from one single state outside the home state.

Alabama and Auburn both have 1% of their student body from far off Colorado… totaling 800 total students between the two. It seems ooddly high considering Arkansas is half the distance closer to Colorado and only 0.4% of their students come from there…. Tennessee has 0.6% from Colorado and they have a higher percentage of kids from far away compared to Auburn. It’s odd both Auburn and Bama are drawing a decent number from so far away.

Over 9% of Alabama’s student body is from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. That 1 out of every 11 kids who probably grew up going to the beach on the Jersey Shore.

I think Oregon’s and Ole Miss’ odds should be lower. I think Bama’s and Oklahoma’s are higher.

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Two more great seasons to get our butts over .500, we got this.

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The SEC standings through the 1963 (1933-1963):

1. Tennessee- .662 (115-56-11)
2. Alabama- .649 (126-64-18)
3. Ole Miss- .623 (98-57-1)
4. Georgia Tech- .616 (115-70-9)

Up through 1963, Ole Miss was an SEC Big Dog.

Then in 1964, the Rebel program entered a 56-year period of Darkness… going 171-239-4 (.418) in conference play for that more than a half a century period.

Are the past 5 seasons the new normal or are they a short blip of success that’s part of the overall 60-year trend? Will be interesting to see how the Golden era does.

Sad that GT left the SEC. They won 5 SEC titles between 1933-1963. They were easily a Top 3 program in the league.

Leaving the SEC absolutely killed their program. With the exception of their 1990 National title, they’ve mostly been irrelevant since.

I think they are too far gone to ever invite back, but had they never left they’d be one of the big guys to this day I believe.

I think if Notre Dame leaves their agreement with the Big 10, they should join the Big 10 and take Missouri with them to round things out with an even number.

SEC can fill the space with UNC or Clemson.

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In fairness, Auburn shouldn't still be ranked either.

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Losses to #1, #2, and #7 with win over #22 and another win over a team that was ranked just 2 weeks ago. Yeah, we probably are ranked just about right where we should be.