2/19/2024 0 Comments Sec conference games 2016![]() The game is available on SiriusXM College SportsNation Channel 84. (SEC Radio Network: DAVE NEAL, Play-by-Play DAVE ARCHER, Analyst DAVE BAKER, Sidelines). RADIO: Managed by IMG College, the SEC Radio Network will broadcast the game to the 11-state SEC region and around the nation on SiriusXM. The 2009 game between Florida and Alabama is the highest rated SEC title game earning a national household rating/share of 11.1/23. TV RATINGS: Last season's SEC Championship Game, which saw Alabama defeat Missouri, delivered a national average household rating/share of 8.3/17 and 13 million viewers, making it the most-watched college football game of the 2015 regular-season. ABC Sports televised the game from 1992-2000. CBS has aired the game nationally since 2001. TELEVISION: CBS Sports will televise the game nationally for the 12th straight year (VERNE LUNDQUIST, Play-by-Play GARY DANIELSON, Analyst Allie LaForce, Sidelines CRAIG SILVER, Producer). Alabama is the first undefeated team to play in the SEC Championship Game since LSU in 2011. Jim McElwain is the first coach in SEC history to guide his team to the SEC Championship Game in each of his first two seasons. Alabama will be looking to win its fifth SEC Championship under Nick Saban. Florida is aiming for its ninth SEC Championship and first since 2008. SEC CHAMPIONS: Alabama will be vying for its 26th SEC Championship and third consecutive SEC Championship. ![]() ![]() This will mark the final SEC Championship Game played at The Georgia Dome. The first two games were played at Legion Field in Birmingham and the game has been played at the Georgia Dome since (1994). Nearly 1.8 million fans have witnessed the pageantry of the game first-hand, with 22 sellouts in its history. It was a result of conference expansion, which saw Arkansas and South Carolina become the first members added in SEC history. SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: The game, which started in 1992, is in its 25th year. 15th and 16th-ranked team in the nation, respectfully. 1-ranked team in the nation in the Associated Press and USA Today polls. NATIONAL RANKINGS: Alabama comes into the game as the No. Florida (8-3, 6-2 SEC) is the Eastern Division Champion and the home team. The Owls played in front of an average home crowd of 44,159, an increase of 20,789 per game.THE TEAMS: Alabama (12-0, 8-0 SEC) is the Western Division Champion and the visiting team. Temple showed the largest gain in attendance during the 2015 season.Saint John’s (Minnesota) led Division III in attendance at 53,372 fans for an average of 7,625 per game.Grand Valley State led Division II in home attendance, drawing 74,187 fans for an average of 12,365 per game.That total declined 546,416 from the previous year. The overall attendance for NCAA football games in all three divisions dropped to 49,057,966 in 2015.And the Division III tournament attracted 66,834 for an average of 2,156 over 31 games. The Division II tournament drew 111,853 fans for an average of 4,143 over 27 games. The total attendance for the Division I Football Championship Subdivision tournament was 258,066 for an average of 11,220 fans over 23 games.That represents a decline of 555 fans per game when compared to 2014. More than 1.7 million fans attended bowl games last season, an average of 43,817 per game.The Wolverines have led the nation in individual average game attendance for all but one year since 1974 – in 2014, Ohio State (106,296) and Texas A&M (105,123) surpassed them. Michigan led the nation in average attendance with 110,168 fans entering the turnstiles for their seven home games. Division I FBS Attendance Leaders (Average) The average attendance in all Football Bowl Subdivision games, however, dropped slightly to 43,933 when compared to the average attendance of 44,603 in 2014. The Big Ten (66,008), Big 12 (57,347) Pac-12 (51,880) and Atlantic Coast (49,033) conferences rounded out the top five conferences in attendance. The SEC drew more than 7.7 million fans to its games in 2015. It marked the 18 th consecutive season in which the SEC led the nation in average football attendance, and the average surpassed the previous record of 77,694 that was set in 2014. The Southeastern Conference drew an average of 78,630 fans per home game during the 2015 football season to set an all-time conference attendance record.
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