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The game began at 4:00 p.m. EST and was broadcast on ABC for the first time since 2000, replacing CBS. [2] Georgia defeated Texas 22–19 in overtime, earning an automatic bid in the 2024–25 College Football Playoff; it was the first time ever that the SEC championship game has gone to overtime. [3]
The first two SEC Championship Games were held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. From 1994 until 2016, the game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. [2] Following the closure and subsequent demolition of the Georgia Dome in 2017, the SEC Championship Game remained in Atlanta, moving to the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium under a ten-year ...
The 2024 Southeastern Conference football season was the 92nd season of Southeastern Conference (SEC) football and part of the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.This was the SEC's first season with 16 teams with the additions of Texas and Oklahoma, and its first season since 1991 with a non-divisional scheduling format.
From its establishment in 1992 through 2023, the SEC Championship Game pitted the SEC West Division representative against the East Division representative in a game held after the regular season has been completed. Starting in 2024, when the SEC eliminates its football divisions, the game will feature the top two teams in the conference standings.
The first post-regular season conference championship game played in Division I-A football (what is now Division I FBS) was the 1992 SEC Championship Game, won by Alabama over Florida. [2] The SEC had gone from being a 10-team conference in 1991 , to being a 12-team conference—divided into two six-team divisions—in 1992 . [ 3 ]
ABC replaces CBS as the over-the-air television home of the SEC and exclusive television home of the SEC Championship Game. [107] CBS thus replaced the SEC with a sub-licensed package of Big 10 games as part of Big Ten Network 's allocation of rights to them and NBC, in addition to Fox, who retained Big Noon Saturday as the conference's ...
The SEC Championship Game was broadcast on ABC for the first time since 2000, replacing CBS. [55] Georgia defeated Texas 22–19 in overtime, earning an automatic bid in the 2024–25 College Football Playoff; it was the first time ever that the SEC championship game went to overtime. [56]
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, site of the championship game. The College Football Playoff system is used to determine a national championship of Division I FBS college football. This is the 11th year of the College Football Playoff era. For the 2024–25 season, the playoffs were expanded from four teams to 12 teams.