When the confetti stopped falling after Indiana’s win over Miami in Monday’s national championship, a troubling truth emerged for 16 of the sport’s proudest programs.
The Hoosiers’ national championship means that the SEC—a conference that won seven titles in a row from 2006 to ‘12—has gone three straight years without winning a national championship. This became true after the Hurricanes defeated Ole Miss in the Fiesta Bowl, but Monday served to underline the conference’s stasis on the national stage.
