The college football season is barely 24 hours in the grave, so that must mean it's time to look ahead to what 2017 has in store for the SEC.

Alabama took the league on its shoulders and made it to Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship, but it lost 35-31 to Clemson in the final second. It was a disappointing finish to an overall disappointing season for the conference.

Beyond Alabama's regular-season dominance, the SEC didn't have another team with fewer than four losses.

Bowl season wasn't much better—the SEC went 6-7, counting the season-ending loss.

There's serious room for improvement, and that should come. But with head coach Bleacher Report - College Football
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