Expansion has not yet arrived in the Southeastern Conference. Even when the coming changes do take place, no one knows yet where or how the dividing line will be drawn. East/West? North/South? Perhaps an arbitrary demarcation unfettered by geography?
Until then, Alabama and LSU, not content to wait, seem to be dividing the league into one two-team division - themselves - and another 10-team mass of everyone else. One could argue Kentucky is also placing itself apart from its league in a separate, if less desirable, division.
There are many reasons, but one seems to be Alabama and LSU are better equipped to handle attrition. Don't get me wrong, both rosters have players whose loss would be costly, perhaps devastating. But both have had injuries (or off-the-field incidents, at LSU) and moved on.
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