The SEC West, over ranked by the media, played teams that were ranked the same but were a lot better. They got beat. (Excluding Ark and A&M. They were matched to teams of similar strength and won.)
The SEC East, not so over ranked, were matched with teams of similar strength and won them all.
As has been the case in virtually all bowl games, the SEC teams are matched against teams MUCH HIGHER POSITIONED in their own conferences. This year was the same...