SEC has the most dominant day of the modern era with Ole Miss, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee blowouts

Saturday was a record-breaking day for the SEC.

On the first full Saturday slate of college football of the 2024 season, a school year that will see unrivaled upheaval due to conference realignment, the “It Just Means More” conference had the most 60-point wins in a single day since the 1936 season .

That may as well have been a different sport. This was the true most dominant day any conference has ever had, and it was the cherry on top of a massive week.

Ole Miss (76-0 over Furman), Alabama (63-0 over Western Kentucky), Auburn (73-3 over Alabama A&M), and Tennessee (69-3 over Chattanooga) all helped the SEC achieve all-time point differential greatness.

Jaxson Dart (445 all-purpose yards, six total touchdowns) was the driving force behind the Rebels destroying the Paladins. Running back Matt Jones emerged as the big-play threat in Ole Miss’s RB room with Quinshon Judkins at Mississippi. Former Nick Saban underling Pete Golding’s defense didn’t force many turnovers but stood its ground in keeping Furman off the scoreboard.

Speaking of Alabama via a few of the Crimson Tide’s former coaches, Jalen Milroe and Justin Haynes starred in a one-sided beatdown of a Western Kentucky team that gave them material when Hilltoppers QB TJ Finley openly questioned if Kalen DeBoer’s squad was who they thought they were.

They seem to be.

Auburn put up 73 points despite the game being shortened by 10 minutes. Three of their blue-chip freshman receivers, Malcolm Simmons, Perry Thompson, and Cam Coleman, all caught touchdowns. In Simmons’ case, he also retrieved a blocked punt in Alabama A&M’s end zone for another.

Nico Iamaleava was the star for Tennessee, with the Volunteers true freshman completing 22 of 28 passes and throwing for 314 yards and three touchdowns. UT has a potentially generational talent that looks right on time.