GAINESVILLE, Fla. – In the tightest race of the last seven seasons, Texas A&M edged Florida for the 2018-19 overall GateHouse Media Southeastern Conference All-Sports trophy. The Aggies 'win broke Florida's 12-year string of SEC All-Sports trophies.
Florida also was second in the final men's and women's SEC All-Sport trophy standings. Texas A&M claims its first SEC overall and men's SEC All-Sports titles. Tennessee took the women's SEC All-Sports title, its first since the 2005-06 season.
How is the GateHouse Media SEC All-Sports titles figured?
This was the smallest margin of victory for the SEC All-Sports overall title of the last seven seasons. Here's a look at the top three narrowest winning margins since the SEC All-Sports standings began this format in 2012-13:
| Year |
SEC All-Sports Winner |
Percentage |
SEC All-Sports Runner-up |
Percentage |
Difference |
| 2018-19 |
Texas A&M |
0.66176 |
Florida |
0.65385 |
0.00791 |
| 2014-15 |
Florida |
0.7572 |
Texas A&M |
0.7475 |
0.0097 |
| 2013-14 |
Florida |
0.7716 |
Georgia |
0.7123 |
0.0593 |
Points are awarded based on the number of competing teams in a sport (e.g. – 14 teams compete in SEC baseball, giving the winner 14 points, second gets 13, etc. Four teams compete in equestrian, awarding four points to the winner). A program's points total is divided by the total number of teams competing in the sports the school fields and that quotient ranks the teams in the final GateHouse Media standings. The sports of cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field are combined. A program's outdoor track finish makes up half, while the remaining two quarters are based on the cross country and indoor finishes.
| GateHouse Media Southeastern Conference All-Sports formula |
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Total points for school's finish in each SEC sport it competes in
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Total number of teams competing
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Quotient ranked for
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(e.g. – Florida men's total of 92 participating teams derived by adding
14 (base) + 14 (MBB) + 14 (FB) + 14 (GLF) + 10 (S&D) + 13 (TEN) + 13 (T&F) = 92 |
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2018-19 SEC Titles
Florida and Arkansas led the league with four 2018-19 SEC titles.
Florida's 2018-19 SEC titles:
- Gymnastics
- Men's swimming & diving
- Men's indoor track & field
- Men's tennis
One other Florida sport claimed a league crown in 2019 as the Gator lacrosse team won the American Athletic Conference title.
| # Titles |
School |
2018-19 SEC Titles |
| 4 |
Florida |
MIT&F, MTEN, MS&D, GYM |
| 4 |
Arkansas |
WOT&F, WIT&F, MGLF, WXC |
| 2 |
Alabama |
SB, FB |
| 2 |
LSU |
MOT&F, MBB |
| 2 |
Vanderbilt |
BB, SOC |
| 2 |
Mississippi |
WGLF, MXC |
| 1 |
Texas A&M |
WS&D |
| 1 |
Georgia |
WTEN |
| 1 |
Auburn |
EQU |
| 1 |
Kentucky |
VB |
| 1 |
Mississippi State |
WBB |
The Gator program leads all-time with 244 SEC titles. Florida's 57 championships in the last decade leads the next closest program by 20 titles.
SEC Athletes of the Year:
So far, three Gators picked up 2018-19 SEC Athletes of the Year honors:
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Yanis David |
Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year |
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Grant Holloway |
Men's Indoor Runner of the Year |
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Jessica Pascoe |
Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year |
About the SEC All-Sports Trophy:
This is the fifth year GateHouse Media, which owns The Gainesville Sun as well as dozens of other publications around the country, awards the overall, men's and women's SEC All-Sports trophies.
The Halifax Media Group awarded the 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 trophies. The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group gave the awards from the 1994-95 through 2010-11 seasons. Prior to that, the league tabulated the SEC All-Sports totals.
What's Next?
UF is hopeful of finishing among the nation's top 10 most successful overall athletic programs for the 36
th consecutive year with the release of
final national all-sports rankings June 28. Florida is the only school to finish among the nation's top 10 overall most successful athletic programs each year since 1983.
Look at the Charts:
Florida Year-by-Year All-Sport Finishes
| 2018-19 SEC All-Sports Overall All-Sports Standings |
| Place |
School |
Total # of
Part. teams |
Points |
Quotient |
| 1 |
Texas A&M |
204 |
135 |
0.66176 |
| 2 |
Florida |
208 |
136 |
0.65385 |
| 3 |
Tennessee |
200 |
130 |
0.65000 |
| 4 |
Georgia |
212 |
127 |
0.59906 |
| 5 |
Kentucky |
208 |
124 |
0.59615 |
| 6 |
LSU |
208 |
116.5 |
0.56010 |
| 7 |
Arkansas |
198 |
106.5 |
0.53788 |
| 8 |
South Carolina |
204 |
107.5 |
0.52696 |
| 9 |
Mississippi |
178 |
85.5 |
0.48034 |
| 10 |
Alabama |
208 |
98.5 |
0.47356 |
| 11 |
Vanderbilt |
151 |
71.5 |
0.47351 |
| 12 |
Auburn |
212 |
98 |
0.46226 |
| 13 |
Mississippi State |
178 |
81 |
0.45506 |
| 14 |
Missouri |
195 |
83 |
0.42564 |
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| Men |
| Place |
School |
Total # of
Part. teams |
Points |
Quotient |
| 1 |
Texas A&M |
92 |
63 |
0.6848 |
| 2 |
Florida |
92 |
61 |
0.6630 |
| 3 |
Georgia |
92 |
57.5 |
0.6250 |
| 4 |
Tennessee |
92 |
56.5 |
0.6141 |
| 5 |
LSU |
92 |
56 |
0.6087 |
| 6 |
Kentucky |
92 |
54.5 |
0.5924 |
| 7 |
Arkansas |
82 |
48.5 |
0.5915 |
| 8 |
Mississippi State |
82 |
46 |
0.5610 |
| 9 |
Vanderbilt |
69 |
33 |
0.4783 |
| 10 |
Alabama |
92 |
43.5 |
0.4728 |
| 11 |
Mississippi |
82 |
37 |
0.4512 |
| 12 |
South Carolina |
92 |
40.5 |
0.4402 |
| 13 |
Auburn |
92 |
40.5 |
0.4402 |
| 14 |
Missouri |
79 |
31.5 |
0.3987 |
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| Women |
| Place |
School |
Total # of
Part. teams |
Points |
Quotient |
| 1 |
Tennessee |
108 |
73.5 |
0.6806 |
| 2 |
Florida |
116 |
75 |
0.6466 |
| 3 |
Texas A&M |
112 |
72 |
0.6429 |
| 4 |
Kentucky |
116 |
69.5 |
0.5991 |
| 5 |
South Carolina |
112 |
67 |
0.5982 |
| 6 |
Georgia |
120 |
69.5 |
0.5792 |
| 7 |
LSU |
116 |
60.5 |
0.5216 |
| 8 |
Mississippi |
96 |
48.5 |
0.5052 |
| 9 |
Arkansas |
116 |
58 |
0.5000 |
| 10 |
Auburn |
120 |
57.5 |
0.4792 |
| 11 |
Alabama |
116 |
55 |
0.4741 |
| 12 |
Vanderbilt |
82 |
38.5 |
0.4695 |
| 13 |
Missouri |
116 |
51.5 |
0.4440 |
| 14 |
Mississippi State |
96 |
35 |
0.3646 |
