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Sunday pitching separates Gators

The magic number to win the SEC is 20. Generally 20 league wins will ensure you at least a share of the regular SEC Championship.

Since the SEC expanded in 1991 — adding Arkansas and South Carolina — the Gators have won the SEC seven times. In each of those seasons Florida won at least 20 games. It makes sense when you break it down. There are 10 conference series throughout the season, three games apiece. If you win 20 games that means, on average, you’re winning every weekend series, and thus the correlation between winning 20 games and being a conference champion.