As the regular season of 2014 draws to a close, College GameDay has set a record. For the first time in its 20 year history, it has broadcasted from locations within the same conference six times.

Beginning with Missouri at South Carolina on September 27th, College GameDay then visited 5 more SEC locations in the next 9 weeks. For Rivalry Week, GameDay returned to the Iron Bowl for the second-straight year, and to Tuscaloosa for the second time in three weeks.

The SEC has dominated coverage since time-tracking began on October 25th, and going into this week, the conference has received more coverage than the next two highest-covered conferences, the Big Ten and Pac-12, combined. Would Rivalry Week be enough to help any of the other conferences gain ground?

SEC – 42:08

Big Ten- 20:55

Pac-12 – 18:59

ACC – 14:24

Non-Power 5: 8:32

B12 – 0:32

The SEC’s “homefield advantage” was slightly off-pace this week, down about 18 minutes from its previous average when GameDay is broadcasting from an SEC location.

The Big 12 was the biggest loser this week, only garnering about half-a-minute of coverage, as the conference’s biggest game, TCU vs. Texas was on Thanksgiving. This is the third time this year, and second-time in two weeks for the Big 12, that a Power 5 conference received less than a full minute of airtime on College GameDay. The Big 12 receiving just 32 seconds of airtime this week is especially interesting given the playoff drama between TCU and Baylor and ESPN’s decision to go to Waco for a regular season game in the conference on Championship Weekend.

Since Chris Fowler’s rant about alleged bias on GameDay, the SEC has received at least twice the amount of airtime more than the next-closest conference in four of the six broadcasts. The cumulative data shows, as of now, a consistent and substantial airtime gap between one conference and the others on ESPN’s flagship college football show.

For the year-to-date:

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When considering coverage by percentage of total airtime:

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In total, the SEC has well over twice the amount of coverage as the next closest conference, the Big Ten, and only slightly less than Pac-12, ACC, and Big 12 combined.

Entering the week of conference championships, College GameDay has mapped out its final two locations prior to bowl/playoff season, and will visit Waco, Texas for Kansas State-Baylor game, followed by Baltimore, Maryland for the Army-Navy Game on December 13th.

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