Alabama’s run since 2009 is as close to a dynasty as we’re going to get to a dynasty in college football these days. Since 2009, the Crimson Tide have won three national titles and three SEC championships, putting their stamp all over the national football landscape as they enter the inaugural College Football Playoff as the No. 1 seed.

In the last 20-plus years, there hasn’t been much precedence for what the Crimson Tide and Nick Saban have done. Before the conference expanded to 12 teams in 1992, Alabama was the only team that could compare. The Tide won or shared nine of 11 SEC championships from 1971-81, finishing No. 1 in the country twice and going 6-5 in bow games.

Who comes closest since the conference realigned into divisions in 1992?

Florida, 1992-1996

Record: 54-12-1
Bowl record: 3-2
SEC titles: 4
National championships: 1

Steve Spurrier’s time at Florida started with a bang. The Gators won their first SEC title in 1991, right before the conference expanded. After losing the inaugural game to eventual national champion Alabama, the Gators then won four straight SEC championship games. Spurrier’s teams were the benchmark for offenses around the country, airing it out with abandon and averaging 39 points per game over this five-year period, peaking with 47 points per game in the 1996 national championship season.

Florida, 2006-2009

Record: 48-7
Bowl record: 3-1
SEC titles: 2
National championships: 2

Like Spurrier, Urban Meyer was on fire to start his career in Gainesville. After taking over a 7-5 team, Meyer improved the Gators to 9-4 in his first season in the Swamp, 2005. In 2006, The Gators took a giant leap forward, winning the SEC and national championships. The four-season run coincided with Tim Tebow’s career at Florida; he was a role player on the 2006 team before becoming the one of the best players in college football history. This Florida era ended as Alabama’s got going and Tebow’s college career came to an end; the Gators and Crimson Tide met in the SEC Championship as the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the country, respectively. Alabama upset Florida, starting its current run of SEC success.