It was the greatest bowl season in the history of bowl seasons. The 10 SEC teams rolled up a 9-2 record, highlighted by Alabama winning the national title. No league had even won eight games in a year before and the SEC pushed it even one game further with nine wins.

Putting a bow on this fantastic postseason is easy. Once again, the SEC proved it was the best league in college football. Not only did the league win nine games, but many of them were routs. One loss was expected (Texas A&M), the other a flat-out embarrassment (Florida).

But the wins, man they were sweet. There’s plenty to be happy about around the SEC.

Here’s a few random thoughts on the bowl season that was:

Most dominant victory: This one is easy. Alabama’s 38-0 thrashing of Michigan State was about as bad a beating as you can get, especially when it happens on the grand stage of the College Football Playoff. Seriously now, these final four teams are supposed to be fairly equal, but the Spartans never had a chance. Alabama QB Jake Coker was nearly perfect (25-for-30 passing, 286 yards) and the Tide defense completely shut down Connor Cook and the Spartans offense.

Most meaningful win: When it’s all said and done and you hoist a national championship trophy, then that’s also a no-brainer. Alabama’s 45-40 win over Clemson in the College Football Playoff national championship game was the school’s fourth title in seven years under Nick Saban, and that’s his fifth overall, counting the one he won at LSU. Meaningful? Absolutely, because you could see it in his face and tell it in his words that Saban really loved this group of players. It meant a lot to bring it home.

Most shocking stat: Clemson gained a whopping 550 yards against the vaunted Alabama defense … and still lost. We’ve watched the Crimson Tide totally shut down one team after another all year after the loss to Ole Miss and it was stunning to see Clemson march up and down the field, over and over, against Alabama. The Tigers scored 40 points, which should have been enough to win a title. Most nights. But not this one.

Most surprising win: That had to be Auburn’s 31-10 dismantling of a very good Memphis team. We had all pretty much given up on the Tigers after their shaky 6-6 regular season and we had a lot of respect for Memphis QB Paxton Lynch, who ripped apart Ole Miss earlier in the year. But Auburn, which struggled on defense all year, rose up this time, holding Lynch to just 106 yards passing. It was a head-shaker.

Most redemptive win: LSU had staggered to the finish so badly that it was imperative the Tigers win their bowl game and get that bitter taste out of their mouth. That’s exactly what they did, trouncing Texas Tech 56-27 in the Texas Bowl. Leonard Fournette, who needed a big game, had a huge night, rushing for 212 yards and four TDs and scoring a fifth touchdown on a 44-yard screen pass. No one needed a win worse than Les Miles and the Tigers.

Best farewell party: This one has to go to Mississippi State QB Dak Prescott, who gave us plenty of great memories the past three years and made Hail State football relevant again. Prescott was great in the 51-27 beatdown of N.C. State in Charlotte, throwing for 380 yards and four touchdowns, leaving college football in a blaze of glory. He’s going to be missed, especially in Starkville.

Showing off to your mentor: Arkansas coach Bret Bielema and Kansas State coach Bill Snyder go way back, back to the days when Bielema worked for the legendary coach. But he roughed him up in the Liberty Bowl, with the Hogs winning 45-23. Brandon Allen threw for three TDs in his last game for Arkansas and Alex Collins showed off with three touchdowns himself. It was a great way to end the season. That’s three straight years of better win totals in Fayetteville.

Biggest statement win: That had to be Ole Miss’ big Sugar Bowl 48-20 win over Oklahoma State. It was sweet because it helped erase the ugly 42-3 bowl beatdown by TCU from a year earlier and it set the stage for 2016 and what will be a year for the Rebels to make another title run that slipped away this year. Chad Kelly had a huge night, and then a week later he announced he was returning to Oxford for his senior season. There’s reason to be excited about next year. (Value bet: Odds of Ole Miss winning the national title in 2016 are 22-to-1.)

Worst 10th win ever: Or at least that’s the way it sounds from Georgia fans with their lofty expectations.  Georgia beat Penn State 24-17, but it wasn’t really that close. Fired coach Mark Richt wasn’t around to see the Bulldogs’ fifth straight win. Ten wins gets you nowhere but out the door in Athens. Good luck with that, Kirby Smart.

Best “Let’s Load Up The Bandwagon” win: The largest margin of victory belonged to the Tennessee Volunteers, who raked a good Northwestern team 45-6 in the Outback Bowl in Tampa. That’s six straight wins for the Vols, who head into 2016 with a full head of steam as the popular pick to win the SEC East … and maybe a whole lot more. (Value bet II: Odds of Tennessee winning the national title in 2016 are 22-to-1.)

Most expected loss: Texas A&M had just lost its two quarterbacks, Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray, to transfer and third-stringer Jake Hubenak was thrown into the fire against Louisville. The Cardinals won 27-21 and Hubenak actually had decent numbers, throwing for 307 yards. But the dysfunctional Aggies had problems in other areas, most notably not being able to stop Louisville QB Lamar Jackson, who threw for 227 yards and ran for another 226. Shame on you, Aggies defense. It was a brutal – yet expected – way to end the season at 8-5, especially after starting out 5-0.

Most disgusting performance: Florida was the only one in the conference that really laid an egg. The Gators were embarrassed by Michigan 41-7 in the Citrus Bowl, and what made it worse is that they didn’t even put up a fight. Not sure a division champion has ever played as poorly in their final three games of a season as Florida did this year. They scored two points against Florida State, only seven when it counted against Alabama (garbage time TD doesn’t count), and seven against Michigan. Reinforcements, please report to Gainesville, and fast.