All eyes will be on the Georgia Dome this Saturday when No. 1 Alabama and No. 16 Missouri square off for the 2014 SEC championship.

Saturday’s game will be the 23rd SEC championship game since the conference split into two divisions in 1992, and there have been some classic games throughout the years to decide the conference champion.

With that in mind, here are the five best SEC championship games of all-time:

1992

The 1992 SEC championship game was not only the first title game in the history of the conference, but also one of the best.

It featured to historic college football powers — Alabama and Florida — both ranked in the top 12 in the nation entering the game, and it featured one of the best finished of any conference title game in history, setting the bar high for the SEC’s newly-formed two-division system.

Steve Spurrier’s Florida squad took an early 7-0 lead on Errict Rhett’s first-quarter touchdown run, then fell behind 21-7 early in the third quarter as Gene Stallings’ Alabama team began to take control. Florida scored a touchdown late in the third quarter and then scored again on another touchdown run by Rhett to tie the game with eight minutes to play.

The Gators got the ball back later in the fourth quarter and had a chance to drive and set up a potential game-winning score late in the contest. Instead, quarterback Shane Matthews was intercepted by Alabama’s Antonio Langham, who returned the interception 21 yards to put Alabama in front for good.

The Tide won 28-21 to maintain its undefeated record, then topped Miami in the Sugar Bowl to close out a national championship season.

1994

Alabama and Florida met in the SEC championship game for the third year in a row in 1994, and this time it was Florida who was able to avenge the loss in ’92 with a late interception to clinch the ’94 crown.

However, the game is better remember for Spurrier’s gutsy play-calling late in the fourth quarter than it is for the game-clinching interception that followed.

The Gators led Alabama 17-10 at halftime and 17-16 through three quarters, but the Tide took a lead early in the fourth quarter on yet another pick-six, this time by linebacker Dwayne Rudd. Florida trailed 23-17 and needed to find a way to get into the end zone to finally do away with Alabama.

That’s when Spurrier pulled the rabbit out of his hat, calling on former walk-on wideout Chris Doering to throw a pass on a trick play that moved Florida down to the Alabama 2 yard line.

Doering capped the drive by catching the go-ahead touchdown pass just moments later, and Florida intercepted Alabama one last time in the final minutes of the game to seal a 24-23 victory and a conference championship for Spurrier and company.

1997

Peyton Manning’s No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers and the No. 11 Auburn Tigers squared off for the 1997 conference crown, and once again the game came down to the final moments of action.

Auburn jumped out to a 20-7 lead early in the game and led 20-10 at halftime before the Volunteers defense awoke and gave an inspired performance in the second half. Tennessee allowed Auburn to score just one touchdown after halftime, and Manning and the UT offense eventually cut the lead to 27-23 following a 46-yard touchdown pass to Peerless Price late in the third quarter.

But instead of cutting the deficit to three points, Tennessee allowed Auburn to block the extra point and run it back for two points of its own, extending its lead to six points at 29-23. The momentum swung dramatically back in the favor of the Tigers, and it appeared, even with a quarter remaining, that Tennessee had missed on its best chance at victory.

To that point in his career, Manning was not known as a big-game quarterback. In fact, he was known for struggling in tight situations late in ballgames. But he shed that reputation by finding Marcus Nash on a 73-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to tie the game, and UT did convert the extra point this time to go ahead 30-29.

The Vols shut down the Auburn offense and clung to that one-point lead for the final 11 minutes of play, eventually earning Manning’s first conference title with the victory.

The future NFL touchdown record holder threw four touchdowns in that game in 1997 before turning pro and being selected No. 1 in the 1998 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. As the saying goes, the rest is history.

1998

The 1998 SEC championship game between Tennessee and Mississippi State (the only year a team from Mississippi has played in the conference title game) was a classic game, featuring a thrilling finish and plenty of national championship implications.

Tennessee entered the game with a perfect record, but so did Kansas State and UCLA, muddying the path to the first-ever BCS national championship game. The Vols needed a win and they needed help, and by the end of the night everything fell into place for the defending SEC champions.

While the SEC title game was in progress, UCLA lost in the Pac 10 championship game and K-State lost in the Big 12 title game, leaving a path open for UT to reach the national championship game with a win. However, Tennessee trailed 14-10 in the fourth quarter, needing a touchdown to keep its season alive.

It got that touchdown on an 83-yard punt return score by Kevin Prentiss with fewer than eight minutes left on the clock, putting Tennessee ahead to stay. The Vols would score again before time ran out and won 24-14 to head to the national championship game with an unblemished record.

Phillip Fulmer and the Vols went on to win the national title against Bobby Bowden and the Florida State Seminoles, beginning a chapter of dominance for the SEC during the 16-season BCS era.

2012

Far and away the most recent game to crack this list, the 2012 game between eventual national champion and Alabama and underdog Georgia served as one of the great games in SEC championship history.

Alabama led 10-7 at halftime, but the Dawgs came back and scored back to back touchdowns to open the second half and seize a 21-10 lead. Alabama cut the lead to 21-18 by the end of the quarter, setting up a thrilling fourth quarter in Atlanta.

Alabama promptly regained the lead on a touchdown run by Eddie Lacy, but Georgia answered on the very next drive with a touchdown run by then-freshman Todd Gurley.

UGA led 28-25 for the next nine-plus minutes of action, and it appeared the Dawgs defense might be able to hold on to the three-point edge until time ran out. Unfortunately for Georgia, Alabama’s A.J. McCarron found Amari Cooper on a 45-yard touchdown strike with three minutes remaining, putting the Tide ahead 32-28.

The momentum heavily favored Alabama, and at that point it appeared as though Georgia was out of luck late in the game. Once again, however, fans were punished for making assumptions, and Georgia immediately began driving the length of the field with its sights set on a game-winning touchdown.

The Bulldogs moved the ball into the red zone with less than a minute remaining when quarterback Aaron Murray found wideout Chris Conley at the 5 yard line, where he was tackled in bounds with no timeouts remaining.

Time ran out before Georgia could run another play, and the Bulldogs came five yards shy of a conference championship. Alabama went on to dismantle Notre Dame in the BCS championship game, earning Nick Saban’s third national title in four years.