If the rest of 2016 is as good as its first 50 days, then the SEC is in line for another banner year.

The conference has enjoyed a spate of success to begin the year, flexing its collective muscles on the field and off, as well as in the pro ranks. Oh to be the SEC.

Here’s a look at some of the SEC’s highlights from the first two months of the year.

Warning, if you’re an ardent Alabama hater, this might not be the article for you.

GRIDIRON

When it comes to actual football played on the field during this calendar year, the SEC is 5-1 in six bowl games. Chief among them, naturally, is Alabama’s College Football Playoff title over Clemson. The conference has now crowned eight of the NCAA’s past 10 national champions.

After the season, Mississippi State QB Dak Prescott won MVP honors in the Senior Bowl, which featured 23 SEC players.

RECRUITING TRAIL

Alabama (4), Auburn (1), Florida (2) and LSU (1) have shared those eight national titles, making the SEC a premier destination for recruits. That was evident once again as the conference dominated National Signing Day, inking five of the top-10 draft classes, according to 247Sports.

All told, 10 SEC teams landed inside the top 26 and none finished lower than No. 54 (Vanderbilt). LSU saw its hold on the No. 1 class slip from its fingers, but you won’t hear too many people complaining in Death Valley about this year’s haul — which ranked No. 3 in the country. Alabama waltzed away with yet another No. 1 recruiting class, nabbing commitments from three five-star players.

SUPER BOWL

Former conference stars Peyton Manning and Cam Newton squared off in Super Bowl 50, and, while it worked out splendidly for the former, the latter was left to (briefly) answer questions about what went wrong.

Regardless, 23 SEC players competed in Levi’s Stadium in the big game, with several of them coming up big. Among them was Kony Ealy of the Carolina Panthers, who had arguably one of the greatest performances for a defensive end in the half-century history of the Big Game. The Mizzou alum recorded 3.0 sacks, forced a fumble and intercepted a Manning pass.

VON MILLER

Von Miller left for the NFL in 2011, the year before Texas A&M joined the SEC. He is on his way to a hall-of-fame-career, punctuated by his MVP award in the Super Bowl 50. Miller sacked Cam Newton 2.5 times and forced a pair of fumbles, the second one which sealed the win for Denver, to earn the game’s top honors. This month he was also honored with the fourth Pro Bowl selection of his career. As a reward, Miller and Anquan Boldin get to introduced Carrie Underwood and Sam Hunt at this year’s Grammy Awards.

COMBINE

The SEC will send 74 players to the NFL Scouting Combine, the most of any conference. Alabama led the way, and was second to only Ohio State, with nine players looking to improve their draft stock Feb. 23-29 in Indianapolis. Auburn, Florida and Georgia will each send eight players to Indy.

In what could be construed as a testament to their returning talent in 2016, (or lack thereof in 2015) only two Tennessee players will take part in the combine, OLB Curt Maggitt and WR Marquez North.

THE NOT SO GOOD

OK, so life is not all sweet tea and magnolia blooms in the SEC. There are some bad elements. Among them was the arrest of Missouri DT Terry Beckner Jr. on Jan. 21 after Columbia authorities charged him with possession of marijuana after a traffic stop. New Tigers head coach Barry Odom suspended the rising sophomore (8.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks) indefinitely.

In late January, Odom decided to dismiss QB Maty Mauk from the program. The decision came just days after a video appeared to show Mauk snorting a white substance. Odom said in the press release that he believed the video was “from a long time ago,” but said Mauk’s “failure to live up to expectations in recent weeks was the reason for this decision.”