<Li> y--Championship game participant </Li> <Li> *--Ineligible for post-season play due to self - imposed ban </Li> <P> The 2017 SEC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2017 at Mercedes - Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, and determined the 2017 football champion of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the first SEC Conference football championship at the Mercedes - Benz Stadium . The game featured the Eastern Division Champion, SEC Champion Georgia Bulldogs against the Western Division Champion, the 2017 Auburn Tigers football team, in a rematch of the their rivalry game, which was won by Auburn by a score of 40 - 17, on November 11, 2017 . This game marked the first time that any permanent cross division rivals faced off in the SEC Championship Game . This was also the first SEC Championship Game with new SEC on CBS announcer Brad Nessler replacing Verne Lundquist, who retired in 2016 . The game was televised nationally by CBS . </P> <P> In the 2016 SEC Championship Game, the western division champion Alabama defeated the eastern division champion Florida 54--16 in a rematch of the 2015 SEC Championship Game . It was the last SEC title game to be held at the Georgia Dome, which was demolished shortly before the 2017 title game, following the opening of Mercedes - Benz Stadium . </P>

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