The helmet is the visual identity of a football team. Some college teams have had traditional and iconic helmets that have stood the test of time.

Urban Meyer stood in the north end zone just beyond the goalpost at the Rose Bowl, far enough away from the Ohio State sideline not to be a distraction. And as the final seconds ticked off the clock in Pasadena,

The league's addition of Arkansas hastened the demise of the Southwest Conference in the 1990s. Longtime commissioner Roy Kramer masterminded the BCS. The SEC's additions of Oklahoma and Texas this decade kicked off the current round of conference realignment.

The SEC is not only home to some of college football's top uniforms, but helmets as well. Here is a ranking of all 16 from worst-to-best.