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SEC Media Days Storylines: Predicting the preseason poll

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Every year, the Southeastern Conference asks the media to rank the teams in the league in order of predicted finish. While the Big 12 has done away with a formal poll after Arizona State took home the 2024 conference championship following a last-place showing in the preseason poll, the SEC has not made a similar move.

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The poll is gathered during the course of SEC Media Days, which is slated to start next week in Atlanta on July 14. Steve Sarkisian, Arch Manning, Anthony Hill, and Michael Taaffe are set to represent the Longhorns on July 15.

The poll is likely to be released next Thursday or Friday. Last year, Georgia earned the most predictions to become SEC champion while Texas was second. Alabama was third, followed by Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, LSU, and South Carolina.

The 2024 poll was…

  1. Georgia (3330 points)
  2. Texas (3041)
  3. Alabama (2891)
  4. Ole Miss (2783)
  5. LSU (2322)
  6. Missouri (2240)
  7. Tennessee (268)
  8. Oklahoma (2022)
  9. Texas A&M (1684)
  10. Auburn (1382)
  11. Kentucky (1371)
  12. Florida (1146)
  13. South Carolina (923)
  14. Arkansas (749)
  15. Mississippi State (623)
  16. Vanderbilt (293)

The actual order of finish in the regular season of the SEC was…

  1. Texas (7-1)
  2. Georgia (6-2)
  3. Tennessee (6-2)
  4. Ole Miss (5-3)
  5. Alabama (5-3)
  6. South Carolina (5-3)
  7. Missouri (5-3)
  8. Texas A&M (5-3)
  9. LSU (5-3)
  10. Florida (4-4)
  11. Arkansas (3-5)
  12. Vanderbilt (3-5)
  13. Oklahoma (2-6)
  14. Auburn (1-7)
  15. Mississippi State (0-8)

Joe Cook’s most recent SEC power rankings, which only goes as far as 10 schools, was…

  1. Texas
  2. Alabama
  3. Georgia
  4. LSU
  5. South Carolina
  6. Texas A&M
  7. Florida
  8. Ole Miss
  9. Tennessee
  10. Auburn

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So what’s IT’s prediction for the preseason poll? Texas is primed to earn the most champion votes and therefore will likely be the No. 1 team in the poll. As far as the other 15?

  1. Texas
  2. Alabama
  3. Georgia
  4. LSU
  5. Florida
  6. South Carolina
  7. Texas A&M
  8. Tennessee
  9. Ole Miss
  10. Oklahoma
  11. Missouri
  12. Auburn
  13. Vanderbilt
  14. Kentucky
  15. Arkansas
  16. Mississippi State

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