Saturday Down South predicts SEC division winners, SEC champion

Every summer it looks so obvious. And most years we get it oh, so wrong.

Just like last year. The media overwhelmingly predicted Alabama to win the SEC Championship, and the Tide didn’t even make it to Atlanta. Consider that par for the course, considering the media have picked the champion correctly just six times since 1992.

We’re a resilient bunch, however, and at SDS, we’re vowing not to waste a failure.

As such, here’s how our staff will vote at next week’s SEC Media Days in Atlanta. Get the chalk.

Connor O’Gara, senior national columnist

SEC East
1. Georgia
2. South Carolina
3. Florida
4. Mizzou
5. Tennessee
6. Kentucky
7. Vanderbilt

SEC West
1. Alabama
2. Mississippi State
3. Auburn
4. LSU
5. Texas A&M
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC champion: Alabama

Jon Cooper, director of operations

SEC East
1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. South Carolina
4. Missouri
5. Tennessee
6. Kentucky
7. Vanderbilt

SEC West
1. Alabama
2. Miss State
3. Auburn
4. LSU
5. Texas A&M
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC champion: Alabama

Adam Spencer, SEC reporter

SEC East
1. Georgia
2. South Carolina
T3. Mizzou
T3. Florida
5. Kentucky
6. Tennessee
7. Vanderbilt

SEC West
1. Alabama
T2. Auburn
T2. Mississippi State
4. Texas A&M
5. LSU
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC champion: Georgia

Joe Cox, SEC columnist

SEC East
1. Georgia
2. South Carolina
3. Florida
4. Kentucky
5. Missouri
6. Tennessee
7. Vanderbilt

SEC West
1. Alabama
2. Auburn
3. Mississippi State
4. LSU
5. Texas A&M
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC champion: Alabama

Neil Blackmon, Florida beat writer

SEC East
1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. MIssouri
4. South Carolina
5. Kentucky
6. Tennessee
7. Vanderbilt

SEC West
1. Alabama
2. Mississippi State
3. Auburn
4. LSU
5. Texas A&M
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC champion: Georgia

Chris Marler, co-host The SDS Podcast

SEC East
1. Georgia
2. Florida
3. Mizzou
4. South Carolina
5. Kentucky
6. Tennessee
7. Vanderbilt

SEC West
1. Alabama
2. Auburn
3. Miss St
4. LSU
5. Texas A&M
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC champion: Alabama

Michael Bratton, news editor

SEC East
1. Georgia
2. South Carolina
3. Kentucky
4. Florida
5. Missouri
6. Tennessee
7. Vanderbilt

SEC West
1. Alabama
2. Mississippi State
3. Texas A&M
4. Auburn
5. LSU
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC champion: Georgia

Chris Wright, executive editor

SEC East
1. Georgia
2. South Carolina
3. Florida
4. Missouri
T5. Kentucky
T5. Tennessee
7. Vanderbilt

SEC West
1. Alabama
T2. Auburn
T2. Mississippi State
4. Texas A&M
5. LSU
6. Ole Miss
7. Arkansas

SEC champion: Alabama

Chris Wright

Managing Editor

A 30-time APSE award-winning editor with previous stints at the Miami Herald, The Indianapolis Star and News & Observer, Executive Editor Chris Wright oversees editorial operations for Saturday Down South.