re: Preseason predictions for next year

SEC West

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

SEC East

1) Missouri
2) South Carolina
3) Georgia
4) Vanderbilt
5) Florida
6) Tennessee
7) Kentucky


I flipped Auburn and Alabama position in the west mostly due the difficulty of schedules and Auburn hasn't exactly looked like a complete team this season.Unless they up their defense, I expect them to lose some of the close call games they won this year.

I flipped Missouri and South Carolina also based on current schedule difficulty ,but its not nearly as big as the gap between Auburn's and Bama's Schedule.

The hard teams based of this season results (and potential teams that can rise)

Auburn
LSU
USCe
Georgia
Bama

Alabama
LSU
Auburn
Florida (Might be good but not likely)

USCe
Missouri
Georgia
Auburn
Florida

Missouri
USCe
Georgia
Florida

As you can see, Auburn has a bit of a gauntlet to run next year. I could easily see them going 2 out of 4. Even if they go 3 out of 4, if they lose to Bama they won't win the west. LSU will finish top 10 ,but I feel they might lose a random favored game somewhere if the wrong LSU team shows up.

All Missouri has to do is split Georgia/USCe and hope Florida is still crap. They will at the very least be Co-Champions.