-My preseason guess for the SEC (it's a wild guess)

West (Three tiers 1. Bama and Ole Miss on top, 2. Auburn, LSU, TAM, Arky, 3. MSU)
Bama - Simply the most talented team
Ole Miss - Have the fewest holes
Auburn - Very good squad, but may fall behind a wildcard team in...
LSU - Everything needed to be elite, but for the awful QB
Texas A&M - A bit forgotten, should have a strong offense
Arkansas - Just not sold on them
MSU - Should be a clear 7th

East (Three tiers relative to west: 2. UGA and UT 3. UF, USC, and Mizzou 4. UK and Vandy)
Georgia - Most talented squad, just need a passing game
Tennessee - Someone has to go here, and UT should be good
Florida - Coaching upgrade, but heaviest losses in the SEC from last year
South Carolina - Do they have a QB? Achilles heel (CB) should be better
Mizzou - Gutted WR core, lost half their sacks in dominant Ray and Golden
Kentucky - They aren't Vandy
Vandy - They're Vandy

Well, that's about all I have for now. If people have something specific they are particularly interested about, or some other questions, let me know.

Addendum:
- Quick thought on the draft that I'd forgotten to add. For some reason, teams like to point to the draft as a measure of success. To me, it's more a measure of failure. The better your draft went, the more talent you just lost. If you had a mediocre season and a ton of draft choices (see UF and FSU), that's really just a sign that you underachieved last year, and will be even worse this year. The only thing it's really good for is recruiting.
- Along a similar vein, let me put a different spin on the criticisms of our DBs in the draft. Personally, I think the issue is that Saban really just is /that/ good at coaching DBs. Pro coaches arrogantly assume that they'll take this "raw" player, coach him up, and get him to another level. In many cases, I think Saban has our players playing much closer to their ceiling than others at other programs, which is why they probably /are/ being over-drafted. In some border cases (see Rolando), Saban probably just got more out of the kid than any pro coach ever will.
- Further, this is a good thing for the players. Our players are getting drafted (and paid) above their actual talent level. That's money we put in their pocket. Their career is actually better than it would have been, it's just the expectations that are a bit off.

This post was edited on 8/31/15 at 4:52 pm