Will the SEC West cannibalize itself this year?

I was curious to see who, possibly, had the toughest schedule this year. Alabama has 9 teams ranked in nearly every preseason top 25 (the entire West division is ranked, plus Tennessee and Georgia from the East, plus Wisconsin).

The next favorite to win the West, Auburn, has a similarly tough road to traverse, with the West and UGA, including a murder's row of Arkansas, Ole Miss, Texas A&M and UGA all in a row. Louisville, while not quite Wisconsin level, is still a tough opener.

I know we talk about the West killing itself, but it really hasn't happened that much (though I suppose one might make the argument that the teams are beaten up by post season, I'm not here to discuss that). Since 2009, the SEC West winner has been playing in the title game or in the title playoffs, so the opportunities were there regardless of the difficulty of the West.

Is this the season that no one escapes without at least two losses? Will an SEC East team make their way through? Will UGA having to play Alabama and Auburn pave the way for another East team to the SECCG, only to continue the East's losing streak (currently at 6)?

A little SECCG trivia (to make a potentially boring thread a *little* more interesting):

There was a point when the SEC West was a miserable 1-6 in the SECCG. Since that point, they have gone 11-5 to take a 12-11 lead in the game.

The East had a 6 game win streak in the 90s; the West currently has a 6 game win streak. Sandwiched between those two streaks is a back and forth between the East and West that never saw either side take more than a 2 game lead (the West was briefly 4-2 during that time frame [1999-2008], only for the East to win two in a row to tie it at 4-4, which the next two games were split by LSU and Florida [2008], ending the "time between the streaks" at 6-6).

If Alabama makes this year's SECCG and Florida does not, they will tie the Gators for the most appearances (10), though they will not surpass them in wins regardless of the outcome (Florida is 7-3; Alabama is currently 5-4).

The average score during the streak is 44 - 21. Aside from the epic 2012 SECCG of Alabama vs Georgia, no team has gotten closer than 17 points (and 3 games decided by 4 or more touchdowns).