re: Athlon Sports: SEC Football 2016 Predictions

I think the East will consume itself. Too many question marks across the board over there. A lot of folks are picking Tennessee to win the East, but a deeper look at their last year's record shows that they feasted on a lot of teams with losing records. Florida would be my favorite in that division, but it's hard to say if last year's results were lightning in a bottle type stuff, or if McElwain is the next great thing. Otherwise that division is a clusterfrick.

In the West, I find it hard to place Ole Miss above Arkansas. Considering the problems they are having at the moment, and the loss of three first round draft picks, they are due to take a step back. A big one at that. Ole Miss, in my opinion will finish just ahead of Mississippi State, who will finish ahead of both A&M and Auburn. LSU and Arkansas should be in a pretty heated battle for second in the West behind Alabama.