re: Which of the non Big 6 schools will win the SEC 1st

I agree with this to an extent... Overall Population is very important but so are demographics. You can have 30 million people, but if 25 million of those people come from a population that typically doesn't play football then you're no better than a state of 10 million where half play football.

For instance, SC and Kentucky both have 4-5 million people... but which state would you rather recruit for talent. There's a reason the Carolina's are called "D-Line Heaven"...