Football season is almost upon us. With the calendar about to turn from July to August, preseason predictions are in full swing. Coming off SEC Media Days, the big narrative was whether or not LSU is the new favorites in the SEC West after winning it in Brian Kelly’s first season and Alabama seemingly on the downswing, especially at the QB position.<\/p>\n
After all was said and done and media predictions were tallied, the consensus was still Alabama in the West, but it was much closer than it has been in some time. Georgia was also predicted to defeat Alabama in the SEC Championship. Here is the order the media predicted both the SEC West and East as well as the first team All-SEC group:<\/p>\n
SEC West:<\/strong><\/p>\n Alabama SEC East:<\/strong><\/p>\n Georgia All-SEC First Team Offense:<\/strong><\/p>\n QB: Jayden Daniels, LSU All-SEC First Team Defense:<\/strong><\/p>\n DL: Mekhi Wingo, LSU All-SEC First Team Special Teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n P: Kai Kroeger, South Carolina Among those recognized in the second and third teams included Tennessee QB Joe Milton III (third team), Alabama RB Jase McClellan (second team), Auburn RB Jarquez Hunter (third team), and Auburn DB D.J. James (third team). The season is less than a month away, and we will monitor throughout the year just how accurate the media’s predictions prove to be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nLSU
\nTexas A&M
\nOle Miss
\nArkansas
\nAuburn
\nMississipi State<\/p>\n
\nTennessee
\nSouth Carolina
\nKentucky
\nFlorida
\nMissouri
\nVanderbilt<\/p>\n
\nRB: Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss
\nRB: Raheim Sanders, Arkansas
\nWR: Malik Nabers, LSU
\nWR: Ladd McConkey, Georgia
\nTE: Brock Bowers, Georgia
\nOL: JC Latham, Alabama
\nOL: Amarius Mims, Georgia
\nOL: Tate Ratledge, Georgia
\nOL: Will Campbell, LSU
\nOL: Sedrick Van Pran, Georgia<\/p>\n
\nDL: Mykel Williams, Georgia
\nDL: Maason Smith, LSU
\nDL: Nazir Stackhouse, Georgia
\nLB: Dallas Turner, Alabama
\nLB: Harold Perkins, LSU
\nLB: Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia
\nDB: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
\nDB: Malaki Starks, Georgia
\nDB: Kamari Lassiter, Georgia
\nDB: Javon Bullard, Georgia<\/p>\n
\nPK: Will Reichard, Alabama
\nLS: Kneeland Hibbett, Alabama
\nKS: Brian Battie, Auburn
\nRS: Kool-Aid McKinstry, Alabama
\nAP: Ainias Smith, Texas A&M<\/p>\n