If history is an indicator, Alabama should be very concerned right about now when it comes to its hopes of defending its title.
With another SEC Media Days in the books, the conference released the results of its media poll, with ‘Bama targeted by that group as the overwhelming favorite. Based on the league’s points system, ‘Bama, with 223 points to win the SEC championship, easily lapped LSU and its 59. Tennessee, Georgia and Florida from the East Division are next with 29, seven and five, respectively.
Being the favorite, though, doesn’t exactly bode well for Nick Saban and his troops.Reminder: The media has predicted the correct SEC champion ONLY 5 times in 24 years
94: Florida
95: Florida
07: LSU
08: Florida
14: Alabama
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) July 14, 2016
UA, with 2,220 points, received 246 first-place votes to win the West. Others in that division receiving first-place votes are LSU (76), Ole Miss (five), Texas A&M (three) and Arkansas (one). Mississippi State is projected to finish last, 372 points ahead of fifth-place Auburn (890-518).
Over in the East, every team but Kentucky and Missouri received first-place votes. Tennessee received 225 of those, followed by Florida (57) and Georgia (45). Vanderbilt actually received a pair of first-place votes, while South Carolina, projected to finish in the East’s cellar, received a pair as well in the anonymous voting.
