Every year the SEC sports information directors get together and make their preseason football predictions on how the conference play out, and AL.com recorded their predictions for the 2017 season earlier this week.
Each of the 14 sports information director votes for who they think will finish first, second, third, and so on for the 2017 SEC football season. And the rankings are calculated by giving 13 points for a first-place vote, 12 points for a second-place vote, all the way down to 1 point for 14th place. Voters were not allowed to vote for their own school.
Here are the results:
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14. Missouri (16 pts)
13. Vanderbilt (35)
12. Ole Miss (43)
11. Kentucky (48)
t-9. Mississippi State (66)
t-9.South Carolina (66)
8. Arkansas (82)
7. Tennessee (86)
6. Texas A&M (92)
5. Florida (132)
4. Georgia (137)
t-2. Auburn (142)
t-2. LSU (142)
1. Alabama (169)
Not surprisingly, Alabama got the top spot in the rankings, receiving all 13 first-place votes. LSU was the only other team that managed to get a first place vote, and since you weren’t allowed to vote for your own school, it’s safe to say that Alabama’s SID voted for the Tigers.
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