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SEC Football: Predicting every SEC team’s record for the 2017 season

By Matt Green

ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 03: The Alabama Crimson Tide celebrate their 54 to 16 win over the Florida Gators in the SEC Championship game at the Georgia Dome on December 3, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 03: The Alabama Crimson Tide celebrate their 54 to 16 win over the Florida Gators in the SEC Championship game at the Georgia Dome on December 3, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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Ed Orgeron went 6-2 as interim head coach last season. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Ed Orgeron went 6-2 as interim head coach last season. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

 LSU

10-2 (6-2)

LSU started last season 2-2 and fired long-time head coach Les Miles. Ed Orgeron took over after that and the Tigers went 6-2 down the stretch and they looked like a different team.

LSU is always loaded with talent on the defensive side of the ball, and even though they lost over half of their defensive starters, I expect more of the same in 2017. And if the eight games under Orgeron are any indication, the Tigers may have figured out the offensive side of the ball as well.

I think LSU will stumble early and lose to Mississippi State, but the only other game I see LSU losing is their Nov. 4 showdown with the Alabama Crimson Tide. The SEC West is far from a cake-walk, but when it’s all said-and-done, I see the Tigers being the second best team in the West this season.

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