SEC football: Way-too-early 2020 East predictions

By Ty Butler | May 8, 2020

MIAMI, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 30: Head Coach Dan Mullen of the Florida Gators raises the Orange Bowl Trophy after winning the Capital One Orange Bowl against the Virginia Cavaliers at Hard Rock Stadium on December 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) /

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ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 07: Georgia fans during a game between Georgia Bulldogs and LSU Tigers at Mercedes Benz Stadium on December 7, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Steve Limentani/ISI Photos/Getty Images) /

SEC football is still four months away, but that won’t stop us from giving you our way-too-early 2020 SEC East predictions.

As the 2020 SEC football season nears, fans are beginning to wonder just where their teams stack up amongst others in the division. Will this be the season that my team finally makes it to the conference championship? Is this the year that we finally make a playoff run? Luckily, Southbound and Down is here to give you some insight.

The SEC East has certainly taken a few steps back in the past couple of years thanks to faulty coaching hires and the rise of the Western division. Memories of Tim Tebow leading the Gators to a national championship and Phillip Fulmer consistently trotting out competitive teams is now old news.

But the gap that once separated the East and West is beginning to run slim as Georgia continues to showcase elite talent, Dan Mullen proceeds to rejuvenate Florida football, and Mark Stoops keeps proving to be a pleasant surprise. Now, the rest of the division must play catch up.

Today, we will project each team’s end-of-season placement and record. Let’s get started

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