BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The LSU Tigers, with 15 starters returning from last year’s 11-2 team, has been predicted to win the Southeastern Conference championship by media voting at the 2007 SEC Football Media Days, concluded today at the Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover, Ala.
The 2007 SEC Football Media Days was the highest attended in the 23 years of SEC football media days. The media days event drew an attendance of 830, which was larger than last year’s attendance of 685.
The Tigers, which finished last year ranked third in the country by Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls, were listed on 54 of the 80 ballots, while defending SEC and National Champion Florida was listed on seven ballots. Arkansas received five votes, Auburn four, Alabama and South Carolina three and Tennessee and Georgia were listed on two ballots.
Florida was predicted to win the Eastern Division, while Tennessee was voted second, Georgia third, South Carolina four, Kentucky fifth and Vanderbilt was listed sixth. The Gators were listed on 41 ballots as the Eastern Division champion while Tennessee had 16 votes, Georgia 12 and South Carolina 11.
LSU was listed on 63 ballots as the Western Division Champion while Auburn was second (first on five ballots), Arkansas third (five ballots), Alabama fourth (seven ballots), Ole Miss fifth and Mississippi State sixth.
On the All-SEC Team, LSU led all teams with eight selections followed by Kentucky and Florida with six each while Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee each had five players on the 1st and 2nd teams.
Arkansas led all teams with five players selected to the first team followed by LSU with four. Every SEC team was represented on either the first or second team.
Arkansas running back Darren McFadden was the only unanimous selection to the All-SEC Team.
The team and predicted results are listed below:
2007 SEC FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS PRE-SEASON ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM
(*-Ties / # – Unanimous vote / Number of votes in parenthesis) (80 total voters)
Pos.
Name
School
Hometown
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC — OFFENSE
TE
Jacob Tamme (67)
Kentucky
Danville, Ky.
OL
Will Arnold (65)
LSU
Gloster, Miss.
OL
Michael Oher (59)
Ole Miss
Memphis, Tenn.
OL
Andre Smith (43)
Alabama
Birmingham, Ala.
OL
Phil Trautwein (28)
Florida
Voorhees, N.J.
C
Jonathan Luigs (58)
Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark.
WR
Earl Bennett (65)
Vanderbilt
Birmingham, Ala.
WR
Marcus Monk (27)
Arkansas
Lepanto, Ark.
QB
Andre’ Woodson (62)
Kentucky
Radcliff, Ky.
#RB
Darren McFadden (80)
Arkansas
Little Rock, Ark.
RB
Felix Jones (27)
Arkansas
Tulsa, Okla.
SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC — OFFENSE
TE
Cornelius Ingram (3)
Florida
Hawthorne, Fla.
OL
Chris Williams (21)
Vanderbilt
Glynn, La.
OL
King Dunlap (16)
Auburn
Brentwood, Tenn.
OL
Drew Miller (13)
Florida
Sarasota, Fla.
OL
Brian Stamper (6)
Vanderbilt
Windermere, Fla.
C
Antoine Caldwell (15)
Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.
WR
Percy Harvin (19)
Florida
Virginia Beach, Va.
*WR
Keenan Burton (17)
Kentucky
Louisville, Ky.
*WR
Early Doucet (17)
LSU
St. Martinville, La.
QB
Erik Ainge (6)
Tennessee
Hillsboro, Ore.
RB
BenJarvus Green-Ellis (26)
Ole Miss
New Orleans, La.
RB
LaMarcus Coker (7)
Tennessee
Antioch, Tenn.
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC — DEFENSE
DL
Glenn Dorsey (78)
LSU
Gonzales, La.
DL
Quentin Groves (72)
Auburn
Greenville, Miss.
DL
Derrick Harvey (48)
Florida
Greenbelt, Md.
LB
Jasper Brinkley (75)
South Carolina
Thomson, Ga.
LB
Jonathan Goff (73)
Vanderbilt
Lynn, Mass.
LB
Ali Highsmith (58)
LSU
Miami, Fla.
LB
Jerod Mayo (37)
Tennessee
Hampton, Va.
DB
Simeon Castille (78)
Alabama
Birmingham, Ala.
DB
Jonathan Hefney (60)
Tennessee
Rock Hill, S.C.
DB
Chevis Jackson (51)
LSU
Mobile, Ala.
DB
Derek Pegues (46)
Miss. State
Batesville, Miss.
SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC — DEFENSE
DL
Titus Brown (14)
Miss. State
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
DL
Tyson Jackson (8)
LSU
Edgard, La.
DL
Wallace Gilberry (8)
Alabama
Bay Minette, Ala.
LB
Wesley Woodyard (36)
Kentucky
LaGrange, Ga.
LB
Prince Hall (14)
Alabama
Moreno Valley, Calif.
*LB
Darry Beckwith (5)
LSU
Baton Rouge, La.
*LB
Brandon Miller (5)
Georgia
Colquitt, Ga.
DB
Tony Joiner (30)
Florida
Haines City, Fla.
DB
Jonathan Zenon (8)
LSU
Breaux Bridge, La.
DB
Trevard Lindley (5)
Kentucky
Hiram, Ga.
DB
Jonathan Wilhite (4)
Auburn
Monroe, La.
FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC — SPECIAL TEAMS
PK
Ryan Succop (39)
South Carolina
Hickory, N.C.
P
Britton Colquitt (64)
Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn.
RS
Felix Jones (31)
Arkansas
Tulsa, Okla.
SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC — SPECIAL TEAMS
PK
Brandon Coutu (35)
Georgia
Lawrenceville, Ga.
P
Ryan Succop (16)
South Carolina
Hickory, N.C.
RS
Rafael Little (18)
Kentucky
Anderson, S.C.
PRE-SEASON ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM MEMBERS BY SCHOOL
School
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
SEC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
SEC Champion – LSU (54), Florida (7), Arkansas (5), Auburn (4), Alabama (3), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (2), Georgia (2).
No.
School
Votes
Eastern Division
1.
Florida (41)
131
2.
Tennessee (16)
201
3.
Georgia (12)
225
4.
South Carolina (11)
272
5.
Kentucky
389
6.
Vanderbilt
462
Western Division
1.
LSU (63)
110
2.
Auburn (5)
205
3.
Arkansas (5)
237
4.
Alabama (7)
256
5.
Ole Miss
430
6.
Mississippi State
442