HOOVER, Ala. – The LSU football team was picked by the league’s media to finish second overall and second in the Southeastern Conference Western Division, it was announced at the conclusion of SEC Media Days on Thursday.
Alabama was predicted to win the SEC championship as the Crimson Tide earned 223 points. LSU was second at 59 points, followed by Tennessee in third with 29 points.
Georgia was a distant fourth with seven points, while Florida was fifth at five points, Ole Miss sixth with four points and Texas A&M, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Arkansas all tied for seventh with one point apiece.
Alabama was picked to win the SEC West with 2,220 total points, while LSU was second with 1,984 points. Alabama received 246 first-place votes in the West, while LSU collected 76. Ole Miss was third with 1,479 points and five first-place votes.
Tennessee was selected to win the SEC Eastern Division with 2,167 points, including 225 first-place votes. Florida was second with 1,891 points and 57 votes to win the division, while Georgia was third with 1,860 points and 45 first-place votes.
Points were awarded on a 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale.
An all-time high 331 media members in attendance participated in this year’s vote.
The media’s preseason All-SEC Team will be announced Friday.
PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
EASTERN DIVISION (1st Place votes in parenthesis)
School – Points
Tennessee (225) – 2167
Florida (57) – 1891
Georgia (45) – 1860
Kentucky – 933
Vanderbilt (2) – 810
Missouri – 807
South Carolina (2) – 800
WESTERN DIVISION (1st Place votes in parenthesis)
School – Points
Alabama (246) – 2220
LSU (76) – 1984
Ole Miss (5) – 1479
Texas A&M (3) – 1130
Arkansas (1) – 1047
Auburn – 890
Mississippi State – 518
SEC CHAMPION
School – Points
Alabama – 223
LSU – 59
Tennessee – 29
Georgia – 7
Florida – 5
Ole Miss – 4
Texas A&M – 1
South Carolina – 1
Vanderbilt – 1
Arkansas – 1