The SEC preseason poll has been around since 1992, which coincides with the first year of the SEC Championship game. Media attending SEC Media Days get the chance to vote in the SEC preseason poll, crafting a 1-16 list of the projected order of finish (if they remember to do it).
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Last year’s SEC preseason poll proved prescient. The Georgia Bulldogs collected most of the predictions for the 2024 SEC Champion last year, with Texas a distant second.
How often has that been the case?
1992
Predicted SEC champion: Florida
How the predicted champion fared: Lost in SEC championship
Champion: Alabama
1993
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: Lost in SEC championship
Champion: Florida
1994
Predicted SEC Champion: Florida
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Florida
1995
Predicted SEC Champion: Florida
How the Predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Florida
1996
Predicted SEC Champion: Tennessee
How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East
Champion: Florida
1997
Predicted SEC Champion: Florida
How the predicted champion fared: T2 in East
Champion: Tennessee
1998
Predicted SEC Champion: Florida
How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East
Champion: Tennessee
1999
Predicted SEC Champion: Tennessee
How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East
Champion: Alabama
2000
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: T5 in West
Champion: Florida
2001
Predicted SEC Champion: Florida
How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East
Champion: LSU
2002
Predicted SEC Champion: Tennessee
How the predicted champion fared: 3rd in East
Champion: Georgia
2003
Predicted SEC Champion: Auburn
How the predicted champion fared: 3rd in West
Champion: LSU
2004
Predicted SEC Champion: Georgia
How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East
Champion: Auburn
2005
Predicted SEC Champion: Tennessee
How the predicted champion fared: 5th in East
Champion: Georgia
2006
Predicted SEC Champion: Auburn
How the predicted champion fared: T2 in West
Champion: Florida
2007
Predicted SEC Champion: LSU
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: LSU
2008
Predicted SEC Champion: Florida
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Florida
2009
Predicted SEC Champion: Florida
How the predicted champion fared: Lost SEC championship
Champion: Alabama
2010
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: 4th in West
Champion: Auburn
2011
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in West
Champion: LSU
2012
Predicted SEC Champion: LSU
How the predicted champion fared: T2 in West
Champion: Alabama
2013
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: T1 in West
Champion: Auburn
2014
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Alabama
2015
Predicted SEC Champion: Auburn
How the predicted champion fared: 7th in West
Champion: Alabama
2016
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Alabama
2017
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: T1 in West
Champion: Georgia
2018
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Alabama
2019
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in West
Champion: LSU
2020
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Alabama
2021
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Alabama
2022
Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama
How the predicted champion fared: T1 in West
Champion: Georgia
2023
Predicted SEC Champion: Georgia
How the predicted champion fared: Lost SEC championship
Champion: Alabama
2024
Predicted SEC Champion: Georgia
How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship
Champion: Georgia