{"id":3400,"date":"2025-07-18T15:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3400\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:02:08","slug":"the-sec-preseason-poll-comes-out-today-how-often-does-no-1-win-the-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3400\/","title":{"rendered":"The SEC preseason poll comes out today. How often does No. 1 win the league?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/join\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[Sign up for Inside Texas for $1 and get PLUS access up to the Ohio State game!]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n<p>How often has that been the case?<\/p>\n<p>1992<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Lost in SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>1993<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Lost in SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>1994<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>1995<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>How the Predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>1996<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>1997<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: T2 in East<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>1998<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>1999<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2000<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: T5 in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>2001<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East<\/p>\n<p>Champion: LSU<\/p>\n<p>2002<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 3rd in East<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Georgia<\/p>\n<p>2003<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Auburn<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 3rd in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: LSU<\/p>\n<p>2004<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Georgia<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in East<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Auburn<\/p>\n<p>2005<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 5th in East<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Georgia<\/p>\n<p>2006<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Auburn<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: T2 in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>2007<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: LSU<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: LSU<\/p>\n<p>2008<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>2009<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Florida<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Lost SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2010<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 4th in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Auburn<\/p>\n<p>2011<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: LSU<\/p>\n<p>2012<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: LSU<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: T2 in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2013<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: T1 in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Auburn<\/p>\n<p>2014<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2015<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Auburn<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 7th in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2016<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2017<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: T1 in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Georgia<\/p>\n<p>2018<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2019<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: 2nd in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: LSU<\/p>\n<p>2020<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2021<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>2022<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: T1 in West<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Georgia<\/p>\n<p>2023<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Georgia<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Lost SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Alabama<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/texas-longhorns\/news\/2025-longhorn-football-prospectus-thinking-texas-football-is-here\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[Want to be the most informed Texas Longhorns football fan? Order the 2025 edition of Thinking Texas Football today!]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2024<\/p>\n<p>Predicted SEC Champion: Georgia<\/p>\n<p>How the predicted champion fared: Won SEC championship<\/p>\n<p>Champion: Georgia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SEC preseason poll has been around since 1992, which coincides with the first year of the SEC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[561],"tags":[64,63,707,594,706,596,704,702,705,703,85],"class_list":["post-3400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaaf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-college","tag-college-football","tag-collegefootball","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaaf","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}