The Alabama Crimson Tide were picked to win the 2016 SEC Championship by the voters at SEC Media Days. Alabama has won back-to-back SEC Championships.
With all the media votes tabulated at the end of 2016 SEC Media Days, the Alabama Crimson Tide were picked to win the 2016 SEC Championship over the Tennessee Volunteers at the Georgia Dome in early December. Alabama has won back-to-back SEC Championships and has made both College Football Playoffs to date.
Alabama has won four of the last seven national championships under head coach Nick Saban. The Crimson Tide continue to recruit and reload like no other program in the Power 5, so it’s no surprise that the SEC media picked Alabama to three-peat as SEC Champions.
Alabama received 246 of a possible 331 first-place votes to win the SEC West. The media picked the LSU Tigers to finish second, the Ole Miss Rebels to finish third, the Texas A&M Aggies to finish fourth, the Arkansas Razorbacks to finish fifth, the Auburn Tigers to finish sixth, and the Mississippi State Bulldogs to finish seventh.
To face Alabama in the 2016 SEC Championship Game, the SEC chose Alabama’s Third Saturday in October rival Tennessee Volunteers, who received 225 first-place votes to win the SEC East. Rarely do inter-division rivals meet in the SEC Championship, but it could very well be the case in 2016 in Atlanta.
Rounding out the rest of the SEC East, the Florida Gators were projected to finish second, the Georgia Bulldogs to finish third, the Kentucky Wildcats to finish fourth, the Vanderbilt Commodores to finish fifth, the Missouri Tigers to finish sixth, and the South Carolina Gamecocks to finish seventh.
Alabama also received the most votes (223) to win the 2016 SEC Championship with LSU (59), Tennessee (29), Georgia (seven), and Florida (five) rounding out the top five. There is some parity, with 10 of 14 SEC schools receiving at least one vote to win the 2016 SEC Championship. For now, Alabama remains the top dog in the SEC, as it should be.
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