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"I don't think there's any team in the West that doesn't think they can win it," Dan Mullen said. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
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STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Dan Mullen can't dodge preseason rankings.

When Mississippi State's head coach was greeted at SEC media days with projections of a seventh-place finish in the West, he wasn't surprised.