No source is picking Alabama Basketball to be the SEC's best team in the 2025-26 season. The teams most chosen to lead the SEC are Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
During the last three seasons, Alabama has lost a total of 12 regular-season conference games. That average of four per season is projected to more than double this season. The projection comes from one of college basketball's most respected computer models, provided by Ken Pomeroy.
Pomeroy's preseason rankings have the Alabama Crimson Tide as the SEC's fifth-best team. He ranks the top four as Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt.