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Media picks Alabama to win SEC

Alabama is the preseason pick to win the SEC.

The Crimson Tide received far and away the most votes to win the conference in the SEC preseason media poll, which was released Friday morning.

The Tide got 193 votes. Georgia, the pick to win the SEC East, was second with 69 votes.

Auburn finished second in the SEC West voting.

For the division voting, points were awarded on a 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale.

The full rundown of the voting:

WESTERN DIVISION (First place votes are in parenthesis)

Alabama (263) 1,971
Auburn (19) 1,664
Mississippi State (2) 1,239
Texas A&M 1,091
LSU 1,025
Ole Miss 578
Arkansas 412

EASTERN DIVISION

Georgia (271) 1,977
South Carolina (8) 1,535
Florida (4) 1,441
Missouri 1,057
Kentucky (1) 874
Tennessee (1) 704
Vanderbilt 392

SEC CHAMPION

Alabama 193
Georgia 69
Auburn 14
South Carolina 4
Florida 2
Mississippi State 1
Missouri 1