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

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