Southwest Classic winner should challenge Alabama's reign

Arkansas and Texas A&M play during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman)When predicting the SEC West race the past decade, picking the top spot has been easy.

Most pencil in Alabama. After all, the Crimson Tide has become a perennial power under Coach Nick Saban, winning four national championships since 2009.

The big question each year is what team will finish second in the division and is there any way that team could dethrone the Crimson Tide? Ole Miss and LSU were early frontrunners with some media members giving both schools a decent chance to steal the Western Division crown form a Tide team which lost…