The SEC Coaches Poll was released last Wednesday, and one pick may have puzzled Ole Miss fans. The Rebels are slotted in at seventh in the preseason poll, despite winning the conference tournament and returning a huge portion of the team that got them there. They were picked to finish ahead of Kentucky, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina, and Mississippi State, all of whom made it to the postseason a year ago.
I won’t pretend that I follow other SEC softball programs enough to know whether those programs deserve to be where they are, but I can say that this ranking makes some sense in Ole Miss’ case.