There's a clear top two or even a top three in the SEC, if you believe Texas A&M has separated itself from the pack to join Alabama and Georgia atop the conference.
There's even an obvious last-place team in Vanderbilt, maintaining one of the SEC's oldest traditions. It's between the Aggies and the Commodores that things get interesting, as new coaches, new quarterbacks and a series of unknowns have combined to make the league's middle class nearly impossible to predict.
That joins the defining question of the offseason: Which SEC team is the preseason favorite to win the national championship?