The staff of 247Sports ranks the 16 SEC teams in its preseason poll. Here's where Alabama is projected to finish in Year 2 under coach Kalen DeBoer.

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Eleven different teams got votes to win the SEC championship. Georgia was second with 44 votes, followed by Alabama (29), then LSU (20), South Carolina (5), Oklahoma (3), Vanderbilt (2), Florida (2), Tennessee (1), Ole Miss (1) and Auburn (1).