Projected SEC Standings/Bowls

In addition to Bowl projections, I've projected the final wins and losses for each SEC team. I did go through every remaining game on each team's schedule and pick a winner. As always, yes I have a responsible, demanding job and yes, this task took quite some time. But, the point is, these standing present a realistic scenario and everything adds up. I went 16-3 picking conference games from this point forward last year. We'll see how accurate this turns out to be.


Records are SEC followed by overall.



EAST


1. Florida 8-0, 12-0
Sugar

2. Georgia 5-3, 7-5
Chick-Fil-A

3. South Carolina 4-4, 8-4
Outback

4. Tennessee 4-4, 7-5
Music City

5. Kentucky 3-5, 7-5
Liberty

6. Vandy 0-8, 2-10
Momma's home cooking.


WEST


1. Alabama 5-0, 8-0
National Championship

2. LSU 6-2, 10-2
Capital One

3. Ole Miss 5-3, 9-3
Cotton

4. Auburn 2-6, 6-6
Papajohns.com

5. Arkansas 2-6, 6-6
Independence

6. Mississippi State 1-7, 3-9
Home for the holidays.

Some notes on this:

There were tough calls on some games. Some assumptions were: UK beats Vandy and Mississippi State, loses its other games; UT beats USC at home; LSU wins at Ole Miss; USC wins at Arkansas. In fact, a number of South Carolina's games were tough to predict. It also has to play Clemson at home on the last game of the season, a game I've called a win. Obviously, I am picking Alabama to beat Florida in the SEC Championship. I am torn about that, though.



The bowl picks are guesswork in a couple of spots. I don't know that the Independence Bowl would not take Auburn over Arkansas. Assuming things end up exactly how I have them, the Music City and Liberty would probably both mark Tennessee first of the teams not snatched up be better bowls, giving them their choice of which bowl to go to. UK would get the other. I assume UT would pick the Music City, since it is right in the middle of the state, but who knows. Other than that, if this is how these teams finish, these are the places they'll go.