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).

Coaches shouted about parity from their podiums all week long at SEC football media days in Atlanta, calling their conference not only the best but the deepest in the country. The release of Friday’s preseason media poll for the 2025 season reflected that, as more than half of the 16 teams received at least one vote to win the conference.