Last season was a wonky year for the SEC. From a month dominated by the state of Mississippi to freshmen dominating the conference to award winners to a disappointing bowl season, there were plenty of interesting things going on throughout the season.

What won’t we see from last year repeat itself in 2015?

1. A team reaching No. 1 for the first time — Only three SEC programs have failed to reach the top of the Associated Press poll at some point in their history: South Carolina, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Those three East bottom dwellers would need a miracle to get there this year. With those three as the only options, there won’t be any school repeating Mississippi State’s feat from a year ago.

2. Missouri taking people by surprise — Missouri shocked everyone by winning the SEC East in 2013. The Tigers’ repeat title in 2014 was doubly surprising, even in a weak East. Gary Pinkel’s crew isn’t going to sneak up on anyone this year, no matter how bleak of an outlook the passing game has or how many defensive players from last year are now in the NFL.

3. A Mizzou DE winning SEC Defensive Player of the Year — Michael Sam came out of relative obscurity in 2013, while Shane Ray went from backup to star last year. The SEC is just too loaded at defensive line for yet another first-year starter at DE from Mizzou to take home the honor this year.

4. The SEC getting shut out of the Doak Walker finalists — It has actually been three seasons, going back to Trent Richardson’s win in 2011, since the SEC had a finalist for the award given to the nation’s top running back. That streak will end in 2015. At least one of Nick Chubb, Leonard Fournette or Derrick Henry will earn an invite as a finalist, while Jovon Robinson, Jonathan Williams and others will have an outside shot.

5. A receiver winning the Biletnikoff — In the Fred Biletnikoff Award’s 21-year history, an SEC player has only earned the honor twice: Alabama’s Amari Cooper last year and LSU’s Josh Reed in 2001. While the SEC has some talent out wide, it takes a record-breaking season for an SEC receiver to get his hands on the award.

6. A team hanging 59 points on Texas A&M — Alabama’s 59-0 romp over the Aggies was one of the most thorough dominations you’ll ever see in college football. That’s not going to happen to Texas A&M again this year, not with John Chavis in town. The last time one of his defenses allowed that many points was nearly a decade ago, when the 2007 Florida Gators hung 59 on Chavis’ Tennessee defense. The Chief’s defenses have only allowed 50 points twice since he took over as UT’s DC in 1989, both in that 2007 season.

7. A South Carolina quarterback leading the SEC in passing yards — You’d think that under Steve Spurrier, the Gamecocks would be a passing-dominated offense every year. That’s just not true, though; in the last decade, the Gamecocks have been much stronger on the ground. Dylan Thompson led the conference in passing yards last fall, but with a first-year starter this year (be it Connor Mitch or someone else) and a lack of receiving talent outside of Pharoh Cooper, the Gamecocks certainly won’t be as proficient airing it out.

8. The East outplaying the West in bowl games — Last year, the vaunted West went just 2-5 in bowl games, while the weak East went 5-0. Considering the West lost three one-score games, the records seem a little skewed. The stronger division will earn back some much-needed respect for the SEC.

9. Just six teams finishing the season ranked in the AP poll — In conjunction with No. 8, the SEC will have at least half of its teams ranked at season’s end. LSU fell out of the final poll after a disappointing bowl loss to end its season, while teams like Texas A&M and Arkansas were a win away from getting there. The SEC’s middle class should be stronger in ’15, giving the conference more representation in the polls.

10. A team going winless in the SEC — Parity is the name of the game in the SEC this year. Even though at least one team has finished with an 0-8 SEC mark the last four years, that streak is going to come to an end this fall. Vanderbilt is much closer to the rest of the bottom of the SEC East than it was last year, while every West team should once again be bowl eligible.