There are five teams in the SEC East with realistic aspirations of playing in the conference championship in Atlanta at the end of the season.

Unfortunately for Vanderbilt and Kentucky fans, their teams are not likely to be among them.

But while the fans of the other five teams are chalking up wins over the Commodores and Wildcats in their preseason prognostications, chances are good that at least one of those teams is going to be sorely disappointed with the real-life result this fall.

Even though Vanderbilt and Kentucky combined for a dreadful 2-14 conference record last season (one of those wins came in the head-to-head match-up), the schools were still able to knock off another SEC East opponent.

Since 2005, at least one of the other five programs in the SEC East has tripped up in a game against Kentucky or Vanderbilt. In fact, there have been three seasons in which multiple teams have seen their chances to win the SEC East diminished in games against the Commodores and Wildcats.

SEC East losses to Vanderbilt or Kentucky since 2005

2005: Vanderbilt 28, Tennessee 24
2006: Vanderbilt 24, Georgia 22; Kentucky 24, Georgia 20
2007: Vanderbilt 17, South Carolina 6
2008: Vanderbilt 24, South Carolina 17
2009: Kentucky 34, Georgia 27
2010: Kentucky 31, South Carolina 28
2011: Kentucky 10, Tennessee 7
2012: Vanderbilt 19, Missouri 15; Vanderbilt 41, Tennessee 18
2013: Vanderbilt 31, Georgia 27; Vanderbilt 34, Florida 17; Vanderbilt 14, Tennessee 10
2014: Kentucky 45, South Carolina 38

The recent results say Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia (four losses each) have been much easier nuts to crack than Missouri and Florida (one loss each). Though it should be taken into account that the Tigers did not join the league until the 2012 season.

So who stands the best chance to be this year’s victim?

Here are two potential spots for Vanderbilt and Kentucky to get into the SEC win column in 2015:

Sept. 19: Florida at Kentucky

Ask any Kentucky fan about the end of last season’s triple-overtime road loss to the Gators and you are bound to hear some expletives. The Wildcats came so very close to beating the Gators for the first time since 1986, so you can be sure that they will be hungry for another opportunity at home in Week 3. The Jim McElwain era will have just begun at Florida, and there’s a chance the Gators get off to a shaky start in their first conference game of the season.

Oct. 17: Vanderbilt at South Carolina

The Gamecocks have a propensity to slip up and drop a game that they are not supposed to lose, so this might be the perfect opportunity for Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason to score his first SEC win. The Commodores will be rested and ready coming off a bye in the week leading up to this game, while the Gamecocks will be recovering from a game against LSU and looking forward to a bye of their own the following week.