Every year at SEC Media Days the coaches make a big deal about how the media almost always gets it right when it comes to predicting the conference champion.

This season, though, it did get it right with the University of Alabama defeating Missouri in the championship game, 42-13. Since 1996 it was only the third time the media nailed it, joining LSU in 2007 and Florida in 2008.

The previous four times Alabama was tabbed as the league’s team to beat (2000, 2010, 2011 and 2013) it failed to win its division.

The media also got the best player correct, as Crimson Tide wide receiver Amari Cooper led all vote-getters with 282. However, he edged teammate T.J. Yeldon (281) and Georgia running back Todd Gurley (280), neither of whom ended up being a first-team All-SEC selection.

Here’s a look back at the media voting for All-SEC this season, with the preseason selection and vote total in the first column, and the postseason selection if it was someone different at that position. At the end is the predicted order of finish compared to the final standings.

OFFENSE
First-Team
QB Nick Marshall, Auburn (241); Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
RB T.J. Yeldon, Alabama (281); Cameron Artis-Payne, Auburn
RB Todd Gurley, Georgia (280); Nick Chubb, Georgia
WR Amari Cooper, Alabama (282)
WR Sammie Coates, Auburn (207); Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina/Bud Sasser, Missouri
TE O.J. Howard, Alabama (188); Evan Engam, Ole Miss
OL La’el Collins, LSU (231)
OL Arie Kouandjio, Alabama (188)
OL Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss (183)
OL Cedric Ogbuehi, Texas A&M (174); Ben Beckwith, Mississippi State
C Reese Dismukes, Auburn (226)

DEFENSE
First-Team
DL Robert Nkemdiche, Ole Miss (239)
DL Dante Fowler, Jr., Florida (212); Bud Dupree, Kentucky
DL A’Shawn Robinson, Alabama (208); Jonathan Allen, Alabama
DL Gabe Wright, Auburn (192); Shane Ray, Missouri
LB Trey DePriest, Alabama (253); Reggie Ragland, Alabama
LB A.J. Johnson, Tennessee (186); Martrell Spaight, Arkansas
LB Ramik Wilson, Georgia (147); Amarlo Herrera, Georgia
DB Landon Collins, Alabama (274)
DB Vernon Hargreaves, III, Florida (243)
DB Cody Prewitt, Ole Miss (210)
DB Deshazor Everett, Texas A&M (183); Senquez Golson, Ole Miss

SPECIALISTS
First-Team
P Drew Kaser, Texas A&M (221); JK Scott, Alabama
PK Marshall Morgan, Georgia (224); Austin MacGinnis, Kentucky
RS Christion Jones, Alabama (262); (none named)
AP Christion Jones, Alabama (130); Marcus Murphy, Missouri

PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

SEC CHAMPION
School, Points
Alabama 154
Auburn 75
South Carolina 32
Georgia 19
LSU 9
Ole Miss 2
Arkansas 1
Mississippi State 1

EASTERN DIVISION
School, Points; Final league record
South Carolina 1895; Missouri 7-1
Georgia 1777; Georgia 6-2
Florida 1362; Florida 4-4
Missouri 1263; South Carolina 3-5
Tennessee 893; Tennessee 3-5
Vanderbilt 619; Kentucky 2-6
Kentucky 395; Vanderbilt 0-8

WESTERN DIVISION
Alabama 1915; Alabama 7-1
Auburn 1735; Mississippi 6-2
LSU 1453; Ole Miss 5-3
Ole Miss 1069; Auburn 4-4
Mississippi State 890; LSU 4-4
Texas A&M 791; Texas A&M 3-5
Arkansas 351; Arkansas 2-6