The SEC’s final month is now underway, and we’re back for another crack at how we see your favorite team finishing up the regular season. Given the shrinking number of games to play, it’s harder to hedge our bets, but here’s how we see it all shaking out.

SEC West

Alabama: 12-0

Mississippi State is playing well offensively and Auburn finally awoke on Saturday, but it would take a perfect storm for either to be competitive with Alabama. We’re not seeing such a storm.

Arkansas: 2-10

We were holding out some hope for a win against Missouri, but a team that wins at Florida isn’t going to lose to Arkansas at home. This has been a tough season for the Razorbacks.

Auburn: 7-5

That win over Texas A&M was nice, but we already had them beating Liberty, and aren’t even thinking about the Tigers taking down Georgia or Alabama like they did a year ago.

LSU: 10-2

It was a tough matchup for LSU against Alabama, but the remainder of the Tigers’ November schedule is much kinder. Winning at Texas A&M could be a challenge, but that’s the only one left that looks tough.

Mississippi: 6-6

We’ve tentatively got Ole Miss slated to win at Vanderbilt, but that’s by far the best remaining shot at a victory, and of course, they don’t have a bowl berth as motivation (unlike Vandy).

Mississippi State: 8-4

We don’t have any real confidence in a Mississippi State upset at Alabama, but the Bulldogs should have enough offensive firepower to beat their other two November foes and finish on an upswing.

Texas A&M: 7-5

They had the win over Auburn all but sewn up and found a way to lose it. We think they’ll take down Ole Miss and UAB, but don’t see them beating LSU.

SEC East

Florida: 9-3

A win over South Carolina is far from automatic, but Florida generally looks like the superior team and will be at home. Idaho and Florida State shouldn’t present any challenges, even with the latter game being on the road.

Georgia: 11-1

If winning at Kentucky wasn’t that difficult, then why on earth would we NOT pick against them at home against Auburn, UMass, or Georgia Tech?

Kentucky: 10-2

Kentucky really should win out over Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and Louisville. On the other hand, a lot of air would go out of the balloon if the Wildcats stumble in Knoxville.

Missouri: 8-4

Missouri’s positive back end to the schedule will help them out again, as they draw three of the worst teams in the SEC to close the season with two coming to Columbia.

South Carolina: 7-5

By adding Akron to the schedule for a Dec. 1 game, we can project South Carolina back to seven wins. Their game at Florida looks more winnable than at Clemson, but we’re not predicting either to be a W.

Tennessee: 5-7

The path to six wins would require a home win over either Kentucky or Missouri. Each has had down moments, but we’re not prepared to predict Tennessee wins over either team.

Vanderbilt: 5-7

Winning two out of three of at Missouri, home against Ole Miss, and home against Tennessee sounds like a tall order. We’ll buy one of the three, but we can’t call for two.