Reddit users predict the outcome of every SEC Week 1 game

It’s never too early to start making picks for the first game of the season. We’ve seen what various Las Vegas handicappers anticipate, but what about the fans?

Over on reddit’s r/cfb, fan’s are voting on who they think will win each game as part of a user’s simulated season project. Here’s how college football fans see the SEC teams doing in Week 1:

• Appalachian State (7.4 percent of votes) vs. Tennessee (92.6 percent)
• South Carolina (68.1) vs. Vanderbilt (31.9)
• South Alabama (1.4) vs. Mississippi State (98.6)
• Missouri (28.3) vs. West Virginia (71.7)
• LSU (85.3) vs. Wisconsin (14.7)
• UCLA (60.2) vs. Texas A&M (39.8)
• Louisiana Tech (4.1) vs. Arkansas (95.9)
• Georgia (70.3) vs. North Carolina (29.7)
• Southern Mississippi (11) vs. Kentucky (89)
• UMass (0.6) vs. Florida (99.4)
• USC (11.3) vs. Alabama (88.7)
• Clemson (85.7) vs. Auburn (14.3)
• Ole Miss (23.2) vs. Florida State (76.8)

Here’s what the votes show:

• Reddit users see nine of the conference’s 14 teams getting a Week 1 victory.
• The SEC isn’t expected to dominate the Power 5. In the seven games with Power 5 foes, the SEC goes 3-4 judging by user votes.
• A UMass upset over Florida in The Swamp would shock the college football world.

For more on the simulated season, interested readers can check out this reddit thread, currently voting on Week 3. The full fan votes and simulation results for Weeks 1 and 2 can be viewed in the following spreadsheet.

Andrew Olson

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