As the o-line goes, so goes a team’s offense. So which SEC teams are the strongest upfront heading into 2016?

ESPN’s Alex Scarborough ranked the offensive lines top to bottom:

  1. Alabama
  2. LSU
  3. Georgia
  4. Tennessee
  5. Auburn
  6. Arkansas
  7. Florida
  8. Texas A&M
  9. Ole Miss
  10. Kentucky
  11. Vanderbilt
  12. South Carolina
  13. Mississippi State
  14. Missouri

Scarborough puts the Tide on top because of the team’s left tackle:

With star left tackle Cam Robinson unlikely to face a suspension, the Crimson Tide line has the cornerstone it needs to accent young up-and-comers Jonah Williams and Ross Pierschbacher.

When it comes to Mizzou’s big uglies, well, it won’t be pretty this season:

Injuries and inexperience are the name of the game for a Missouri offensive line that’s in rebuilding mode.

Analysis behind the rankings for the other 12 teams can be viewed here.