If your preseason predictions for the SEC were wrong, well, you’ve got plenty of company. Tear them up and start again, because we do that every week, and you can too. After Week 3 of college football, here’s where we see your favorite SEC team ending the regular season.

West

Alabama: 12-0

It wasn’t the Tide’s most impressive effort, but they did a fair number of things wrong and won by 3 touchdowns on the road in the league. Not changing this prediction.

Arkansas: 4-8

You feel pretty good about San Jose State and Western Kentucky, but not so much about any of those pesky SEC games. 

Auburn: 8-4

The Tigers were solid and look to be progressing offensively. Their game at A&M this weekend promises to be interesting. Whoever emerges has a puncher’s chance to create chaos in the West. 

LSU: 11-1

This week was sloppy enough that there were thoughts about downgrading this to 10-2 … but we’ll chalk it up to a hangover from the Texas win. 

Mississippi State: 7-5

Kentucky this coming week is a big home game, but for now, it looks like we might have been a tad too optimistic about this offense. Connor O’Gara effect, Year 2?

Ole Miss: 5-7

Looks increasingly like the Rebels’ bowl chances might come down to the Egg Bowl. They might beat Vandy, but all of those other games in the West look like a tall order right now. 

Texas A&M: 8-4

This would represent a heck of a season from A&M, although if the Aggies stumble this week at home against Auburn, the projection has to move down accordingly. The Aggies and South Carolina definitely drew 2 of the league’s (and nation’s) toughest schedules. 

East

Florida: 10-2

Gutty win for Florida that makes us a little more bullish on the Gators’ season, although the loss of starting QB Feleipe Franks for the season has to matter … or does it? It’ll be an interesting October for the Gators, but one that could leave them in the thick of the East hunt (and the College Football Playoff).

Georgia: 11-1

A more solid overall effort than last week. It’s hard to learn much about Georgia until the Dawgs face a run defense capable of at least slowing them down. But how many defenses will they see that are capable of that? Notre Dame visits this week. That’s at least something.

Kentucky: 8-4

Kentucky had a chance to be able to claim a 9-3 or even 10-2 type season … but those odds got real thin around the time that an 11-point 4th-quarter lead over Florida evaporated. If UK loses in Starkville and Carolina, this slides to 7-5 as a likely ceiling. 

Missouri: 9-3

If the Tigers can get past South Carolina this week, they’re a definite factor in the East race. That said, if they can’t, it’ll be a pretty mediocre season in Columbia. 

South Carolina: 6-6

Carolina lost, but the Gamecocks did show enough fight to tentatively convince us that they’ll wrangle up a 6th win and a bowl bid. Will that be enough to save Will Muschamp?

Tennessee: 4-8

We still reserve the right to change this to 3-9 if UT drops this next Murderer’s Row month. 

Vanderbilt: 5-7

Since they didn’t play, we won’t change our pick. LSU visits this week. After an inevitable 0-3 start, a get-right trio of Northern Illinois, at Mississippi and UNLV at home should get the Dores headed in the right direction. Could have another bowl showdown with UT to end the regular season.