This week’s questions were selected from Facebook and Twitter.

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We start with several Facebook questions regarding Tennessee and the improving SEC East before returning to a favorite topic: the job status of an SEC head coach.

Question: How much more competitive will the SEC East be now that Jim McElwain (former Alabama offensive coordinator), Butch Jones and Kirby Smart (former Alabama defensive coordinator) are now facing off against each other during the regular season as a head coach?

— Stephen Heisler

Answer: The East hasn’t won the SEC Championship Game since Tim Tebow’s Gators took down Alabama in 2008. Worse, only East champion game since then — Georgia in 2012 — has come within 13 points.

Tennessee will be a popular pick to win the East this season — likely over Georgia and Florida. That race should be tight, and we’ll get mid-season pulse check on how legitimate the East’s chances are because the Vols play the Tide in mid-October.

If you’re a fan of an East team, take heart in the fact the division is reloading at quarterback — and that’s a critical development.

The East hasn’t had a pair of 3,000-yard passers in the same season since 2012. It’s had just just two overall in the past three years, compared with 11 from the West.

Shea Patterson chose Ole Miss, but pro-style prospects Jacob Eason (Georgia) and Feleipe Franks (Florida) and dual-threats Jarrett Guarantano (Tennessee), Brandon McIlwain (South Carolina) are all incoming freshmen. They were at the top of their respective positions in the 2016 class.

Coaches matter, but there aren’t many bad ones in the SEC.

That influx of quarterback talent should make for some interesting division races and perhaps give the East an advantage in the 2017-19 SEC title games.

Question: What do you think Tennessee’s chances are to win their division?
— Kevin Spence

Answer: Better than Alabama’s in the West. How’s that for a near-lock? When was the last time you could say that about any other team in either division?

Tennessee is a lot like LSU in 2016: It’s an “if not now, then when?” kind of year. All of the major pieces are in place and the Vols get Alabama and Florida at home, which is much better than the alternative.

Tennessee, much like LSU, will look dramatically different in 2017. It’s go time.

Question: Will Auburn go 7-6 again? Will Gus Malzahn be gone at the end of the season?
— Steve Weller

Answer: You can certainly look at Auburn’s schedule and pick out six losable games. If that happens, Malzahn’s status is as wobbly as a guy sprinting on ice without skates.

The money coming in now is so substantial that buyouts alone won’t keep a coach safe.

Opening with Clemson sounded like a good idea back when the Tigers thought they might get Deshaun Watson. Now they’ll have to stop him.

Texas A&M, which should be dramatically better on offense, and LSU visit in Weeks 3 and 4.

A 1-3 start is more likely than a 3-1 start.

And the second half includes trips to Georgia, Ole Miss and Alabama, three teams expected to contend for their division.

Malzahn will need an upset or two to get to a 9-3 regular season.

Answer: Fewer than 10. An 8-4 regular season, possibly 9-3 if Florida upsets Georgia — which was without Nick Chubb last season and for some reason started Faton Bauta.

The crossovers don’t help. The Gators are at Arkansas in early November, meaning Austin Allen (presumably) will have had eight games and will be coming off a bye week before he sees the Gators. And of course the Gators get a visit from permanent partner LSU and Heisman favorite Leonard Fournette.

LSU, at Tennessee and at Florida State are the most likely losses.

It’s hard to imagine UMass, North Texas State or Presbyterian posing a real threat, but last year’s 10-win division champs needed overtime to put away Florida Atlantic, which finished 3-9.