Thirteen of the 14 SEC teams finished spring practice and are preparing for offseason workouts.

Arkansas will put away its pads after Saturday’s spring game.

Nick Saban has said, at various points, that nobody has a bad spring game and we shouldn’t draw any conclusions, one way or another.

He’s right, of course, but that won’t stop the conversations, so we asked the staff:

Did you see anything this spring that made you change your preseason rankings?

Answer: Spring football will never change my mind of an upcoming season, but seeing Florida, Georgia and Tennessee all look athletic, and with the Gators (Luke Del Rio) and Dawgs (potentially Jacob Eason) finding a quarterback, the East should be good and competitive.

It’s still a ways from catching the West, obviously, but quarterbacks are the key to division revival.

You still have to have Alabama as the favorite in the West, although the quarterback situation is slightly concerning at this point. LSU and Ole Miss will both contend for the division title, led by veteran quarterbacks.

Entering spring practice, Alabama was my favorite in the West, while Tennessee was my favorite in the East. Nothing changed my opinion during spring ball.

— SDS co-founder Jon Cooper (@JonCooperMedia)

Answer: I still like six teams — three in each division — as true contenders. But I saw enough from Florida and Georgia to change my thinking in the SEC East.

I still favor Tennessee, but it’s not going to be as easy as I thought before spring practice.

I think the Gators and Bulldogs are good enough to give the Vols a great game.

In the West, I still think it’s a tossup between Alabama, Ole Miss and LSU, but I’m sticking with the Tide on the basis that Bama has won a national title more often than not in the last seven years.

— Editor-in-Chief Christopher Smith (@csmithSDS)

Answer: It hasn’t changed my perception of the favorite to win the SEC (Alabama) or SEC East (Tennessee).

However, it did boost my perception of the East as the top teams in the Vols, Gators and Bulldogs all found something to be happy about.

Tennessee has seen the emergence of a speedy WR in Preston Williams that can be a deep threat and help the team improve in play-action.

Georgia RB Nick Chubb seems ahead of schedule in recovery and Florida seems to have a QB in Luke Del Rio who’s comfortable with Jim McElwain’s offense. I still think UT is the favorite with all its returning starters on both sides of the ball.

— News editor Talal Elmasry (@TalalElmasrySDS)

Answer: Not really. I decided before spring practice that I would not doubt Alabama’s ability to win the SEC West again until the Crimson Tide gave me reason to do so.

The offense was sluggish on A-Day, but the Crimson Tide defensive is still championship caliber.

I thought LSU would be the Crimson Tide’s biggest contender in the SEC West coming into the spring, and nothing the Tigers did this spring changed my opinion on that.

I came into the spring believing that Tennessee would be the front-runner in the SEC East, and though they were so banged up at times it was hard to tell, I think the Vols did enough to retain that opinion.

Georgia appears to be an increasingly popular pick to do well thanks to some good signs in the recovery of RB Nick Chubb and the spring game showing from QB Jacob Eason. The Bulldogs may battle the Vols for most hyped SEC East team through the summer months.

— News writer Nick Cole (@NickColeSports)

Answer: If anything, spring reinforced my belief that this is the year to get Alabama.

The defense is great, but Saban’s defense is always great. Often lost in the confetti is the fact that Alabama’s offense has been second, third or fourth in SEC scoring for each of the past seven seasons.

It averaged at least 32.1 points over that span, and the past four seasons, it has averaged 37.2. It scored 45 in the title game against Clemson and needed every one of them.

It’s very difficult to envision this offense maintaining that pace. It won’t matter in most games. But it will matter against LSU, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.

I’ve been all in on LSU and Tennessee, but I’m beginning to think Texas A&M will be a serious threat in the West. So many athletes. So much offense.

Jacob Eason looked terrific in the hands-off setting that is spring ball, but he’s not the first five-star QB SEC defensive coordinators have seen. Is Kirby Smart willing to risk what likely will be his one and only season with Nick Chubb and Sony Michel by putting the season in the hands of a true freshman quarterback, knowing Georgia’s best chance is trusting the process and letting their lead Dawgs run?

Going with Eason would be automatic if the Dawgs were rebuilding. If Chubb is as healthy as he seems, they’re not. I’ve got them second in the East, pushing Tennessee, which has a tougher schedule.

— Senior editor Chris Wright (@FilmRoomEditor)