The staff of 247Sports ranks the 16 SEC teams in its preseason poll. Here's where Alabama is projected to finish in Year 2 under coach Kalen DeBoer.

To achieve that goal, according to the media poll, Texas would have to down Georgia, which received the second-most first-place votes (44) in the SEC Championship Game. The Longhorns and the Bulldogs faced off in Mercedes-Benz Stadium last season. Georgia triumphed and claimed its third SEC title in the last four years.

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