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Alabama +115

• Tua Tagovailoa likely to be new starting QB
  • Marcus Mariota
  • Backup Jalen Hurts
• Usual deep group of WR with DeVonta Smith, Henry Huggs, Jerry Jeudy
• RB Damien Harris returns for senior year
  • 2,197 yards rushing and 14 TDs in three seasons
  • About half the yards and 11 of his TDs last year

Georgia +300

• Jake Fromm will be pushed by 5-star recruit Justin Fields
  • Can Fromm match the magic of freshman season?
• Nick Chubb, Sony Michel, WR Javon Wims gone
• RB D’Andre Swift has sensational and freshman Zamir White, James Cook join fray
• 4 OL
• Lots of losses on defense

Auburn +700

• People forget, they won the west before losing to UGA
• Jarrett Stidham and Ryan Davis among top pass-catch duos in nation
  • Deep group of receivers
• But lost tons of talent including star RB Kerryon Johnson
• Four OL gone and nobody beside Johnson could run behind them last year

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Mississippi St +1000

• Now coach Joe Moorehead 16 starters from 9-4 team
• Led by QB Nick Fitzgerald and stud DL Jeffery Simmons and Montez Sweat (as in sweating hot)
• Aeris Williams and Kylin Hill two good RBs
• Very strong front seven

Florida +1200

• Dan Mullen new HC, great offensive mind
• Will Muschamp had great defenses, but team always came up short
• Jim McElwain had headed in right direction, but wheels fell off
• Need true freshman Emory Jones to step up at QB
• Perine and Davis, great running game
• Defense lost only two key players

LSU +1500

• Among best defenses and worst offenses
• Lots of under though defense will wear down as year goes on

Texas A&M +1500

• Jimbo Fisher, not so unbeatable without Jameis Winston and when Deondre Francois went down
• Talented redshirt soph Nick Starkel to work with at QB
• Great upside with four talented sophs at WR
• Two of first four games at Clemson and hosting Alabama
• Get better as year goes on with baptism by fire as Clemson non-conference
• Bet on updated odds after blown out twice
• 18 of 20 tacklers are back

Missouri +2000

• Team finished strong winning 6-of-7 to close season
• QB Drew Lock is back and is an NFL prospect
• Damarea (De-Mar-ee-AA) Crockett at RB and WR Emanuel Hall lead a solid group of weapons

South Carolina +2000

• Typical Will Muschamp, great defense and impressive 9-4
• All key skilled position players back and new play caller Bryan McClendon
• OL minus two starters from line that was porous allowing 29 sacks
• Losing a bunch of bodies on defense with seven key contributors gone
• Improved offense, should be better despite defense

Arkansas +5000

• A year away
• Young talent on both sides of ball dangerous underdog
• Predictably unpredictable

Ole Miss +5000

• AJ Brown one of best WRs in country
• DK Metcalf matchup problem at 6-4”
• Lost 1,000 yard rusher Jordan Wilkins
• Offense too one-dimensional
• Greg Little, one of best LT in country leads 5 OL who started at least 8 games
• Need to improve run defense
• Add more size, but giving up speed on defense
• Explosive offense and big but slow defense=possible overs

Tennessee +5000

• Jeremy Pruitt inherits a team that underachieved under Butch Jones
• QB Jarrett Guarantano (Guaran-tan-o) and RB Ty Chandler both strong candidates for breakout year
• Though Stanford transfer Keller Chryst was 11-2 as Stanford starter is graduate transfer
• Pruitt defensive guru
• Best longshot
• Pruitt will likely pound the ball and keep defense off field
• Very tough schedule including tough non-conference opener with WVU

Kentucky +10000

• Big question mark at QB

Vanderbilt +10000

• Tone of holes, but with QB Kyle Shurmur, should be dangerous as a big underdog