2013 SEC Predictions

So who's going to win the SEC in 2013? Who will be playing in Atlanta come December? I don't know. I'm not Miss Cleo but will give my best guess at what will happen in the SEC this season when it kicks off on Thursday, August 29th with South Carolina playing host to North Carolina and Ole Miss traveling to Nashville to face Vanderbilt.

I went through and picked the winner of each game to the best of my ability and the results were surprising in a few games. But overall I think I nailed it. Texas A&M against South Carolina in Atlanta for the right to go to the BCS National Championship Game.

SEC EAST
1. South Carolina 7-1 (11-1)
2. Florida 6-2 (8-4)
3. Georgia 6-2 (9-3)
4. Vanderbilt 4-4 (8-4)
5. Tennessee 3-5 (6-6)
6. Kentucky 1-7 (4-8)
7. Missouri 1-7 (5-7)

SEC WEST
1. Texas A&M 7-1 (11-1)
2. Alabama 7-1 (11-1)
3. LSU 6-2 (10-2)
4. Mississippi State 3-5 (6-6)
5. Auburn 2-6 (6-6)
6. Ole Miss 2-6 (5-7)
7. Arkansas 1-7 (4-8)

The top 5 games that will shape the SEC season.

1. Alabama at Texas A&M - September 14th - The winner has the inside track to Atlanta and controls their own destiny. Last year the Aggies shocked the nation by going into Tuscaloosa and pulling off the improbable upset, 29-24, in their first year in the SEC. The Tide will be thinking payback this time around and having a week off before the game really helps their chances to pull off the upset in College Station.

2. South Carolina at Georgia - September 7th - The winner has the inside track to Atlanta and controls their own destiny. In 2011 in Athens, South Carolina won a wild game 45-42. Last year at home South Carolina easily dismantled Georgia to the tune of 35-7. Georgia is thinking payback this year.

3. LSU at Georgia - September 28th - In the SEC Championship Game in 2011, LSU humiliated Georgia 42-10. This is Georgia's first chance to get back at LSU since then and with the game being in Athens, Georgia has the advantage.

4. Georgia vs. Florida in Jacksonville, FL. - November 2nd - Georgia could be undefeated going into this game and nothing would make Florida fans happier than to see the Gators take down the Bulldogs and end their hopes of an undefeated season.

5. LSU at Alabama - November 9th - If Alabama loses to Texas A&M on September 14th, this game could decide the Tide's fate in having any slim chance of repeating as SEC champs and nothing would make LSU happier than to get revenge by handing the Tide a crushing 2nd SEC defeat and all but ending their season.