Georgia is favored to win the 2024 SEC Championship, according to a preseason poll. This poll was by media at SEC Football Media Days.
LSU is picked to finish fifth.
The Bulldogs received 165 votes to win the championship on December 7 in Atlanta. They will face Texas, which got 27 votes. It’s Texas’s first season in the SEC.
This season, there are no divisions in SEC Football for the first time since 1991. The game’s participants will be the two teams with the best winning percentages in the eight-game conference schedule.
Since 1992, only nine preseason favorites have won the SEC Championship.
The SEC Championship Game was the most-watched conference championship in 15 of the last 16 seasons. It was not number one in 2020 due to the pandemic.
In 2023, the game had 17.519 million viewers on average. This was a 61% increase from the previous year. It peaked at 22.350 million viewers, making it the most-watched championship game in five years.
Offensive tackle Will Campbell and linebacker Harold Perkins lead a list of eight LSU players who have been named preseason All-SEC according to a poll of media covering SEC Football Media Days in Dallas this week.
Campbell and Perkins, along with all-purpose player Zavion Thomas, were named first-team by the media.
LSU players on the second-team include a trio on offense in tackle Emery Jones, tight end Mason Taylor and wide receiver Kyren Lacy, safety Major Burns on defense, and Thomas as the return specialist.
Senior long snapper Slade Roy earned third-team recognition.
Campbell, also a first-team preseason All-America, has twice earned All-SEC honors in his two years with the Tigers. He was a second-team selection in 2022 as a true freshman and he earned first-team honors a year ago. Campbell, one of the most dominant offensive linemen in LSU history, has started 26 games in two years.
Perkins, a second-team preseason All-America heading into 2024, is one of the top defensive playmakers in college football. In two years with the Tigers, Perkins has tallied 26 tackles for loss, 13 sacks and forced seven fumbles.
Thomas, a transfer from Mississippi State, averaged 33.7 yards on six kickoff returns and 11.7 yards on 14 punt returns for the Bulldogs in 2023.
The predicted order of finish in the SEC according to the media had Georgia first, followed by Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss and LSU. It’s the first time since 1991 that the SEC will not be divided into divisions.
The top two teams in the 16-team league standings based on winning percentage advance to the SEC Championship Game.
LSU opens its third season under head coach Brian Kelly on Sunday, Sept. 1 against USC in Las Vegas.
LSU’s home-opener against Nicholls on Saturday, Sept. 7 begins a season-long celebration of 100 years of Tiger Stadium. Fans will be treated to new scoreboards, video boards, ribbon boards, LED lights, and sound system in Tiger Stadium in 2024.
SEC PRESEASON MEDIA POLL
SEC CHAMPION
School Points
Georgia 165
Texas 27
Alabama 12
Ole Miss 4
Vanderbilt 2
LSU 2
South Carolina 1
PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
School Points
Georgia 3330
Texas 3041
Alabama 2891
Ole Miss 2783
LSU 2322
Missouri 2240
Tennessee 2168
Oklahoma 2022
Texas A&M 1684
Auburn 1382
Kentucky 1371
Florida 1146
South Carolina 923
Arkansas 749
Mississippi State 623
Vanderbilt 293
2024 PRESEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAM
OFFENSE
First-Team
QB – Carson Beck, UGA
RB – Trevor Etienne, UGA
RB – Jarquez Hunter, AU
WR – Luther Burden III, MIZ
WR – Tre Harris, UM
TE – Caden Prieskorn, UM
OL – Tyler Booker, UA
OL – Will Campbell, LSU
OL – Kelvin Banks Jr., TEX
OL – Tate Ratledge, UGA
C – Cooper Mays, UT
Second-Team
QB – Quinn Ewers, TEX
RB – Raheim Sanders, SC
*RB – CJ Baxter, TEX
*RB – Montrell Johnson Jr., UF
WR – Isaiah Bond, TEX
WR – Kyren Lacy, LSU
TE – Mason Taylor, LSU
OL – Emery Jones, LSU
OL – Kadyn Proctor, UA
OL – Xavier Truss, UGA
OL – Dylan Fairchild, UGA
C – Parker Brailsford, UA
Third-Team
QB – Jalen Milroe, UA
RB – Justice Haynes, UA
RB – Ulysses Bentley, UM
WR – Deion Burks, OU
WR – Dominic Lovett, UGA
TE – Oscar Delp, UGA
OL – Earnest Greene III, UGA
OL – Marques Cox, UK
OL – Trey Zuhn III, TAMU
OL – Jaeden Roberts, UA
C – Jake Majors, TEX
DEFENSE
First-Team
DL – James Pearce Jr., UT
DL – Walter Nolen, UM
DL – Deone Walker, UK
DL – Nazir Stackhouse, UGA
LB – Harold Perkins, LSU
LB – Danny Stutsman, OU
*LB – Deontae Lawson, UA
*LB – Mykel Williams, UGA
DB – Malaki Starks, UGA
DB – Malachi Moore, UA
DB – Billy Bowman, OU
DB – Maxwell Hairston, UK
Second-Team
DL – Shemar Turner, TAMU
DL – Landon Jackson, ARK
DL – Nic Scourton, TAMU
*DL – Tim Smith, UA
*DL – Jared Ivey, UM
LB – Debo Williams, SC
LB – Anthony Hill Jr., TEX
LB – Smael Mondon Jr., UGA
DB – Jahdae Barron, TEX
DB – Major Burns, LSU
DB – Andrew Mukuba, TEX
DB – Malik Muhammad, TEX
Third-Team
DL – Tim Keenan III, UA
DL – Princely Umanmielen , UM
DL – Trey Moore, TEX
DL – Tonka Hemingway, SC
LB – Jamon “Pop” Dumas-Johnson, UK
LB – Jihaad Campbell, UA
LB – Eugene Asante, AU
DB – Domani Jackson, UA
DB – Daylen Everette, UGA
DB – Jason Marshall Jr., UF
*DB – Keon Sabb, UA
*DB – Nick Emmanwori, SC
SPECIALISTS
First-Team
P – James Burnip, UA
PK – Bert Auburn, TEX
LS – Kneeland Hibbett, UA
KS – Alex McPherson, AU
RS – Barion Brown, UK
AP – Zavion Thomas, LSU
Second-Team
P – Brett Thorson, UGA
PK – Graham Nicholson, UA
LS – Hunter Rogers, SC
KS – Will Stone, TEX
RS – Zavion Thomas, LSU
AP – Dillion Bell, UGA
Third-Team
P – Jeremy Crawshaw, UF
PK – Alex McPherson, AU
LS – Slade Roy, LSU
KS – Trey Smack, UF
RS – Keionte Scott, AU
*AP – Barion Brown, UK
*AP – Jaydon Blue, TEX
* – Indicates a tie
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