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SEC Power Rankings: Week One

By Jared Aldridge

Jul 11, 2016; Hoover, AL, USA; Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey speaks during SEC media day at Hyatt Regency Birmingham-The Wynfrey Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 11, 2016; Hoover, AL, USA; Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey speaks during SEC media day at Hyatt Regency Birmingham-The Wynfrey Hotel. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 4, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; The SEC logo on the playing field at the Georgia Dome in preparation for the SEC Championship between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators Saturday. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 4, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; The SEC logo on the playing field at the Georgia Dome in preparation for the SEC Championship between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Florida Gators Saturday. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /

As we prepare to kick off the 2016 college football season this weekend, let’s rank all fourteen teams in the SEC.

The SEC is the most dominant conference in all of college football. Period. The conference went a combined 9-2 in 2015 bowl games capped off by the Alabama Crimson Tide winning another national championship. There is no reason why the SEC shouldn’t continue this type of dominance.

There is no shortage of story lines around the SEC to follow as we crank up the 2016 season. Several teams are looking to knock off Alabama as the king of the jungle. Can LSU and Les Miles fix their marriage and return to dominance? Can Tennessee take the big step everyone expects them to and win the East? What will come of the allegations surrounding Hugh Freeze and Ole Miss? And how will that affect what should be a promising year for the Rebs?

Three new head coaches look to make a big splash in the league while more tenured guys like Mark Stoops and Gus Malzahn could be coaching for their jobs. Can Kevin Sumlin recapture the lightning in a bottle he had when Texas A&M first entered the SEC? How will Mississippi State replace Dak Prescott? Can Arkansas use some late season momentum for 2015 to contend in the West?

These are just the major questions surrounding the teams of the SEC and for now we can only speculate until the season actually starts.

Now let’s dive into the rankings from 14 to 1:

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