Eleven different teams got votes to win the SEC championship. Georgia was second with 44 votes, followed by Alabama (29), then LSU (20), South Carolina (5), Oklahoma (3), Vanderbilt (2), Florida (2), Tennessee (1), Ole Miss (1) and Auburn (1).

For DeBoer, media days marks the unofficial start of Year 2 in Tuscaloosa after a 9-4 campaign a year ago following Nick Saban's retirement. It's also his first chance to talk about what he's most looking forward heading into fall camp after a promising spring, position battles, what he and the program hope to improve on, and more.

The 2025 SEC football preseason media poll has now been officially released. Yes, following the conclusion of SEC football media days in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, the preseason media poll for the 2025 season was released Friday,