Where South Carolina was picked by the media to finish in the SEC
South Carolina’s football team will open 2019 with expectations for a middle-of-the-pack finish in its division.
The Gamecocks were picked to finish fourth in the SEC East by the conference’s media. The preseason media poll came out Friday as a cap to SEC Media Days.
USC received one vote to be SEC champion. Will Muschamp’s team was picked to finish behind Georgia, Florida and Missouri.
The Gamecocks are coming off a 7-6 season in 2018, one fraught with injuries and a schedule that proved harder than most predicted. USC had been picked to finish second in the East and even got eight first-place votes before finishing fourth.
The Gamecocks again face a difficult schedule, with Alabama as a crossover opponent and seven opponents that won nine or more games last season.
Georgia and Alabama were picked to repeat as division champions.
Eastern Division
First place votes in parenthesis
Georgia (233) | 1789 |
Florida (21) | 1499 |
Missouri (3) | 1149 |
South Carolina (1) | 883 |
Tennessee (1) | 804 |
Kentucky (1) | 798 |
Vanderbilt | 358 |
Western Division
Alabama (253) | 1813 |
LSU (5) | 1493 |
Texas A&M | 1268 |
Auburn (1) | 1090 |
Mississippi State (1) | 769 |
Ole Miss | 504 |
Arkansas | 343 |
SEC Champion
Alabama | 203 |
Georgia | 49 |
LSU | 3 |
Mississippi State | 1 |
Tennessee | 1 |
Florida | 1 |
South Carolina | 1 |
Auburn | 1 |
This story was originally published July 19, 2019 at 11:32 AM.