By Brian Harbach
Picking games is dangerous, one group of fans is going to be angry every time but If CFN has the guts to pick every single game in the country before the season starts, why can’t I do the same? Of course I reserve the right to make changes once the season starts and teams step up or fall back, but here is how I think the SEC shakes out in the third week of August. Home Games in Caps, Neutral Games Caps and City listed Alabama Record 11-1 Opponents SAN JOSE STATE – WIN PENN STATE – WIN Duke – WIN Arkansas – WIN FLORIDA – WIN South Carolina – WIN OLE MISS – WIN Tennessee – WIN Louisiana State – LOSS MISSISSIPPI STATE – WIN GEORGIA STATE – WIN AUBURN – WIN Arkansas Record 10-2 Opponents TENNESSEE TECH – WIN LOUISIANA MONROE – WIN Georgia – WIN ALABAMA – LOSS TEXAS A&M (Arlington) – WIN Auburn – LOSS OLE MISS – WIN VANDERBILT – WIN South Carolina – WIN UTEP – WIN Mississippi State – WIN LSU – WIN Auburn Record 10-2 Opponents ARKANSAS STATE – WIN Mississippi State – WIN CLEMSON – WIN SOUTH CAROLINA – WIN LOUISIANA MONROE – WIN Kentucky – WIN ARKANSAS – WIN LSU – LOSS Ole Miss – WIN CHATTANOOGA – WIN GEORGIA – WIN Alabama – LOSS Florida Record 11-1 Opponents MIAMI OHIO – WIN SOUTH FLORIDA – WIN Tennessee – WIN KENTUCKY – WIN Alabama – LOSS LSU – WIN MISSISSIPPI STATE – WIN GEORGIA (Jacksonville) – WIN Vanderbilt – WIN SOUTH CAROLINA – WIN APPALACHIAN STATE – WIN Florida State – WIN Georgia Record 9-3 Opponents LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE – WIN South Carolina – WIN ARKANSAS – LOSS Mississippi State – WIN Colorado – WIN TENNESSEE – WIN VANDERBILT – WIN Kentucky – WIN FLORDIA (Jacksonville) – LOSS IDAHO STATE – WIN Auburn – LOSS GEORGIA TECH – WIN Kentucky Record 6-6 Opponents Louisville – WIN WESTERN KENTUCKY – WIN AKRON – WIN Florida – LOSS Ole Miss – LOSS AUBURN – LOSS SOUTH CAROLINA – LOSS GEORGIA – LOSS Mississippi State – LOSS CHARLESTON SOUTHERN – WIN VANDERBILT – WIN Tennessee – WIN LSU Record 10-2 Opponents NORTH CAROLINA (Atlanta) – WIN Vanderbilt – WIN MISSISSIPPI STATE – WIN WEST VIRGINIA – WIN TENNESSEE – WIN Florida – LOSS MCNEESE STATE – WIN Auburn – WIN ALABAMA – WIN LOUISIANA MONROE – WIN OLE MISS – WIN Arkansas – LOSS MSU Record 6-6 Opponents MEMPHIS – WIN AUBURN – LOSS Louisiana State – LOSS GEORGIA – LOSS ALCORN STATE – WIN Houston – WIN Florida – LOSS UAB – WIN KENTUCKY – WIN Alabama – LOSS ARKANSAS – LOSS Ole Miss – WIN Ole Miss Record 7-5 Opponents JACKSONVILLE STATE – WIN Tulane – WIN VANDERBILT – WIN FRESNO STATE – WIN KENTUCKY – WIN Alabama – LOSS Arkansas – LOSS AUBURN – LOSS LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE – WIN Tennessee – WIN Louisiana State – LOSS MISSISSIPPI STATE – LOSS South Carolina Record 7-5 Opponents SOUTHERN MISS – WIN Georgia – LOSS FURMAN – WIN Auburn – LOSS ALABAMA – LOSS Kentucky – WIN Vanderbilt – WIN Tennessee – WIN ARKANSAS – LOSS Florida – LOSS TROY – WIN Clemson – WIN Tennessee Record 5-7 Opponents UT MARTIN – WIN OREGON – WIN Florida – LOSS UAB – WIN Louisiana State – LOSS Georgia – LOSS ALABAMA – LOSS South Carolina – LOSS Memphis – WIN OLE MISS – LOSS Vanderbilt – WIN KENTUCKY – LOSS Vanderbilt Record 1-11 Opponents NORTHWESTERN – LOSS LSU – LOSS Ole Miss – LOSS Connecticut – LOSS EASTERN MICHIGAN – WIN Georgia – LOSS SOUTH CAROLINA – LOSS Arkansas – LOSS FLORIDA – LOSS Kentucky – LOSS TENNESSEE – LOSS WAKE FOREST – LOSS
No doubt that this will stir up some debate, let me know which games you think I got right or wrong and I will be glad to give my early explanations. E-mail me Brian Harbach
