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SEC preseason poll: See where Texas, Oklahoma ranked ahead of first season in conference

Plus, see the full preseason All-SEC team.

Entering their first SEC season, the Texas Longhorns have earned some respect among media members who cover the conference.

The Longhorns were picked to make the conference championship game, garnering the second most votes in the Preseason SEC Football Media Poll that was released on Friday.

Texas garnered 3041 total points and 27 votes for the Longhorns to win the SEC Championship. That was second only to Georgia, who had 3,330 points and 165 votes to win the conference title.

Since 1992, the team picked to win the SEC championship game in the preseason poll has only gone on to win it nine times.

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Alabama, entering its first season without longtime head coach Nick Saban, was predicted to finish third in the conference with 12 first-place votes.

Other teams to earn first-place votes included Ole Miss (4), LSU (2), Vanderbilt (2) and South Carolina.

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Oklahoma didn’t earn as much respect as its fellow conference newcomer as the Sooners were picked to finish eighth in the conference.

Texas A&M, entering its first season under new head coach Mike Elko, was picked to finish ninth.

Texas had 13 players make the Preseason All-SEC team. Offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr. was the Longhorns’ only first-teamer on offense. Quarterback Quinn Ewers was voted to the second team, with only Georgia’s Carson Beck ranked ahead of him at his position.

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Linebacker Danny Stutsman and defensive back Billy Bowman from Oklahoma both made first-team defense.

Texas A&M had two second-team defensive players in Shemar Turner and Nic Scourton.

See the full preseason poll and All-SEC team below.

SEC Preseason Poll

RankSchoolPoints
1.Georgia3330
2.Texas3041
3.Alabama2891
4.Ole Miss2783
5.LSU2322
6.Missouri2240
7.Tennessee2168
8.Oklahoma2022
9.Texas A&M1684
10.Auburn1382
11.Kentucky1371
12.Florida1146
13.South Carolina923
14.Arkansas749
15.Mississippi State623
16.Vanderbilt293

All—SEC Team

OFFENSE

First-team

QB —  Carson Beck, UGA

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RB — Trevor Etienne, UGA

RB — Jarquez Hunter, AU

WR —  Luther Burden III, MIZ

WR —  Tre Harris, UM

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TE — Caden Prieskorn, UM

OL — Tyler Booker, UA

OL — Will Campbell, LSU

OL — Kelvin Banks Jr., TEX

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OL — Tate Ratledge, UGA

C — Cooper Mays, UT

Second-Team

QB — Quinn Ewers, TEX

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RB —  Raheim Sanders, SC

*RB — CJ Baxter, TEX

*RB — Montrell Johnson Jr., UF

WR — Isaiah Bond, TEX

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WR — Kyren Lacy, LSU

TE —  Mason Taylor, LSU

OL — Emery Jones, LSU

OL — Kadyn Proctor, UA

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OL —  Xavier Truss, UGA

OL —  Dylan Fairchild, UGA

C —  Parker Brailsford, UA

Third-Team

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QB — Jalen Milroe, UA

RB —  Justice Haynes, UA

RB —  Ulysses Bentley, UM

WR — Deion Burks, OU

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WR — Dominic Lovett,  UGA

TE —  Oscar Delp, UGA

OL —  Earnest Greene III, UGA

OL — Marques Cox, UK

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OL — Trey Zuhn III, TAMU

OL — Jaeden Roberts, UA

C — Jake Majors, TEX

DEFENSE

First-Team

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DL — James Pearce Jr., UT

DL — Walter Nolen, UM

DL — Deone Walker, UK

DL — Nazir Stackhouse, UGA

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LB —  Harold Perkins, LSU

LB —  Danny Stutsman, OU

*LB — Deontae Lawson, UA

*LB — Mykel Williams, UGA

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DB —  Malaki Starks, UGA

DB —  Malachi Moore, UA

DB —  Billy Bowman, OU

DB —  Maxwell Hairston, UK

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Second-Team

DL — Shemar Turner, TAMU

DL — Landon Jackson, ARK

DL — Nic Scourton, TAMU

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*DL — Tim Smith, UA

*DL —  Jared Ivey, UM

LB — Debo Williams, SC

LB —  Anthony Hill Jr., TEX

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LB — Smael Mondon Jr., UGA

DB — Jahdae Barron, TEX

DB — Major Burns, LSU

DB —  Andrew Mukuba, TEX

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DB — Malik Muhammad, TEX

Third-Team

DL  — Tim Keenan III, UA

DL —  Princely Umanmielen , UM

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DL — Trey Moore, TEX

DL — Tonka Hemingway, SC

LB —  Jamon “Pop” Dumas—Johnson, UK

LB — Jihaad Campbell, UA

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LB —  Eugene Asante, AU

DB — Domani Jackson, UA

DB —  Daylen Everette, UGA

DB —  Jason Marshall Jr., UF

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*DB — Keon Sabb, UA

*DB —  Nick Emmanwori, SC

SPECIALISTS

First-Team

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P —  James Burnip, UA

PK — Bert Auburn, TEX

LS — Kneeland Hibbett, UA

KS — Alex McPherson, AU

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RS  — Barion Brown, UK

AP — Zavion Thomas, LSU

Second-Team

P — Brett Thorson, UGA

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PK — Graham Nicholson, UA

LS — Hunter Rogers, SC

KS —  Will Stone, TEX

RS — Zavion Thomas, LSU

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AP — Dillion Bell, UGA

Third-Team

P — Jeremy Crawshaw, UF

PK — Alex McPherson, AU

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LS — Slade Roy, LSU

KS — Trey Smack, UF

RS — Keionte Scott, AU

*AP — Barion Brown, UK

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*AP — Jaydon Blue, TEX

* — Indicates a tie

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