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CFN SEC Preview 2020: Top Players, Games, Thoughts On Each Team

The 2020 SEC Preview with the top players, biggest games, most important transfers, and thoughts on each team.

The 2020 SEC Preview with the top players, biggest games, most important transfers, and thoughts on each team.

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5. SEC 2020 Preview

Quick Note: Like everyone, we’re still waiting to see what’s going to happen in this unprecedented time of college football turmoil. We’re not completely delusional, but let’s have a little fun with what might happen if the season is safely played … somehow.

It took a nightmare to get here, but to set the dial to fun for a moment, football-wise, isn’t the SEC getting its dream world of an all-SEC world?

All SEC football games. All the time.

Don’t get too into this because it’s probably never happening again unless the conference has to keep everything in-house, but there’s no fluff, no waste, and every game will take on an even greater intensity than normal. And why?

There’s no Eastern Illinois, East Tennessee State, Alcorn State or UT Martin to fatten up the win totals.

Quick, off of the top of your head. How many SEC teams had a winning conference record in 2019?

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Six.

Seven SEC programs had losing conference records and Texas A&M went 4-4. So no, the league isn’t getting rid of non-conference games for good – the mid-range teams need the fluff in this killer league to get to 6-6 overall – and soon the longtime rivalry dates with the ACC at several places will come back.

But for one year with no Big Ten or Pac-12 in the mix, this becomes even more interesting than just watching SEC teams beat up on each other. For many, it’s going to be a fight for survival to not go 4-6.

And then there’s the top of the SEC chain. If you want two or even three SEC teams in the College Football Playoff, this is the season.

The formula will probably still hold – win your Power Five conference title with one loss or fewer, and you’re in – but there are only three P5 leagues playing. There might be a bone thrown to an unbeaten Group of Five champion, but don’t count on it.

Alabama, LSU, Georgia and Florida are all top-five worthy teams – especially with no Ohio State, Penn State and Oregon in the rankings – coming into the season, and Auburn and Texas A&M are good enough to battle hard in the SEC West race.

The idea of bowl games is still murky, but Kentucky is strong enough to get to at least 5-5, and Tennessee and South Carolina had better get there.

We get two of the more – to understate it – interesting coaches in college football entering the fun in Mike Leach at Mississippi State and Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss, and Eliah Drinkwitz is a rising star that Missouri got early in his career.

Four new head coaches, at least five true national title contenders, and fans at close to half of the league’s schools hoping for an SEC title, with or without the realistic expectations.

In other words, it’s business as usual for the SEC.

CFN SEC Preview
Teams: Surprise, Disappointments | Top Games
Players To Watch | One Thought On Each Team
– CFN Preview 2020: All 130 Team Previews

NEXT: SEC Teams That Will Surprise, Disappoint

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SEC Schedule Opponents Announced. Who Does Everyone Play? Who Is Missed?

The SEC announced the opponents for the 2020 season. Who does everyone play, and who is missed from the other division?

The SEC announced the opponents for the 2020 season. Who does everyone play, and who is missed from the other division?

SEC East

Florida
Games vs. West: Arkansas, LSU, at Ole Miss, at Texas A&M
Missed From West: Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State

Georgia
Games vs. West: at Alabama, at Arkansas, Auburn, Mississippi State
Missed From West: LSU, Ole Miss, Texas A&M

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Kentucky
Games vs. West: at Alabama, at Auburn, Mississippi State, Ole Miss
Missed From West: Arkansas, LSU, Texas A&M

Missouri
Games vs. West: Alabama, Arkansas, at LSU, at Mississippi State
Missed From West: Auburn, Ole Miss, Texas A&M

South Carolina
Games vs. West: Auburn, at LSU, at Ole Miss, Texas A&M
Missed From West: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi State

Tennessee
Games vs. West: Alabama, at Auburn, at Arkansas, Texas A&M
Missed From West: LSU, Ole Miss, Mississippi State

Vanderbilt
Games vs. West: LSU, at Mississippi State, Ole Miss, at Texas A&M
Missed From West: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn

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SEC West

Alabama
Games vs. East: Georgia, Kentucky, at Missouri, at Tennessee
Missed From East: Florida, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

Arkansas
Games vs. East: at Florida, Georgia, at Missouri, Tennessee
Missed From East: Kentucky, South Carolina, Vanderbilt

Auburn
Games vs. East: at Georgia, Kentucky, at South Carolina, Tennessee
Missed From East: Florida, Missouri, Vanderbilt

LSU
Games. vs. East: at Florida, Missouri, South Carolina, at Vanderbilt
Missed From East: Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee

Mississippi State
Games vs. East: at Georgia, at Kentucky, Missouri, Vanderbilt
Missed From East: Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee

Ole Miss
Games vs. East: Florida, at Kentucky, South Carolina, at Vanderbilt
Missed From East: Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee

Texas A&M
Games vs. East: Florida, at South Carolina, at Tennessee, Vanderbilt
Missed From East: Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri

CFN Preview 2020: All 130 Team Previews

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UConn Cancels Football Season Due To Coronavirus Risks

UConn has canceled its 2020 college football season due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus.

UConn has canceled its 2020 college football season due to concerns over the COVID-19 virus.

UConn football is the first FBS school to cancel college football in 2020.

An independent after leaving the American Athletic Conference, UConn was coming off a rough 6-30 run in the last three seasons under Randy Edsall. Now it’s taking the year off after advising with the state’s health officials.

“After receiving guidance from state and public health officials and consulting with football student-athletes, we’ve decided that we will not compete on the gridiron this season,” said athletic director David Benedict in his statement. “The safety challenges created by COVID-19 place our football student-athletes at an unacceptable level of risk.”

Cancelling the season makes practical sense, too.

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UConn was having a hard time coming up with games with Illinois, Virginia, Indiana, Ole Miss and North Carolina all off the schedule with the Power Five programs keeping their slates in-house, and with the FCS season in question.

After receiving guidance from state and public health officials and consulting with football student-athletes, we've decided that @UConnFootball will not compete on the gridiron this season. https://t.co/R5dLlnFNo9

— UConn Huskies (@UConnHuskies) August 5, 2020

Instead of trying to shoehorn in games with little chance of generating much in the way of revenue – the lack of fans in the stands is a problem, and the TV revenue wouldn’t be great without the games against the Power Five teams – this makes fiscal as well as practical health sense.

In the end, the program appears to have felt it couldn’t safely pull off playing a season.

The Huskies went 2-10 last season and was about to embark on a true rebuilding season as an independent. Lots of transfers and lots of young players were going to be thrown into the mix in the transition out of the AAC, and it was still going to be a fight to come up with more than four wins had it played.

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UConn hasn’t had a winning season since 2010.

Wins and losses don’t factor into the health aspect, but again, the lack of revenue with the concerns over having fans in the building, and with the lost paycheck from the Power Five teams were all part of the equation.

In the end, though, it came down to the health and safety of the players. UConn was the first major team to take the season off. It probably won’t be the last.

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SEC Rankings: 2020 CFN Five Year College Football Program Analysis

In the 2020 CFN Five-Year College Football Program Analysis, where do all the SEC teams rank?

In the 2020 CFN Five-Year College Football Program Analysis, where do all the SEC teams rank?

It’s our annual look at where all the college football programs rank with a five-year snapshot looking at attendance, players drafted, APR, and wins, wins, wins.

How do all of the SEC college football programs stack up over the last five seasons?

Which college football programs are doing the best jobs overall, which once have all the advantages, and most of all, who’s winning?

How are the rankings determined? Click here for all of the category descriptions.

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14 Vanderbilt 48.38

2020 National Ranking: 85
2019 National Ranking: 87
2018 National Ranking: 77
2017 National Ranking: 65

13 Missouri 56.33

2020 National Ranking: 69
2019 National Ranking: 41
2018 National Ranking: 28
2017 National Ranking: 27

– 2020 CFN Five Year Program Analysis: Rankings 1-130
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12
AAC | C-USA | IND | MAC | MW | Sun Belt

12 Arkansas 59.15

2020 National Ranking: 62
2019 National Ranking: 57
2018 National Ranking: 52
2017 National Ranking: 53

11 South Carolina 63.29

2020 National Ranking: 55
2019 National Ranking: 48
2018 National Ranking: 37
2017 National Ranking: 24

10 Kentucky 68.63

2020 National Ranking: 49
2019 National Ranking: 59
2018 National Ranking: 83
2017 National Ranking: 92

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9 Ole Miss 72.87

2020 National Ranking: 42
2019 National Ranking: 27
2018 National Ranking: 23
2017 National Ranking: 26

8 Tennessee 79.63

2020 National Ranking: 30
2019 National Ranking: 33
2018 National Ranking: 31
2017 National Ranking: 32

7 Mississippi State 86.81

2020 National Ranking: 23
2019 National Ranking: 24
2018 National Ranking: 27
2017 National Ranking: 37

6 Texas A&M 89.45

2020 National Ranking: 21
2019 National Ranking: 22
2018 National Ranking: 26
2017 National Ranking: 15

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5 Auburn 102.98

2020 National Ranking: 14
2019 National Ranking: 15
2018 National Ranking: 11
2017 National Ranking: 21

4 Florida 110.83

2020 National Ranking: 11
2019 National Ranking: 18
2018 National Ranking: 19
2017 National Ranking: 11

3 Georgia 128.66

2020 National Ranking: 6
2019 National Ranking: 5
2018 National Ranking: 9
2017 National Ranking: 13

– 2020 CFN Five Year Program Analysis: Rankings 1-130

2 LSU 141.06

2020 National Ranking: 5
2019 National Ranking: 9
2018 National Ranking: 12
2017 National Ranking: 7

1 Alabama 186.88

2020 National Ranking: 1
2019 National Ranking: 1
2018 National Ranking: 1
2017 National Ranking: 1

– CFN Program Analysis Ranking Categories

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SEC 10-Game Conference Only Football Schedule. 5 Things That Matter

With the SEC announcing that it will play a ten-game, conference only schedule, what does it all mean? Who wins, who loses, and what’s next?

With the SEC announcing that it will play a ten-game, conference only schedule, what does it all mean? Who wins, who loses, and what’s next?

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SEC Goes To 10-Team All-SEC Schedule

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5. SEC 10-Game Schedule. The Basics …

The SEC finally decided what it’s going to do. It’s going to follow the Big Ten and Pac-12 and keep everything in its own house with a ten-game conference-only schedule.

NEWS | @SEC establishes new football start date of September 26 and Conference-only football competition.https://t.co/UhFFOfQ2lK

— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) July 30, 2020

From the SEC, here are the key points …

– Everything is supposed to start on September 26th. That means some early SEC matchups will have to be moved around, but the later date will give everyone a chance to see how the NFL is handling things and it buys more time overall to come up with the best possible practices.

– No non-conference games. More on this in a moment, but it’s going to be all-SEC, all of the time. There are some out there already complaining about this, but that’s just silly. Ten SEC teams, ten games, no fluff.

– SEC Championship moved to December 19. This allows more time and more flexibility, and it also finally means we can dispense with the bullspit talking point that the College Football Playoff can’t be expanded with a first round being played in mid-December.

As of now, everyone gets a week off in the middle of the season and time off on December 12th.

NEXT: No Non-Conference Games And Why It Matters

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SEC Preseason Rankings: CFN College Football Preview 2020

In what might be the craziest of college football seasons, how good are all of the teams? Here are the CFN SEC Preseason Rankings.

In what might be the craziest of college football seasons, how good are all of the teams? Here are the CFN SEC Preseason Rankings of every team.

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This is NOT a ranking of where the teams are going to end up. This is only based on how good we think the SEC teams are going into whatever the 2020 season is going to be.

– CFN Preview 2020: All 130 Team Previews

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14. Arkansas Razorbacks

Arkansas CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … the parts that return for new head coach Sam Pittman aren’t all that bad. It’s been a rough ride for Arkansas football over the last few years, but the offensive backfield of QB Feleipe Franks and RB Rakeem Boyd is a great place to start a new era.

Be Concerned About … the D line isn’t up to SEC snuff. The offensive skill parts and linebacking corps are solid, but it’s going to be tough to make a big push if the defensive front – and the run defense that was last in the conference and 124th in the nation – isn’t more active.

The Season Will Be Successful If … there’s a big upset on the way to a push for five wins. That might be asking for the world – especially if the schedule takes away some or all of the non-conference games – but 2016 was the last time the Hogs won more than four games.

13. Vanderbilt Commodores

Vanderbilt CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … the defense is about to be a thing. Vanderbilt will never be able to keep up with the better offenses in shootouts, but the defense might not let that happen with the fantastic linebackers and safeties to keep games close.

Be Concerned About … the offense that was dead last in the SEC – averaging 299 yards and 16.5 points per game – needs to find a whole lot more pop. The passing game that couldn’t do much to make things happen down the field has to be a whole lot stronger.

The Season Will Be Successful If … the Commodores flirt with bowl eligibility. That’s going to be tough considering the schedule, but the defense should be nasty enough to pull off an upset or three to come up with a decent run.

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12. Ole Miss Rebels

Ole Miss CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … the Lane Train is about to enter the station. New head man Lane Kiffin brings the star power, the attention, and the coaching chops – he did a whale of a job at Florida Atlantic – to make Ole Miss the annoying fly that buzzes around the big boys. He’s got the passing game to make things fun right away.

Be Concerned About … the secondary has to be a whole lot stronger. Even though the pass rush was impressive – it finished second in the SEC – the Rebels allowed the most passing yards in the conference. The offensive front has to be better, too, after giving up way too many plays behind the line.

The Season Will Be Successful If … Ole Miss goes bowling again. It’s been four years since the program has enjoyed a swag-bag game – going 10-3 with a Sugar Bowl win over Oklahoma State in 2015 – but even in a strong SEC West, the Rebels should be decent under the new coaching staff.

11. Missouri Tigers

Missouri CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … the Eliah Drinkwitz era should kick off with a whole lot of energy. Former head man Barry Odom caught a raw deal, but Drinkwitz is at least a change for the Tigers after a few mediocre seasons. It’s a good all-around team without a whole lot of major concerns, but …

Be Concerned About … a pass rush that didn’t show up. Getting to the quarterback has been one of the calling cards of Mizzou football since if joined the SEC, and finishing last in the conference in sacks last season wasn’t okay. The line is good, but it has to make more big things happen.

The Season Will Be Successful If … the Tigers go bowling. They missed out on a bowl game – not their fault last year – in three of the last five seasons, and getting off to a big start would be huge for Drinkwitz. He only had one year as the Appalachian State head man, so there’s still a bit of a prove it factor.

NEXT: SEC Preseason Rankings Top Ten

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2020 SEC Schedules, Team-By-Team Predictions For Every Game

What’s going to happen this college football season in the SEC? The schedules and predictions for each team and every game.

What’s going to happen this college football season in the SEC? The schedules and predictions for each team and every game.

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SEC Schedules, Predictions

2020 Preseason SEC Championship Prediction
Alabama vs. Georgia

SEC East Schedules, Predictions

2020 Florida Football Schedule Prediction

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 10-2
2020 Preseason SEC Prediction: 6-2
2019 Preseason Prediction: 10-2
2019: 11-2, 2018: 10-3
2020 Florida Preview

Sept. 5 Eastern Washington W
Sept. 12 Kentucky W
Sept. 19 South Alabama W
Sept. 26 at Tennessee L
Oct. 3 South Carolina W
Oct. 10 LSU W
Oct. 17 at Ole Miss W
Oct. 24 OPEN DATE
Oct. 31 Georgia (in Jacksonville) L
Nov. 7 at Vanderbilt W
Nov. 14 Missouri W
Nov. 21 New Mexico State W
Nov. 28 at Florida State W

CFN in 60: Georgia Preview
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2020 Georgia Football Schedule Prediction

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 11-1
2020 Preseason SEC Prediction: 7-1
2019 Preseason Prediction: 10-2
2019: 12-2, 2018: 11-2
2020 Georgia Preview

Sept. 7 Virginia (in Atlanta) W
Sept. 12 East Tennessee State W
Sept. 19 at Alabama L
Sept. 26 ULM W
Oct. 3 Vanderbilt W
Oct. 10 Auburn W
Oct. 17 at Missouri W
Oct. 24 OPEN DATE
Oct. 31 Florida (in Jacksonville) W
Nov. 7 at South Carolina W
Nov. 14 Tennessee W
Nov. 21 at Kentucky W
Nov. 28 Georgia Tech W

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2020 Kentucky Football Schedule Prediction

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2020 Preseason SEC Prediction: 3-5
2019 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2019: 8-5, 2018: 10-3
2020 Kentucky Preview

Sept. 5 Eastern Michigan W
Sept. 12 at Florida L
Sept. 19 Kent State W
Sept. 26 South Carolina W
Oct. 3 at Auburn L
Oct. 10 Eastern Illinois W
Oct. 17 Vanderbilt W
Oct. 24 at Missouri L
Oct. 31 OPEN DATE
Nov. 7 at Tennessee L
Nov. 14 Mississippi State W
Nov. 21 Georgia L
Nov. 28 at Louisville W

2020 Missouri Football Schedule Prediction

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2020 Preseason SEC Prediction: 3-5
2019 Preseason Prediction: 8-4
2019: 6-6, 2018: 8-5
2020 Missouri Preview

Sept. 5 Central Arkansas W
Sept. 12 Vanderbilt W
Sept. 19 at South Carolina L
Sept. 26 Eastern Michigan W
Oct. 3 at Tennessee L
Oct. 10 at BYU L
Oct. 17 Georgia L
Oct. 24 Kentucky W
Oct. 31 OPEN DATE
Nov. 7 at Mississippi State L
Nov. 14 at Florida L
Nov. 21 Louisiana W
Nov. 28 Arkansas W

2020 South Carolina Football Schedule Prediction

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2020 Preseason SEC Prediction: 4-4
2019 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2019: 4-8, 2018: 7-6
2020 South Carolina Preview

Sept. 5 Coastal Carolina W
Sept. 12 East Carolina W
Sept. 19 Missouri W
Sept. 26 at Kentucky L
Oct. 3 at Florida L
Oct. 10 Tennessee W
Oct. 17 OPEN DATE
Oct. 24 Texas A&M W
Oct. 31 at Vanderbilt W
Nov. 7 Georgia L
Nov. 14 at LSU L
Nov. 21 Wofford W
Nov. 28 at Clemson L

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2020 Tennessee Football Schedule Prediction

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 8-4
2020 Preseason SEC Prediction: 4-4
2019 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2019: 8-5, 2018: 5-7
2020 Tennessee Preview

Sept. 5 Charlotte W
Sept. 12 at Oklahoma L
Sept. 19 Furman W
Sept. 26 Florida W
Oct. 3 Missouri W
Oct. 10 at South Carolina L
Oct. 17 OPEN DATE
Oct. 24 Alabama W
Oct. 31 at Arkansas L
Nov. 7 Kentucky W
Nov. 14 at Georgia L
Nov. 21 Troy W
Nov. 28 at Vanderbilt W

2020 Vanderbilt Football Schedule Prediction

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2020 Preseason SEC Prediction: 1-7
2019 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2019: 3-9, 2018: 6-7
2020 Vanderbilt Preview

Sept. 5 Mercer W
Sept. 12 at Missouri L
Sept. 19 at Kansas State L
Sept. 26 Colorado State W
Oct. 3 at Georgia L
Oct. 10 Ole Miss W
Oct. 17 at Kentucky L
Oct. 24 OPEN DATE
Oct. 31 South Carolina L
Nov. 7 Florida L
Nov. 14 at Texas A&M L
Nov. 21 Louisiana Tech W
Nov. 28 Tennessee L

NEXT: SEC West Schedules, Predictions

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Preview 2020: College Football News All-SEC Team

Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the SEC season with the College Football News All-SEC Team & Top 30 players

Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the SEC season with the College Football News All-SEC Team & Top 30 players

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CFN in 60 Video: LSU Preview
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2020 Preseason CFN SEC Offensive Player of the Year

WR Ja’Marr Chase, Jr. LSU
Justin Jefferson caught 111 passes, and there were a whole slew of other weapons for Joe Burrow to throw to, but Chase was the Biletnikoff winner as the nation’s best receiver with the greatest season by any wideout in SEC history.

He cranked up 84 catches for 1,780 yards and 20 touchdowns. To put that into perspective, he had as many receiving scores or more than all but 58 of the 130 FBS teams, and he had more receiving yards than nine teams.

The SEC is loaded once again with tremendous receiving talent, and Chase doesn’t have Burrow around anymore, but he’s still going to be one of the most dangerous all-around weapons in the country.

2020 Preseason CFN SEC Defensive Player of the Year

CB Derek Stingley, Soph. LSU
LSU safety Grant Delpit won the Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back. He wasn’t event best defensive back on his own team last year – actually, he might have been fourth in the mix – behind Stingley, the lockdown star who came into LSU as a big-time recruit, and showed why right away.

The 6-1, 195-pounder led the team with six interceptions, 15 broken up passes, and 38 tackles. There’s some reloading to do in the Tiger secondary, and the stats aren’t going to be as good for Stingley – no one will throw his way – but he’s an NFL starting corner who’ll still be around the college world for the next few seasons.

College Football News 2020 Preseason All-SEC Team: Offense

QB – Kyle Trask, Sr. Florida

RB – Najee Harris, Sr. Alabama

RB – Kylin Hill, Sr. Mississippi State

WR – Ja’Marr Chase, Jr. LSU

WR – DeVonta Smith, Sr. Alabama

TE – Kyle Pitts, Jr. Florida

OT – Alex Leatherwood, Sr. Alabama

OG – Landon Dickerson, Sr. Alabama (or C)

C – Drake Jackson, Sr. Kentucky

OG – Trey Smith, Sr. Tennessee

OT – Wanya Morris, Soph. Tennessee

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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-SEC Team: Defense

DE – Big Kat Bryant, Sr. Auburn

DT – Jordan Davis, Jr. Georgia

DT – Tyler Shelvin, Jr. LSU

DE – Aaron Sterling, Sr. South Carolina

LB – Nick Bolton, Jr. Missouri

LB – KJ Britt, Sr. Auburn

LB – Dylan Moses, Jr. Alabama

CB – Derek Stingley, Soph. LSU

S – Richard LeCounte, Sr. Georgia

S – JaCoby Stevens, Sr. LSU

CB – Patrick Surtain, Jr. Alabama

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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-SEC Team: Special Teams

PK – Brent Cimaglia, Sr. Tennessee

P – Max Duffy, Sr. Kentucky

KR/PR – Jaylen Waddle, Jr. Alabama

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College Football News Preview 2020: Arkansas Razorbacks

College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Arkansas Razorbacks season with what you need to know.

College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Arkansas Razorbacks season with what you need to know.

– Contact/Follow @ColFootballNews & @PeteFiutak

– What You Need To Know: Offense | Defense
– Top Players | Key Players, Games, Stats
– What Will Happen, Win Total Prediction
– Schedule Analysis
– Arkansas Previews 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015

2019 Record: 2-10 overall, 0-8 in SEC
Head Coach: Sam Pittman, 1st year
2019 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 96
2019 CFN Final Season Formula Ranking: 121
2019 CFN Preview Ranking: 61

No one knows what’s going to happen to the 2020 college football season. We’ll take a general look at where each team stands – doing it without spring ball to go by – while crossing our fingers that we’ll all have some well-deserved fun this fall. Hoping you and yours are safe and healthy.

5. College Football News Preview 2020: Arkansas Razorbacks Offense 3 Things To Know

– The Hogs brought in a head coach who was supposed to be all about cranking up the offense, and Chad Morris could never make it happen in his two years. Now he’s the offensive coordinator at Auburn.

Enter Sam Pittman, a career assistant who mostly dealt with offensive lines in his 16 previous gigs, including at Arkansas under in the mid-2010s. He might not have any head coaching experience outside of the high school and community college level, but he brought in a few coordinators to help make up for that.

CFN in 60 Video: Arkansas Razorbacks Preview
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In comes Kendal Briles, who couldn’t get the offense rolling at Florida State last year as the OC, but will try to up the tempo and create something that can compete with the rest of the high-powered attacks in the SEC West.

Improving the nation’s 111th best offense that averaged 340 yards and 21 points per game – and failed to score more than 24 points ten times in 12 games – starts with getting more out of the passing game. Five different quarterbacks combined to miss more than half of their throws, connect on just 5.7 yards per pass, and threw 14 touchdown passes with 15 interceptions.

Fortunately, this could be a big plus area with Florida’s Feleipe Franks transferring in after throwing for 4,593 yards and 38 touchdowns with 17 picks and eight rushing scores before suffering a broken leg last year. He’s expected to be fine for the season, but redshirt freshman KJ Jefferson is another promising option who struggled as a freshman, but has the skills to grow into something dangerous.

– The rest of the skill parts are at least experienced. Rakeem Boyd was a bright spot with a team-high 1,133 rushing yards and eight scores, and Arizona State transfer Trelon Smith should be ready to go as a speedy all-around option in the mix.

The top seven wide receivers are expected back along with high-end tight end prospect Hudson Henry. Trelon Burks is a huge 6-3, 231-pound target who led the way with 475 receiving yards on his 29 catches, but he failed to score.

Mike Woods tied for the team lead with 33 catches and four touchdowns, and Trey Knox is a 6-5, 203-pound potential matchup problem who made plenty of plays – this is a very big, very young group that could blow up fast.

– Considering Pittman’s talent as an offensive line coach, there’s no reason to not be decent up front right away. This was a relative positive last season, with the line doing a decent job in pass protection while paving the way for Boyd. This group could be far more consistent and stronger, but four starters are back – only losing left guard Austin Capps – along with most of the key backups.

NEXT: College Football News Preview 2020: Arkansas Razorbacks Defense 3 Things To Know

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NFL Draft 2020: How Many SEC Players Will Be Drafted In The First Round? Could It Really Be Half Of The Top 32?

NFL Draft 2020: How many SEC players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many SEC players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.

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NFL Draft 2020: SEC

It’s borderline obnoxious, but hardly unexpected.

As much as fans of other college football conferences might want to argue and complain, yeah, the SEC is usually just better.

And why? This isn’t hard. The league has better players than everyone else.

The SEC has owned the recruiting rankings by 85 miles ever since the beginning of the internet, and it comes across year after year in the NFL Draft.

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Last year, nine SEC players were selected in the first round. Granted it was still 28% of the first 32 picks, but it was still a tad light for the league that handed over ten of its finest players in the 2018 first round, and 12 in 2017.

But is it even possible to for a conference to own half of a first round by accounting for 16 picks?

11 SEC players were selected in 2014 first round, 12 got the call in 2013, and let’s just cheat a little bit and give a little boost to the league in 2011, considering Missouri and Texas A&M were making the move from the Big 12 to the SEC. With the newcomers added, the current SEC programs accounted for the first seven picks of the 2011 NFL Draft and 13 of the first 32.

It took a big bend of the criteria and the SEC still wasn’t even close to getting up to 16 first round picks.

By the way, the BetMGM line for total SEC players drafted in the first round is set at a ridiculous 15.5.

Is it even possible? Helped by Alabama and LSU, yeah.

LSU QB Joe Burrow, Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa, Bama receivers Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs, fellow Tide star OT Jedrick Wills, Auburn DT Derrick Brown, Florida CB CJ Henderson, Georgia OT Andrew Thomas, LSU edge rusher K’Lavon Chaisson. That gets you to nine.

South Carolina DT Javon Kinlaw will go in the first round, as will LSU LB Patrick Queen. That’s 11, and a long, long, long way to go to get to 16 and the over.

There are others like LSU WR Justin Jefferson and Alabama S Xavier McKinney, who both have a shot of going in the top 32. There’s a chance RB D’Andre Swift and OT Isaiah Wilson from Georgia are both going early, and DE Terrell Lewis and CB Trevon Diggs from Alabama also could get the Day One call.

It’s not entirely insane to make a call that more than half of your 2020 NFL Draft first round will be made up of SEC players.

Let’s try this a different way.

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How Many SEC Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

How many players outside of the SEC are guaranteed to go in the first round?

Rapid-fire – Chase Young, Jeff Okudah, Isaiah Simmons, Justin Herbert, Tristan Wirfs, Mekhi Becton, CeeDee Lamb, Kenneth Murray, Jordan Love, AJ Terrell. That’s ten, and then it’s all hit-or-miss from a pool of around 15 players who could slide into the top 32.

But SEC players are in that same bucket of first round tweeners.

How crazy do you want to get? Is this really going to be one of the most historic drafts ever in a chest-puffing moment for the It Just Means More league?

Yeah. There are more than enough SEC players to get to 16, and that’s where the value is – minimal as it is.

Prediction: Over
BetMGM line: 15.5, Over +115, Under -141
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