Florida Gators Ranked 5th In SEC, Only Boast Two Top Performers As Chosen By SEC SID's

by FlaGators on Jun 6, 2011 4:39 PM EDT in Florida Football

As the SEC Spring Meetings winded down, the 12 sports information directors of each school voted 1-11 (they couldn't vote for their own school) on where they would rank each school at the conclusion of the season. For the record, they picked the Gators 5th. South Carolina and Alabama are projected to meet in Atlanta for the SEC Championship Game.

The full poll results were:

1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. South Carolina
4. Arkansas
5. Florida
6. Georgia
7. Auburn
7. Mississippi State
9. Tennessee
10. Kentucky
11. Ole Miss
12. Vanderbilt

As Chris Low of ESPN points out:

South Carolina received the maximum five first-place votes by the Eastern Division sports information directors. Alabama got four first-place votes in the West and LSU the other two first-place votes. SIDs weren't allowed to vote for their own school.

Also carried out by the Birmingham News was the "category section" in which stuff like MVP, best leader, most underrated player, and various others.

It is interesting to note that the only two Florida Gators chosen chosen were:

Jeff Demps as 2nd best athlete and Andre Debose as best kick returner. Not that I can argue for or against any of their other selections, but it does seem a bit odd that the 5th placed team only has two players listed.

Speaking of not that many players listed, the Gators only received one 2nd team player on the Birmingham News' 2011 Preseason All-SEC Team. The player chosen was defensive lineman Omar Hunter.

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5th

I think 5th seems a little high with a new coach.

by Jags.0 on Jun 6, 2011 4:53 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I wouldn’t have been surprised to see Georgia (because of schedule) ahead of us. I would say Miss State but they play probably the 2nd toughest schedule in the SEC (behind us) and Auburn is well, going to take a step back IMO.

So if those four were shaken up in any which way, I wouldn’t complain. In other words, I think all of those schools could finish anywhere from 5-8.

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by FlaGators on Jun 6, 2011 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Right now ranking us 5th

seems about right IMO. But you’re right Fla. It is interesting how they rank us 5th when they only voted for two of our guys.
At least they think we’ll do better than the mutts…

Sons of Plunder

by Gatorbuc15 on Jun 6, 2011 4:56 PM EDT reply actions

Well that is disappointing. The second team defense picture didn’t show up. Well, if those are interested to see Omar Hunter’s name, just click on the link that says “2011 Preseason All-SEC Team” in the second to last sentence.

Apologies to everyone.

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by FlaGators on Jun 6, 2011 5:03 PM EDT reply actions