Eleven different teams got votes to win the SEC championship. Georgia was second with 44 votes, followed by Alabama (29), then LSU (20), South Carolina (5), Oklahoma (3), Vanderbilt (2), Florida (2), Tennessee (1), Ole Miss (1) and Auburn (1).

SEC football media days continue on July 16, with Alabama, Florida, Mississippi State and Oklahoma making appearances. Check out live updates:

Full Crimson Tide media schedule for Kalen DeBoer, Tim Keenan, Deontae Lawson and Kadyn Proctor along with live updates, video and analysis from the Alabama Crimson Tide on SI crew in Atlanta.

The event dates to 1985, meaning the Crimson Tide broke a four-decade streak. Alabama did have wide receiver Ryan Williams and Kadyn Proctor on the first-team offense, but no first-team defensive players for the first time in the event’s history.

Media Days have officially wrapped up in Atlanta. Now's a good time to rank all 16 teams with the season drawing closer.

Missouri football head coach Eli Drinkwitz is not a Nick Saban disciple, but isn’t afraid to pull from the lexicon of his former SEC foe. During SEC Media Days last week, Drinkwitz quoted Saban’s famous “rat poison” phrase when asked about the Tigers’ recent success.

Day 3 of SEC Media Days happened on Wednesday, where Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer spoke to media members and reflected on his first season with the Crimson Tide, while expressing the belief of his current program headed in to this college football year.

Saban rumors have been swirling around SEC media days since former Alabama coach Greg McElroy mentioned the possibility on his radio show.

One of the Crimson Tide's leaders this upcoming season, here is a look at everything that Alabama inside linebacker Deontae Lawson said during 2025 SEC football media days. "I think we all just have to be bought in. I think that started right when the bowl game ended, and we just all had to come together."