Recently SB Nation Reacts polled college football fans on their pick to win both the SEC and Big Ten. Ohio State’s status as the favorite in the Big Ten comes as no surprise, as the Buckeyes are the odds-on favorite to win the College Football Playoff.
Your Georgia Bulldogs earning 56% of the votes to take home the SEC title also isn’t that surprising. If anything the margin of votes is perhaps an eye-opener.
But perhaps what surprised me most from this was that Steve Sarkisian’s Texas Longhorns secured
only 7% of votes to win the conference. While media members also picked the Bulldogs to win the conference back at Media Days, the Burnt Orange were a pretty close second.
Personally I think fans may be shortchanging the Horns. While I’m not sure Arch Manning is ever going to be a Heisman-winning quarterback, the supporting cast around him is about as impressive as any in the sport. I’d add that if the Texans don’t at least make a run into the College Football Playoff, things could get sticky for Sark quicker than anyone expected.
Go ‘Dawgs!!!
