It gets worse.
Only two writers picked UK to finish fifth (Dennis Dodd and Ben Kercheval) while two picked the Cats to finish last in the East (Jerry Palm and Barton Simmons). The other three picked UK to finish sixth. Yikes. I’m not a math major but that averages out to a sixth place finish from the CBS crew. That would almost certainly mean a losing SEC record and a disappointing season.
And folks, I don’t see it happening. Georgia should be picked ahead of UK without debate, but you could make a case for UK against any other team.