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How do things shape up around the Southeastern Conference in 2019? Here's a quick look:
Team(s) to beat
Seldom has there been this much of a consensus atop both divisions entering an SEC season, but Alabama and Georgia have clearly separated themselves from the pack on both sides. Alabama received 253 of 260 first-place votes in the Western Division in a vote of the league's media last month, while Georgia received 233 in the East. With tons of depth, experienced quarterbacks, solid defenses and offensive firepower back for both, it'll be an upset if the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs aren't squaring off again in the SEC title game with a college football playoff bid on the line.