The SEC unquestionably was down last season. It has a chance to regain some lost luster in the very first week of the 2017 season.
SEC teams arguably are involved in six of the biggest 10 games of the first weekend: BYU-LSU, Georgia Tech-Tennessee, NC State-South Carolina, Texas A&M-UCLA, Florida-Michigan and Alabama-Florida State. It’s inarguable that Alabama-FSU is the marquee matchup of the weekend — and the marquee non-conference game of the season.
SEC teams are favored in three of the six, including two of the three ACC-SEC matchups.
Let’s take a look at all 14 games involving SEC teams this weekend, with a projected winner in each.