How should a renovated SEC line up their divisions?
By Austin Lloyd
SEC East
Obviously, whenever something happens to the West, the opposite must happen to the East. Due to the Missouri Tigers being a Western program, the East division lost them. Meanwhile, they gained a package deal consisting of Egg Bowl participants Ole Miss and Mississippi State. Outside of that, the division is the same as always.
Here is how the new SEC East should look following proper realignment:
-Florida
-Georgia
-Kentucky
-Mississippi
-Mississippi State
-South Carolina
-Tennessee
-Vanderbilt
Both MS teams should do well in this division, as it is the weaker of the two. And while it would easily be cooked by its Western counterpart, that has already been the case for quite some time now.
For reference, the SEC West has won eight national championships since the East has won its latest (Florida, 2008). Especially with head coaches Lane Kiffin and Mike Leach in town, both programs should do just fine in an environment such as the SEC East.