Eleven different teams got votes to win the SEC championship. Georgia was second with 44 votes, followed by Alabama (29), then LSU (20), South Carolina (5), Oklahoma (3), Vanderbilt (2), Florida (2), Tennessee (1), Ole Miss (1) and Auburn (1).

For DeBoer, media days marks the unofficial start of Year 2 in Tuscaloosa after a 9-4 campaign a year ago following Nick Saban's retirement. It's also his first chance to talk about what he's most looking forward heading into fall camp after a promising spring, position battles, what he and the program hope to improve on, and more.

The staff of 247Sports ranks the 16 SEC teams in its preseason poll. Here's where Alabama is projected to finish in Year 2 under coach Kalen DeBoer.