Alabama Crimson Tide Picked No 1 – 2010 SEC Odds: When all the media members who cover Southeast Conference football got together down in Hoover, Alabama for the SEC Media Days on Friday, they made Alabama the chosen one to win the SEC West followed by Arkansas at No. 2.
It's no wonder Alabama is chosen to repeat as champion of the SEC and BCS. Media members also tagged 12 players to the 2010 All-SEC team. Alabama had eight first-team All-SEC selections and four second-team All-SEC honorees. Junior running back Mark Ingram and junior linebacker Dont’a Hightower were the top two vote getters. Ingram, the 2009 Heisman Trophy winner, garnered 165 votes, while Hightower received 158 votes.
Joining Ingram and Hightower on the first team were sophomore running back Trent Richardson, junior wide receiver Julio Jones, sophomore offensive lineman Barrett Jones and senior offensive lineman James Carpenter on offense and
junior defensive lineman Marcell Dareus and junior defensive back Mark Barron on defense.
The Crimson Tide’s second-team selections include senior quarterback Greg McElroy and junior center William Vlachos on offense, junior linebacker Courtney Upshaw on defense and junior return specialist Julio Jones on special teams.
Alabama and Florida were projected to meet in the 2010 SEC Championship Game in Atlanta on Dec. 4. The Crimson Tide received 143 first place votes in a poll at SEC Media Days.
Alabama was projected to win the SEC Western Division title and received 157 points. The Crimson Tide was followed by Arkansas (2nd), Auburn (3rd), LSU (4th), Mississippi State (5th) and Mississippi (6th).
Florida was the preseason favorite to win the SEC Eastern Division with 153 total points. The Gators were followed by Georgia (2nd), South Carolina (3rd), Kentucky (4th), Tennessee (5th) and Vanderbilt (6th).
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