WhatIfSports 2016 SEC preview: Projected standings and game-by-game predictions

By Jake Westrich
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2016 Alabama Crimson Tide
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 USC Trojans 61.4 27.8-24.5
2 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 68.3 30.9-25.0
3 @Ole Miss Rebels 55.4 26.5-24.4
4 Kent State Golden Flashes 85.1 30.3-17.7
5 Kentucky Wildcats 67.3 30.3-22.6
6 @Arkansas Razorbacks 68.3 28.4-22.9
7 @Tennessee Volunteers 51.5 24.2-23.5
8 Texas A&M Aggies 59.4 28.2-23.9
10 @LSU Tigers 52.5 26.6-25.4
11 Mississippi State Bulldogs 71.3 28.9-21.6
12 Chattanooga Mocs 95.0 48.1-8.5
13 Auburn Tigers 72.3 27.7-21.9
2016 Arkansas Razorbacks
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 71.3 32.6-27.4
2 @TCU Horned Frogs 55.4 27.2-27.0
3 Texas State Bobcats 79.2 34.2-24.2
4 @Texas A&M Aggies 45.5 28.5-27.3
5 Alcorn State Braves 95.0 47.1-6.4
6 Alabama Crimson Tide 31.7 22.9-28.4
7 Ole Miss Rebels 49.5 28.0-29.0
8 @Auburn Tigers 53.5 28.3-26.4
10 Florida Gators 52.5 25.3-24.1
11 LSU Tigers 43.6 26.2-27.2
12 @Mississippi State Bulldogs 63.4 28.9-25.6
13 @Missouri Tigers 58.4 25.6-22.4
2016 Auburn Tigers
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 Clemson Tigers 35.6 27.0-29.7
2 Arkansas State Red Wolves 60.4 29.6-26.0
3 Texas A&M Aggies 56.4 27.9-26.5
4 LSU Tigers 40.6 27.1-30.0
5 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks 74.3 32.3-22.2
6 @Mississippi State Bulldogs 45.5 27.1-28.8
8 Arkansas Razorbacks 46.5 26.4-28.3
9 @Ole Miss Rebels 39.6 26.8-29.2
10 Vanderbilt Commodores 63.4 26.1-20.8
11 @Georgia Bulldogs 44.6 25.2-27.2
12 Alabama A&M Bulldogs 95.0 48.2-9.2
13 @Alabama Crimson Tide 27.7 21.9-27.7
2016 Florida Gators
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 Massachusetts Minutemen 79.2 31.3-21.6
2 Kentucky Wildcats 58.4 26.2-22.1
3 North Texas Mean Green 81.2 30.8-17.9
4 @Tennessee Volunteers 37.6 23.0-25.3
5 @Vanderbilt Commodores 61.4 25.0-21.4
6 LSU Tigers 41.6 24.3-26.5
7 Missouri Tigers 59.4 23.6-20.2
9 Georgia Bulldogs 44.6 22.1-24.6
10 @Arkansas Razorbacks 47.5 24.1-25.3
11 South Carolina Gamecocks 58.4 25.6-23.3
12 Presbyterian Blue Hose 95.0 46.0-8.2
13 @Florida State Seminoles 32.7 22.3-27.6
2016 Georgia Bulldogs
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 @North Carolina Tar Heels 51.5 28.6-28.1
2 Nicholls Colonels 95.0 50.3-9.2
3 @Missouri Tigers 70.3 26.6-22.5
4 @Ole Miss Rebels 54.5 27.2-26.5
5 Tennessee Volunteers 56.4 26.2-25.0
6 @South Carolina Gamecocks 64.4 29.1-24.2
7 Vanderbilt Commodores 75.2 28.7-20.5
9 @Florida Gators 55.4 24.6-22.1
10 @Kentucky Wildcats 63.4 28.5-24.8
11 Auburn Tigers 55.4 27.2-25.2
12 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns 80.2 33.6-24.2
13 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 59.4 27.8-25.0
2016 Kentucky Wildcats
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 48.5 30.3-30.6
2 @Florida Gators 41.6 22.1-26.2
3 New Mexico State Aggies 74.3 31.4-24.2
4 South Carolina Gamecocks 48.5 29.2-30.0
5 @Alabama Crimson Tide 31.7 22.6-30.3
6 Vanderbilt Commodores 50.5 25.7-25.5
8 Mississippi State Bulldogs 49.5 28.4-28.0
9 @Missouri Tigers 41.6 23.7-26.0
10 Georgia Bulldogs 36.6 24.8-28.5
11 @Tennessee Volunteers 35.6 24.8-30.3
12 Austin Peay Governors 95.0 45.9-6.5
13 @Louisville Cardinals 36.6 24.6-30.2
2016 LSU Tigers
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 @Wisconsin Badgers 58.4 27.7-23.8
2 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 95.0 50.6-8.8
3 Mississippi State Bulldogs 55.4 29.2-26.9
4 @Auburn Tigers 59.4 30.0-27.1
5 Missouri Tigers 63.4 27.7-24.4
6 @Florida Gators 58.4 26.5-24.3
7 Southern Miss Golden Eagles 67.3 33.7-27.0
8 Ole Miss Rebels 56.4 27.2-26.1
10 Alabama Crimson Tide 47.5 25.4-26.6
11 @Arkansas Razorbacks 56.4 27.2-26.2
12 South Alabama Jaguars 89.1 32.6-21.4
13 @Texas A&M Aggies 63.4 29.5-24.4
2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 South Alabama Jaguars 74.3 32.8-23.8
2 South Carolina Gamecocks 56.4 28.3-26.1
3 @LSU Tigers 44.6 26.9-29.2
4 @Massachusetts Minutemen 82.2 33.9-24.5
6 Auburn Tigers 54.5 28.8-27.1
7 @BYU Cougars 47.5 29.1-29.2
8 @Kentucky Wildcats 48.5 28.0-28.4
9 Samford Bulldogs 95.0 50.4-9.0
10 Texas A&M Aggies 52.5 27.7-25.2
11 @Alabama Crimson Tide 28.7 21.6-28.9
12 Arkansas Razorbacks 36.6 25.6-28.9
13 @Ole Miss Rebels 37.6 26.1-29.4
2016 Missouri Tigers
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 @West Virginia Mountaineers 49.5 23.9-24.2
2 Eastern Michigan Eagles 70.3 30.4-24.0
3 Georgia Bulldogs 29.7 22.5-26.6
4 Delaware State Hornets 95.0 42.6-8.9
5 @LSU Tigers 35.6 24.4-27.7
7 @Florida Gators 39.6 20.2-23.6
8 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 57.4 25.5-23.8
9 Kentucky Wildcats 58.4 26.0-23.7
10 @South Carolina Gamecocks 49.5 24.2-24.4
11 Vanderbilt Commodores 49.5 21.6-21.4
12 @Tennessee Volunteers 35.6 21.8-26.4
13 Arkansas Razorbacks 41.6 22.4-25.6
2016 Ole Miss Rebels
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 @Florida State Seminoles 50.5 28.0-29.3
2 Wofford Terriers 95.0 53.4-6.3
3 Alabama Crimson Tide 43.6 24.4-26.5
4 Georgia Bulldogs 44.6 26.5-27.2
5 Memphis Tigers 61.4 29.8-25.9
7 @Arkansas Razorbacks 49.5 29.0-28.0
8 @LSU Tigers 43.6 26.1-27.2
9 Auburn Tigers 58.4 29.2-26.8
10 Georgia Southern Eagles 70.3 32.8-25.2
11 @Texas A&M Aggies 61.4 28.4-26.7
12 @Vanderbilt Commodores 60.4 27.1-23.1
13 Mississippi State Bulldogs 61.4 29.4-26.1
2016 South Carolina Gamecocks
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 @Vanderbilt Commodores 41.6 23.7-26.5
2 @Mississippi State Bulldogs 43.6 26.1-28.3
3 East Carolina Pirates 63.4 30.4-26.5
4 @Kentucky Wildcats 51.5 30.0-29.2
5 Texas A&M Aggies 47.5 27.7-28.1
6 Georgia Bulldogs 34.7 24.2-29.1
8 Massachusetts Minutemen 67.3 32.4-23.3
9 Tennessee Volunteers 28.7 24.5-30.2
10 Missouri Tigers 50.5 24.4-24.2
11 @Florida Gators 41.6 23.3-25.6
12 Western Carolina Catamounts 95.0 46.2-6.3
13 @Clemson Tigers 25.7 25.3-32.8
2016 Tennessee Volunteers
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 Appalachian State Mountaineers 65.3 29.8-24.6
2 Virginia Tech Hokies 54.5 27.9-24.4
3 Ohio Bobcats 67.3 32.9-25.3
4 Florida Gators 62.4 25.3-23.0
5 @Georgia Bulldogs 42.6 25.0-26.2
6 @Texas A&M Aggies 60.4 28.9-25.3
7 Alabama Crimson Tide 48.5 23.5-24.2
9 @South Carolina Gamecocks 71.3 30.2-24.5
10 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 95.0 51.7-7.9
11 Kentucky Wildcats 64.4 30.3-24.8
12 Missouri Tigers 64.4 26.4-21.8
13 @Vanderbilt Commodores 68.3 28.1-23.0
2016 Texas A&M Aggies
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 UCLA Bruins 56.4 28.8-27.0
2 Prairie View A&M Panthers 95.0 49.3-6.4
3 @Auburn Tigers 43.6 26.5-27.9
4 Arkansas Razorbacks 54.5 27.3-28.5
5 @South Carolina Gamecocks 52.5 28.1-27.7
6 Tennessee Volunteers 39.6 25.3-28.9
8 @Alabama Crimson Tide 39.6 23.9-28.2
9 New Mexico State Aggies 78.2 34.1-23.9
10 @Mississippi State Bulldogs 46.5 25.2-27.7
11 Ole Miss Rebels 38.6 26.7-28.4
12 UTSA Roadrunners 77.2 31.5-22.2
13 LSU Tigers 34.7 24.4-29.5
2016 Vanderbilt Commodores
Week Opponent Win% Avg Score
1 South Carolina Gamecocks 58.4 26.5-23.7
2 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 58.4 27.5-25.2
3 @Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 43.6 22.1-24.7
4 @Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 41.6 28.0-29.2
5 Florida Gators 37.6 21.4-25.0
6 @Kentucky Wildcats 49.5 25.5-25.7
7 @Georgia Bulldogs 23.8 20.5-28.7
8 Tennessee State Tigers 95.0 45.0-8.7
10 @Auburn Tigers 34.7 20.8-26.1
11 @Missouri Tigers 50.5 21.4-21.6
12 Ole Miss Rebels 39.6 23.1-27.1
13 Tennessee Volunteers 31.7 23.0-28.1