Where did LSU football finish in SEC Preseason Poll? How many Tigers took home preseason honors?

Garrett Nussmeier will assume control of LSU's offense in 2024. PHOTO BY: Jonathan Mailhes

Georgia is favored to win the 2024 SEC Championship, according to a preseason poll. This poll was by media at SEC Football Media Days.

LSU is picked to finish fifth.

The Bulldogs received 165 votes to win the championship on December 7 in Atlanta. They will face Texas, which got 27 votes. It’s Texas’s first season in the SEC.

This season, there are no divisions in SEC Football for the first time since 1991. The game’s participants will be the two teams with the best winning percentages in the eight-game conference schedule.

Since 1992, only nine preseason favorites have won the SEC Championship.

The SEC Championship Game was the most-watched conference championship in 15 of the last 16 seasons. It was not number one in 2020 due to the pandemic.

In 2023, the game had 17.519 million viewers on average. This was a 61% increase from the previous year. It peaked at 22.350 million viewers, making it the most-watched championship game in five years.

Offensive tackle Will Campbell and linebacker Harold Perkins lead a list of eight LSU players who have been named preseason All-SEC according to a poll of media covering SEC Football Media Days in Dallas this week.

Campbell and Perkins, along with all-purpose player Zavion Thomas, were named first-team by the media.

LSU players on the second-team include a trio on offense in tackle Emery Jones, tight end Mason Taylor and wide receiver Kyren Lacy, safety Major Burns on defense, and Thomas as the return specialist. 

Senior long snapper Slade Roy earned third-team recognition.

Campbell, also a first-team preseason All-America, has twice earned All-SEC honors in his two years with the Tigers. He was a second-team selection in 2022 as a true freshman and he earned first-team honors a year ago. Campbell, one of the most dominant offensive linemen in LSU history, has started 26 games in two years.

Perkins, a second-team preseason All-America heading into 2024, is one of the top defensive playmakers in college football. In two years with the Tigers, Perkins has tallied 26 tackles for loss, 13 sacks and forced seven fumbles.

Thomas, a transfer from Mississippi State, averaged 33.7 yards on six kickoff returns and 11.7 yards on 14 punt returns for the Bulldogs in 2023.

The predicted order of finish in the SEC according to the media had Georgia first, followed by Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss and LSU. It’s the first time since 1991 that the SEC will not be divided into divisions.

The top two teams in the 16-team league standings based on winning percentage advance to the SEC Championship Game.

LSU opens its third season under head coach Brian Kelly on Sunday, Sept. 1 against USC in Las Vegas.

LSU’s home-opener against Nicholls on Saturday, Sept. 7 begins a season-long celebration of 100 years of Tiger Stadium. Fans will be treated to new scoreboards, video boards, ribbon boards, LED lights, and sound system in Tiger Stadium in 2024.

SEC PRESEASON MEDIA POLL

SEC CHAMPION

School Points

Georgia 165

Texas 27

Alabama 12

Ole Miss 4

Vanderbilt 2

LSU 2

South Carolina 1

PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH

School Points

Georgia 3330

Texas 3041

Alabama 2891

Ole Miss 2783

LSU 2322

Missouri 2240

Tennessee 2168

Oklahoma 2022

Texas A&M 1684

Auburn 1382

Kentucky 1371

Florida 1146

South Carolina 923

Arkansas 749

Mississippi State 623

Vanderbilt 293

2024 PRESEASON MEDIA DAYS ALL-SEC TEAM

OFFENSE

First-Team

QB –  Carson Beck, UGA

RB – Trevor Etienne, UGA

RB – Jarquez Hunter, AU 

WR –  Luther Burden III, MIZ

WR – Tre Harris, UM

TE – Caden Prieskorn, UM 

OL – Tyler Booker, UA

OL – Will Campbell, LSU

OL – Kelvin Banks Jr., TEX  

OL – Tate Ratledge, UGA

C – Cooper Mays, UT

Second-Team

QB – Quinn Ewers, TEX

RB –  Raheim Sanders, SC 

*RB – CJ Baxter, TEX

*RB – Montrell Johnson Jr., UF

WR – Isaiah Bond, TEX

WR – Kyren Lacy, LSU

TE –  Mason Taylor, LSU  

OL – Emery Jones, LSU 

OL – Kadyn Proctor, UA 

OL –  Xavier Truss, UGA

OL –  Dylan Fairchild, UGA 

C –  Parker Brailsford, UA

Third-Team

QB – Jalen Milroe, UA

RB –  Justice Haynes, UA  

RB –  Ulysses Bentley, UM

WR – Deion Burks, OU

WR – Dominic Lovett,  UGA 

TE –  Oscar Delp, UGA  

OL –  Earnest Greene III, UGA

OL – Marques Cox, UK

OL – Trey Zuhn III, TAMU

OL – Jaeden Roberts, UA

C – Jake Majors, TEX  

DEFENSE

First-Team

DL – James Pearce Jr., UT  

DL – Walter Nolen, UM   

DL – Deone Walker, UK

DL – Nazir Stackhouse, UGA

LB –  Harold Perkins, LSU   

LB –  Danny Stutsman, OU  

*LB – Deontae Lawson, UA

*LB – Mykel Williams, UGA 

DB –  Malaki Starks, UGA

DB –  Malachi Moore, UA 

DB –  Billy Bowman, OU  

DB –  Maxwell Hairston, UK  

Second-Team

DL – Shemar Turner, TAMU

DL – Landon Jackson, ARK 

DL – Nic Scourton, TAMU

*DL – Tim Smith, UA

*DL –  Jared Ivey, UM

LB – Debo Williams, SC

LB –  Anthony Hill Jr., TEX 

LB – Smael Mondon Jr., UGA  

DB – Jahdae Barron, TEX  

DB – Major Burns, LSU  

DB –  Andrew Mukuba, TEX 

DB – Malik Muhammad, TEX  

Third-Team

DL  – Tim Keenan III, UA

DL –  Princely Umanmielen , UM

DL – Trey Moore, TEX

DL – Tonka Hemingway, SC

LB –  Jamon “Pop” Dumas-Johnson, UK 

LB – Jihaad Campbell, UA  

LB –  Eugene Asante, AU

DB – Domani Jackson, UA  

DB –  Daylen Everette, UGA  

DB –  Jason Marshall Jr., UF

*DB – Keon Sabb, UA 

*DB –  Nick Emmanwori, SC

SPECIALISTS

First-Team

P –  James Burnip, UA 

PK – Bert Auburn, TEX   

LS – Kneeland Hibbett, UA

KS – Alex McPherson, AU

RS  – Barion Brown, UK  

AP – Zavion Thomas, LSU

Second-Team

P – Brett Thorson, UGA

PK – Graham Nicholson, UA 

LS – Hunter Rogers, SC

KS –  Will Stone, TEX

RS – Zavion Thomas, LSU  

AP – Dillion Bell, UGA

Third-Team

P – Jeremy Crawshaw, UF 

PK – Alex McPherson, AU 

LS – Slade Roy, LSU

KS – Trey Smack, UF

RS – Keionte Scott, AU  

*AP – Barion Brown, UK

*AP – Jaydon Blue, TEX 

* – Indicates a tie

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