SEC

Wild ride: Cats fans should expect bumpy season

56:       That's the number of points junior guard Jodie Meeks scored in two games in the Las Vegas Invitational, earning MVP honors as the Cats won two straight.

54:       That's the number of turnovers UK had in two games in Vegas, giving them a six-game total of 138. By contrast, they have been credited with just 93 assists.

With a plethora of talented players no longer in the league (Marreese Speights, Joe Crawford, Chris Lofton, Shan Foster, Richard Hendrix, Anthony Randolph), some new talented players to get excited about (Scotty Hopson, JaMychal Green, Darius Miller), some familiar faces returning to action (Ronald Steele, Tasmin Mitchell) and two fresh faces on the sidelines (Trent Johnson and Darrin Horn), the SEC is going to be mighty interesting this season.

SEC Player Grades

This is the last of six annual fantasy stats projections of BCS conference starters. The lineups are based on the Starting Fives series of articles released two weeks ago, along with a couple of changes due to recent developments.

CHN's 31 conference ranking, including 10 year historical averages based on average RPI finish. For more information on historical RPI averages, check out the Conference Data Page. Links lead to league preview pages.

Writers Predictions: BCS Conference Champions

Who will be this year's BCS conference champs? CHN writers take a shot at some predictions.. and the results are mostly you'd expect.

SEC FIVE-YEAR STANDINGS

This ranking tries to answer a simple question: Who has been the best team in the SEC over the last five years?