SEC media picks UGA in the East

HOOVER, Ala. -- SEC media voted Georgia as its projected winner of the SEC East and LSU as the projected 2012 SEC champion during the conference's media days this week.

The Bulldogs received 132 first-place votes in the East to finish ahead of South Carolina, which received 72. It was the first time since 2004 that UGA was voted first in the East by the league's media.

Here was the full voting for the SEC East (first-place votes in parenthesis ...

Georgia (132)
South Carolina (72)
Florida (12)
Missouri (2)
Tennessee (4)
Vanderbilt
Kentucky

LSU was voted as the projected winner of the SEC West, receiving 139 first-place votes ahead of Alabama (72), Arkansas (6), Auburn (4), Texas A&M, Mississippi State and Ole Miss, in that order.

As far as the overall SEC champion, Georgia finishing third in the voting behind LSU and Alabama ...

LSU 129
Alabama 65
Georgia 14
South Carolina 6
Arkansas 4
Auburn 2
Florida 1
Ole Miss 1

Thursday brings Georgia's turn at SEC media days, and we'll have live coverage on our live thread throughout the Bulldogs' appearance.