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This time a year ago, Alabama had a good deal of doubters. At the time, the Southeastern Conference’s preseason poll, as voted on by SEC coaches, picked the Crimson Tide to finish a distant eighth in the league. The impertinence of that opinion of Team23 was motivation that propelled the Tide to a 33-game win streak to start the season, an SEC Championship, and a trip to the World Series semifinals.
Team24 will have to look for motivation elsewhere this season for the coaches were not going to make that mistake twice in a row. This time, the Tide has been voted as the preseason SEC favorite with 11 of the 13 first place votes. Tennessee received the other two.
| Place | School | Points |
| 1 | Alabama (11) | 143 |
| 2 | Tennessee (2) | 129 |
| 3 | LSU | 117 |
| 4 | Kentucky | 101 |
| 5 | Florida | 92 |
| 6 | Georgia | 84 |
| 7 | Arkansas | 80 |
| 8 | Ole Miss | 62 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 56 |
| 10 | Missouri | 54 |
| 11 | Auburn | 52 |
| T12. | Mississippi State | 22 |
| T12. | Texas A&M | 22 |
*Vanderbilt does not field a softball team.
The Crimson Tide opens its 2020 season at the Joanne Graf Classic in Tallahassee, FL on Feb. 7-8. Alabama will play two games each against North Carolina and host Florida State.
Previews and other softball treats coming soon!