HOOVER, Ala. -- The Florida Gators have been voted by the attending media at 2008  Southeastern Conference Football Media Days to capture the SEC football championship.  The results were announced on the third and final day of the media days at the Wynfrey Hotel.  The Gators were selected as Eastern Division champions while Auburn was selected to represent the Western Division.

Of the 70 members of the media who voted, Florida was named SEC Champion on 36 ballots, Georgia on 18, Auburn 13 and LSU, Tennessee and Ole Miss one each.  In the Eastern Division, Florida had 45 first-place votes, Georgia (23) and Tennessee (2).  The Gators, Bulldogs and Volunteers were selected 1-2-3 in the Eastern Division followed by South Carolina, Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

In the Western Division, Auburn was named first place on 48 ballots, while LSU received 21 first place votes and Ole Miss 1.  The predicted order of finish in the Western Division was Auburn, LSU, Alabama, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Arkansas.

In the pre-season All-SEC Team voting, Auburn had nine representatives on the first and second teams while LSU had eight.  Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina each had five players selected.  Florida had the most first-team selections with five followed by LSU and Tennessee with four each.
There were no unanimous selections to the All-SEC Team.  Florida linebacker wide receiver Percy Harvin was the leading vote-getter with 68 votes while Gator linebacker Brandon Spikes had 65 votes.  Alabama offensive lineman Andre Smith, Ole Miss offensive lineman Michael Oher, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow were named on 64 ballots.

The results of the balloting are listed below: 

 2008 SEC MEDIA DAYS PRE-SEASON ALL-SEC FOOTBALL TEAM
(#-Ties) (70 total voters / Total Votes in parenthesis)

FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE
Pos.  Name                    School          Ht.     Wt.     Class   Hometown
TE    Cornelius Ingram (56)   Florida         6-4     223     Sr.     Hawthorne, Fla.
OL    Andre Smith (64)                Alabama         6-5     340     Jr.     Birmingham, Ala.
OL    Michael Oher (64)               Ole Miss                6-5     318     Sr.     Memphis, Tenn.
OL    Anthony Parker (56)     Tennessee       6-3     305     Sr.     Jonesboro, Ga.
OL    Herman Johnson (45)     LSU             6-7     351     Sr.     Olla, La.
C     Jonathan Luigs (58)             Arkansas                6-4     314     Sr.     Little Rock, Ark.
WR    Percy Harvin (68)               Florida         5-11    178     Jr.     Virginia Beach, Va.
WR    Kenny McKinley (46)     South Carolina  6-0     182     Sr.     Mableton, Ga.
QB    Tim Tebow (64)          Florida         6-3     232     Jr.     Jacksonville, Fla.
RB    Knowshon Moreno (68)    Georgia         5-11    207     So.     Belford, N.J.
RB    Arian Foster (50)               Tennessee       6-1     215     Sr.     San Diego, Calif.

SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- OFFENSE
Pos.  Name                    School          Ht.     Wt.     Class   Hometown
TE    Richard Dickson (9)     LSU             6-3     237     Jr.     Ocean Springs, Miss.
OL    Ciron Black (12)                LSU             6-5     314     Jr.     Tyler, Texas
OL    Tyronne Green (9)               Auburn          6-2     307     Sr.     Pensacola, Fla.
OL    Lee Ziemba (8)          Auburn          6-8     288     So.     Rogers, Ark.
OL    Garry Williams (8)              Kentucky        6-3     300     Sr.     Louisville, Ky.
C     Antoine Caldwell (10)   Alabama                 6-3     292     Sr.     Montgomery, Ala.
WR    Mohamed Massaquoi (11)  Georgia         6-2     198     Sr.     Charlotte, N.C.
WR    Demetrius Byrd (9)              LSU             6-2     195     Sr.     Miami, Fla.
QB    Matthew Stafford (6)    Georgia         6-3     237     Jr.     Dallas, Texas
RB    Anthony Dixon (16)      Mississippi State       6-1     240     Jr.     Jackson, Miss.
RB    Ben Tate (2)            Auburn          5-11    215     Jr.     Newark, Md.

FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE
Pos.  Name                    School          Ht.     Wt.     Class   Hometown
DL    Greg Hardy (53)         Ole Miss                6-4     265     Jr.     Millington, Tenn.
DL    Tyson Jackson (52)      LSU             6-5     292     Sr.     Edgard, La.
DL    Sen> '> Derrick Marks   (45)    Auburn          6-1     288     Jr.     Mobile, Ala.
LB    Brandon Spikes (65)     Florida         6-3     245     Jr.     Shelby, N.C.
LB    Rico McCoy (46)         Tennessee       6-1     215     Jr.     Washington, D.C.
LB    Jasper Brinkley (41)    South Carolina>         6-2     275     Sr.     Thomson, Ga.
LB    #Darry Beckwith (40)    LSU             6-1     232     Sr.     Baton Rouge, La.
LB    #Dannell Ellerbe (40)   Georgia         6-1     232     Sr.     Hamlet, N.C.
DB    Derek Pegues (60)               Mississippi State       5-10    196     Sr.     Batesville, Miss.
DB    Eric Berry (56)         Tennessee       5-11    195     So.     Fairburn, Ga.
DB    D.J. Moore (46)         Vanderbilt      5-10    182     Jr.     Spartanburg, S.C.
DB    Rashad Johnson (43)     Alabama         6-0     187     Sr.     Sulligent, Ala.

SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- DEFENSE
Pos.  Name                    School          Ht.     Wt.     Class   Hometown
DL    Ricky Jean-Francois (18)        LSU             6-3     281     Jr.     Miami, Fla.
DL    Antonio Coleman (10)    Auburn          6-2     250     Jr.     Mobile, Ala.
DL    Jeremy Jarmon (9)               Kentucky        6-3     277     Jr.     Collierville, Tenn.
LB    Tray Blackmon (17)      Auburn          6-2     220     Jr.     LaGrange, Ga.  
LB    Rolando McClain (15)    Alabama         6-4     255     So.     Decatur, Ala.
LB    Eric Norwood (14)               South Carolina  6-1     270     Jr.     Acworth, Ga.
LB    Jamar Chaney (8)                Mississippi State       6-1     236     Sr.     Fort Pierce, Fla.
DB    Captain Munnerlyn (20)  South Carolina  5-9     185     Jr.     Mobile, Ala.
DB    Trevard Lindley (15)    Kentucky        6-0     175     Jr.     Hiram, Ga.
DB    Asher Allen (13)                Georgia         5-10    198     Jr.     Tucker, Ga.
DB    Jerraud Powers (12)     Auburn          5-9     188     Jr.     Decatur, Ala.

FIRST-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS
Pos.  Name                    School          Ht.     Wt.     Class   Hometown
PK    Colt David (41)         LSU             5-9     175     Sr.     Grapevine, Texas
P     Ryan Shoemaker (40)     Auburn          6-0     192     So.     Birmingham, Ala.
RS    Brandon James (35)      Florida                 5-6     179     Jr.     St. Augustine, Fla.

SECOND-TEAM ALL-SEC -- SPECIAL TEAMS
Pos.  Name                    School          Ht.     Wt.     Class   Hometown
PK    Wes Byrum (16)          Auburn          6-1     209     So.     Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
P     Ryan Succop (20)                South Carolina  6-3     224     Sr.     Hickory, N.C.
RS    Javier Arenas (20)              Alabama         5-9     193     Jr.     Tampa, Fla.

POSITIONS BY SCHOOL
School                  1st     2nd     Total
Alabama               2       3       5
Arkansas               1       0       1
Auburn                  2       7       9
Florida                  5       0       5
Georgia                 2       3       5
Kentucky              0       3       3
LSU                       4       4       8
Ole Miss                2       0       2
Mississippi State   1       2       3
South Carolina      2       3       5
Tennessee             4       0       4
Vanderbilt             1       0       1

SEC PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
SEC Champion - Florida (36), Georgia (18), Auburn (13), LSU (1), Tennessee (1), Ole Miss (1).

EASTERN DIVISION
1.    Florida (45)             98
2.    Georgia (23)           121   

3.    Tennessee (2)         222
4.    South Carolina       266
5.    Kentucky                356
6.    Vanderbilt               407

WESTERN DIVISION
1.    Auburn (48)             99
2.    LSU (21)                 120
3.    Alabama                  228
4.    Mississippi State     299
5.    Ole Miss (1)            338
6.    Arkansas                 386