Kentucky senior guard Otega Oweh was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year, while the defending national champion Florida Gators have been chosen as the media’s pick to win the 2026 Southeastern Conference.

Voters in the preseason poll were a select panel of both SEC and national media members.

Kentucky was selected to finish second, followed by Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Missouri and Mississippi in the top half of the conference. They were followed by Texas, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Georgia, LSU and South Carolina.

It marks the third time since the preseason SEC poll began in 1989 that Florida has been selected as the preseason favorite. The Gators also received that honor in 2006-07 and 2010-11, and both times went on to win the SEC cha

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