The SEC is back in action, as the conference continues progressing through the season. Of course, the Tennessee Volunteers are set to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks, which has been the big talk of the week, but there are plenty of good games within the conference this week, as this could be another hectic showing like the conference games prior to this one.

As always, our Vols on SI staff share our weekly predictions, and as always, we bring a guest on the article to share his picks as well. This week we have a good one, as National Championship -winning starting pitcher Zander Sechrist joins us to predict some great football contests.

He follows behind Omari Thomas, a former Tennessee defensive tackle, who played under Josh Heupel just a few seasons ago.

Ahead of the picks, make sure you follow Zander on Instagram, and a big thank you to him for being the guest this week.

No. 18 LSU at Auburn

• Zander Sechrist: LSU
• Caleb Sisk: LSU
• Dale Dowden: Auburn
• Eli Elrod: Auburn
• Josh Greer: LSU
• Major Passons: LSU

Oklahoma at Mississippi State

• Zander Sechrist: Mississippi State
• Caleb Sisk: Oklahoma
• Dale Dowden: Oklahoma
• Eli Elrod: Mississippi State
• Josh Greer: Oklahoma
• Major Passons: Oklahoma

Texas A&M at No. 13 Alabama

• Zander Sechrist: Alabama
• Caleb Sisk: Alabama
• Dale Dowden: Alabama
• Eli Elrod: Alabama
• Josh Greer: Alabama
• Major Passons: Alabama

Vanderbilt at No. 12 Kentucky

• Zander Sechrist: Kentucky
• Caleb Sisk: Kentucky
• Dale Dowden: Kentucky
• Eli Elrod: Kentucky
• Josh Greer: Kentucky
• Major Passons: Kentucky

No. 7 Ole Miss at No. 19 Texas

• Zander Sechrist: Texas
• Caleb Sisk: Texas
• Dale Dowden: Ole Miss
• Eli Elrod: Ole Miss
• Josh Greer: Ole Miss
• Major Passons: Texas

No. 11 Tennessee at South Carolina

• Zander Sechrist: Tennessee
• Caleb Sisk: Tennessee
• Dale Dowden: Tennessee
• Eli Elrod: Tennessee
• Josh Greer: Tennessee
• Major Passons: Tennessee

Vols on SI Leaderboard

• Major Passons: (59-14)
• Josh Greer: (59-14)
• Eli Elrod: (57-16)
• Caleb Sisk: (57-16)
• Dale Dowden: (53-20)

Guest Picker Leaderboard

• Devrin Young: (15-1)
• Gerald Riggs Jr.: (13-2)
• Jabari Davis: (8-3)
• Bru McCoy: (6-3)
• Gerald Mincey: (4-3)
• Jeremiah Crawford: (4-3)
• Omari Thomas (4-4)

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