I'm not too sure if he will. I expect to be contending for the Playoffs, especially given its expansion, but I don't know if he'll win one. The conference, top-to-bottom, is so, so challenging. Even the middle-tier teams (South Carolina, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Arkansas, etc.) are tough and you've got to be focused and prepared every week.
What Kirby is doing speaks for itself. Saban doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soon. Auburn just got better with the hire of Freeze. Tennessee has
finally appeared to have revitalized their program. Even A&M, while I think Jimbo is largely a poor coach, has absolutely loaded with 5* talent thanks to their lucrative NIL program.
Oh yeah, Texas and Oklahoma are now joining board.

Straight murderer's row.
However, what BK did last year (winning the West) was extremely impressive given the state of the program that Orgeron left it in. I believe we had less than 40 scholarship athletes on the roster.