Apparently, these were released back in mid-December. Someone forgot to tell their website operator. As for their awards? The Descendants gets some love from one of the few groups to recognize it in other than Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay. The rest of the list seems fairly straight forward with Meryl Streep picking up a much needed prize and Janet McTeer getting some recognition as well.

UPDATE: I’ve added the precursor data history for the last five years and now you can see why I really wish these guys had better prominence. Outside of the Foreign Language Film category (which they’ve failed four of five times to predict nominees), only once in the last five years and in only one category (Original Screenplay) have they failed to give their award to a future Oscar nominee. That’s the most impressive win-to-nomination ratio of all precursors. While their winner predictions aren’t perfect, they are fairly accurate in a number of categories, so if you’re on the below list, an Oscar nomination is guaranteed (except A Separation and even that has a very good shot). And several of these may win as well.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Award Tallies

(3) The Descendants

The Awards

Best Film

The Descendants

Best Animated Film

Rango (RU: The Adventures of Tintin)

Best Director

Martin Scorsese – Hugo (RU: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist)

Best Actor

George Clooney – The Descendants (RU: Michael Fassbender – Shame)

Best Actress

Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (RU: Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer – Beginners (RU: Albert Brooks – Drive)

Best Supporting Actress

Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs (RU: Shailene Woodley – The Descendants)

Best Original Screenplay

Midnight in Paris (RU: The Artist)

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants (RU: Moneyball)

Best Cinematography

The Tree of Life (RU: Hugo)

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation (RU: The Skin I Live In)

Best Documentary

Project Nim (RU: Tabloid)

Best Ensemble

The Help (RU: The Descendants)

Top 10 Films

1. The Decendants
2. The Artist
3. Hugo
4. Moneyball
5. The Tree of Life
6. Drive
7. Midnight in Paris
8. Win Win
9. War Horse
10. The Help

Southeastern Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 1992
First Awards: 1992 (20)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Nominee was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Nominee was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Top Ten-to-Best Picture: 32 (10-7-5-5-5) N / 18 (0-3-5-5-5) I
Picture: 2 (0-0-0-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Animated Film: 4 (1-1-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Director: 4 (0-1-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actor: 4 (1-0-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Actress: 2 (1-0-0-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Supporting Actor: 3 (0-1-1-1-0) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Supporting Actress: 3 (0-1-1-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Original Screenplay: 4 (1-0-1-1-1) W / 4 (1-0-1-1-1) N / 1 (0-1-0-0-0) I
Adapted Screenplay: 4 (1-0-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Cinematography: 0 (0-X) W / 1 (1-X) N / 0 (0-X) I
Foreign Language Film: 0 (0-0-0-0-0) W / 1 (0-0-0-0-1) N / 4 (1-1-1-1-0) I
Documentary Feature: 3 (1-0-1-0-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I