Hibernian might be the favourites to win the title but they are unlikely to have it all their own way in what looks like a very strong Ladbrokes Championship line-up for 2016/17.
Dundee United's target is an immediate return to the Premiership and Falkirk will be hoping to go one better after losing out to Kilmarnock in the play-off final last season.
Ayr United
Manager: Ian McCall
Last season: 2nd in League 1 (promoted via the play-offs)
Ladbrokes title odds: 33/1
Opening game: Raith Rovers (H)
Signings: Paul Cairney (Stranraer), Michael Rose (Aberdeen), Daryll Meggatt (Dundee), Jordan Hart (Annan Athletic), Jamie Thomas (Burnley, loan), Craig Moore (Motherwell, loan)
Dumbarton
Manager: Stephen Aitken
Last season: 8th in Championship
Ladbrokes title odds: 80/1
Opening game: Dunfermline Athletic (A)
Signings: Robert Thomson (Brechin City), Andy Stirling (Stranraer), Craig Pettigrew (Stranraer), Ryan Stevenson (Ayr United), David Smith (Falkirk), Jamie Barclay (Stenhousemuir), Josh Todd (Annan Athletic), Alan Martin (Hamilton Academical, loan), Daniel Harvie (Aberdeen, loan), Joe Thomson (Celtic, loan)
Dundee United
Manager: Ray McKinnon
Last season: 12th in Premiership (relegated)
Ladbrokes title odds: 5/2
Opening game: Queen of the South (H)
Signings: Stewart Murdoch (Ross County), Cammy Bell (Rangers), Brett Long (Motherwell), Lewis Toshney (Raith Rovers), Tope Obadeyi (Kilmarnock), Cammy Smith (Aberdeen, loan), Willo Flood (Dundee United), Nick van der Velden (Willem II)
Dunfermline Athletic
Manager: Allan Johnston
Last season: League 1 champions (promoted)
Ladbrokes title odds: 10/1
Opening game: Dumbarton (H)
Signings: Nat Wedderburn (Inverness Caley Thistle), Lee Ashcroft (Kilmarnock), Gavin Reilly (Hearts, loan), Paul McMullan (Celtic, loan), Euan Spark (Dundee United), Kallum Higginbotham (Kilmarnock)
Falkirk
Manager: Peter Houston
Last season: 2nd in Championship
Ladbrokes title odds: 7/1
Opening game: Hibernian (H)
Signings: James Craigen (Raith Rovers), Liam Henderson (Hearts), Lewis Kidd (Queen of the South), Luca Gasparotto (Rangers), Danny Rogers (Aberdeen, loan), John Rankin (Dundee United)
Hibernian
Manager: Neil Lennon
Last season: 3rd in Championship
Ladbrokes title odds: Evens
Opening game: Falkirk (A)
Signings: Grant Holt (Rochdale), Ross Laidlaw (Raith Rovers), Ofir Marciano (FC Ashdod, loan)
Morton
Manager: Jim Duffy
Last season: 5th in Championship
Ladbrokes title odds: 28/1
Opening game: St Mirren (A)
Signings: Michael Doyle (St Johnstone), Gary Oliver (Queen of the South), Jamie McDonagh (Sheffield United), Caolan McAleer (Airdrieonians), Jamie Lindsay (Celtic, loan)
Queen of the South
Manager: Gavin Skelton
Last season: 7th in Championship
Ladbrokes title odds: 28/1
Opening game: Dundee United (A)
Signings: Steven Rigg (Carlisle United), Jamie Hamill (Kilmarnock), Lyndon Dykes (Surfers Paradise), Grant Anderson (Raith Rovers), Lee Robinson (Unattached), Stephen Dobbie (Bolton Wanderers)
Raith Rovers
Manager: Gary Locke
Last season: 4th in Championship
Ladbrokes title odds: 20/1
Opening game: Ayr United (A)
Signings: Bobby Barr (Morton), Chris Johnston (Kilmarnock), Kevin McHattie (Kilmarnock), Aaron Lennox (Aberdeen, loan), Jean-Yves M’Voto Owono (Zawisza Bydgoszcz), Yaw Osei (Chalfont St Peter), Joel Coustrain (Sheffield United), Scott Roberts (Rangers, loan), Declan McManus (Fleetwood Town, loan), Rudi Skacel (Mlada Boleslav)
St Mirren
Manager: Alex Rae
Last season: 6th in Championship
Ladbrokes title odds: 12/1
Opening game: Morton (H)
Signings: Kyle Hutton (Queen of the South), David Clarkson (Motherwell), Ben Gordon (Livingston), Gary MacKenzie (Doncaster Rovers), Scott Gallacher (Alloa Athletic), John Sutton (St Johnstone), Tom Walsh (Rangers, loan), Lawrence Shankland (Aberdeen, loan), Ryan Hardie (Rangers, loan)
