Georgia, Texas atop 2025 SEC football preseason power rankings
Outside of Georgia and Texas, both Alabama (29 votes) and LSU (20 votes) received at least 20 media votes and should be considered SEC championship contenders entering the fall.
In 2024, the media's preseason poll correctly picked that Georgia would beat Texas in the SEC championship, so the poll should carry a significant amount of weight. The poll also ranks each SEC team based on predicted order of finish in the standings. We use that same order to create the conference's implied power rankings entering the 2025 season.
2025 SEC preseason power rankings
This season, Georgia is scheduled to play the bottom two teams in the power rankings (Kentucky and Mississippi State). Georgia plays four of the top eight teams in the SEC power rankings, but will play three (Texas, Alabama and Ole Miss) at home and one at a neutral site (Florida).
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