Where preseason polls, college football experts rank Georgia
The Bulldogs reloaded over the course of the offseason. Georgia added talented receivers like Zachariah Branch (USC) and Noah Thomas (Texas A&M) via the transfer portal to help projected starting quarterback Gunner Stockton.
Georgia has a talented roster that coach Kirby Smart is trying to raise to the Georgia standard. The Bulldogs lost a significant amount of experienced starters in the trenches and quarterback Carson Beck this offseason, so that's why the Bulldogs aren't being ranked as the preseason No. 1 like they have been in the past. That suits coach Smart just fine. He'll consider Georgia's lower ranking to be disrespectful and use them as motivation for his team.
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