South Carolina Football Preview 2025: Season Prediction, Win Total, Top 10 Players, Keys to the Season
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South Carolina Gamecocks Key to the Season
Stop fumbling.South Carolina turned it over four times, with three lost fumbles, in the 27-25 loss to Alabama. It dropped a tight 36-33 fight with LSU thanks to 13 penalties, three turnovers, and two lost fumbles.Overall, the team was 7-0 in the regular season when it didn't turn it over multiple times, and 2-3 when it did. The 14 lost fumbles were spread out - the wins over Kentucky and Oklahoma were the only games they didn't lose one.
South Carolina Gamecocks Key Player
Josiah Thompson, OT Soph.The true sophomore has the upside to be fantastic. There's real NFL upside if he adds a little more bulk to his 6-7, 300-pound frame, and he's just scratching the surface of what he can become as a potential star at left tackle. But first, he and the rest of the Gamecock line have to be far better in pass protection and keeping defenses out of the backfield.
South Carolina Gamecocks Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss
Top Transfer In: Rahsul Faison, RB Sr.Assuming all is right with the NCAA and his move, he's a quick back who can catch. He wasn't a workhorse at Utah State, but he pounded out over 1,100 yards last year and eight scores, averaging 5.6 yards per carry. He might not bring the power, but he'll always get positive yards.Top Transfer Out: Bangally Kamara, LB Sr.The Gamecocks won the transfer portal. They didn't lose anyone who'll be all that devastating to the cause, but Kamara is a speed rusher who just who was just getting started at Pitt over his four years, was only able to play a few games for the Gamecocks, and now is off to be a key part of the Missouri defensive front.
South Carolina Gamecocks Key Game
at Missouri, Sept. 20The Alabama game is massive, the trip to LSU is huge, and going to Texas A&M and Ole Miss will be nasty. Those all become far bigger if the Gamecocks can't leave that other Columbia with a win. South Carolina won last year's showdown at home, but lost the previous five games in the series.- 2025 South Carolina Schedule Breakdown
South Carolina Gamecocks Top 10 Players
1. LaNorris Sellers, QB Soph.2. Jalon Kilgore, S Jr.3. Dylan Stewart, EDGE Soph.4. Rahsul Faison, RB Sr.5. Nyck Harbor, WR Jr.6. Brandon Cisse, CB Jr.7. Josiah Thompson, OT Soph.8. Bryan Thomas, EDGE Sr.9. Tree Babalade, OG Soph.10. Judge Collier, CB Jr.
South Carolina Gamecocks 2024 Fun Stats
- Fumbles: Opponents 28 (lost 10), South Carolina 25 (lost 14)- 4th Down Conversions: South Carolina 12-of-25 (48%), Opponents 7-of-23 (30%)- 4th Quarter Scoring: South Carolina 125, Opponents 58
South Carolina Gamecocks 2025 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen
We know how this works.If you go 10-2 in the SEC, you go to the College Football Playoff. 9-3 might get you in the waiting room, but for a South Carolina team that was a few lost fumbles against LSU and Alabama away from making it, it might not be that far off.There's no Georgia, Tennessee, or Texas on the slate, so the SEC's three CFP teams from last year aren't in the picture.
However, going to Missouri, LSU, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M will be tough to get through without at least two losses, and there's an improved Oklahoma, and an improved Kentucky, and Clemson, and … Alabama.The Gamecocks, though, might be just that good that the nastiness of the slate doesn't matter, but try this for a second half of the season …
At LSU, Oklahoma, Alabama, at Ole Miss, at Texas A&M, Coastal Carolina, Clemson.South Carolina won't get to 10-2, but it'll hang around the SEC title chase into November.Set The South Carolina Gamecocks Win Total At … 7.5Likely Wins: Coastal Carolina, South Carolina State, Vanderbilt50/50 Games: Clemson, Kentucky, at Missouri, Oklahoma, at Ole Miss, at Texas A&M, Virginia Tech (in Atlanta)Likely Losses: Alabama, at LSU2025 South Carolina PreviewSouth Carolina Offense BreakdownSouth Carolina Defense Breakdown
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