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Ranking the SEC's College Football Coaches for 2025 and SEC Football 2025 Predictions

Posted on 6/17/25 at 12:11 am
Posted by TrueLefty
St. Louis County
Member since Oct 2017
18150 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 12:11 am
1. Kirby Smart, Georgia
2. Steve Sarkisian, Texas
3. Brian Kelly, LSU
4. Kalen DeBoer, Alabama
5. Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss
6. Josh Heupel, Tennessee
7. Eli Drinkwitz, Missouri
8. Shane Beamer, South Carolina
9. Mike Elko, Texas A&M
10. Mark Stoops, Kentucky
11. Billy Napier, Florida
12. Hugh Freeze, Auburn
13. Brent Venables, Oklahoma
14. Sam Pittman, Arkansas
15. Clark Lea, Vanderbilt
16. Jeff Lebby, Mississippi State
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SEC Football 2025 Predictions
1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. LSU
4. Alabama
5. Florida
6. South Carolina
7. Ole Miss
8. Texas A&M
9. Oklahoma
10. Tennessee
11. Auburn
12. Missouri
13. Arkansas
14. Vanderbilt
15. Kentucky
16. Mississippi State
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Are you satisfied with this ranking of the SEC's college coaches for 2025 and the SEC football 2025 predictions?
Posted by LSUSkip
Central, LA
Member since Jul 2012
24717 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 12:46 am to
Just one more week, please. It's still baseball season for some of us.
Posted by TrueLefty
St. Louis County
Member since Oct 2017
18150 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 4:34 am to
quote:

Just one more week, please. It's still baseball season for some of us.

What?! It isn't my fault that this came out recently.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
32727 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 6:19 am to
1. LSU
2. Bama
3. Texas
4. UGA
5. OU
6. South Carolina
7. Ole Miss
8. Florida
9. Tennessee
10. A&M
11. Auburn
12. Missouri
13. Arkansas
14. Vanderbilt
15. Kentucky
16. Mississippi State
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
959 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 7:16 am to
I will never understand why Kiffin gets put above Heupel. Also Id rather have Hugh Freeze instead of Billy Napier
Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
9575 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 7:18 am to
Clark Lea is way too low on the list.
Posted by Knowshon5Dolla
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2021
1859 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 7:40 am to
quote:

1. LSU
2. Bama
3. Texas
4. UGA


I suspect the top four will involve these teams. You could scramble the order in any fashion and you won't be far off. LSU has as good a chance as the other three to win it all.
Posted by SECCaptain
Member since Jun 2025
1141 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 7:48 am to
I guess you have to put Kirby at 1 due to resume, but Sark is clearly the superior coach given long term outlook/trajectory

TBH wouldn’t be surprised to see Kirby pull a Saban and “retire on top” if he lucks into another SEC Championship before Sark’s machine is a full go
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
18665 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 7:57 am to
quote:

but Sark is clearly the superior coach given long term outlook/trajectory


Clearly...as evidenced by Kirby beating Sark twice last year
Posted by SECCaptain
Member since Jun 2025
1141 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 7:58 am to
quote:

before Sark’s machine is a full go


Reading comprehension
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
32727 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 8:50 am to
Texas has 4 very tough games and could lose all 4. They have to split them

@ Ohio State
@ UGA
@ Florida
OU neutral

They will be dogs in the first two and probably a pick em at Florida
Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
9575 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 9:10 am to
quote:

I guess you have to put Kirby at 1 due to resume, but Sark is clearly the superior coach given long term outlook/trajectory


Posted by HorninHouston
Member since Sep 2024
1742 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 9:13 am to
quote:

I guess you have to put Kirby at 1 due to resume, but Sark is clearly the superior coach given long term outlook/trajectory

TBH wouldn’t be surprised to see Kirby pull a Saban and “retire on top” if he lucks into another SEC Championship before Sark’s machine is a full go


you have to be a troll because, if you are serious, seek professional help. In no category is sark better than kirby right now. Zero. I like Sark and he's a good coach but he has a long way to go/grow to reach Kirby's success. Kirby is far and away the best coach in the SEC right now.
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
18665 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 9:19 am to
quote:

Reading comprehension


Nah, I fully understand what you said
Posted by ColonelBear
the vaught
Member since Sep 2013
195 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 9:20 am to
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Clark Lea is way too low on the list.


If we're going strictly off of coaching ability, Lea at 15 is criminal. I don't think people realize how good of a coach you have to be at Vandy to just have them respectable in the SEC.
Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
21562 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 9:20 am to
quote:

SEC Football 2025 Predictions
1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. LSU
4. Alabama
5. Florida
6. South Carolina
7. Ole Miss
8. Texas A&M
9. Oklahoma
10. Tennessee
11. Auburn
12. Missouri
13. Arkansas
14. Vanderbilt
15. Kentucky
16. Mississippi State



Interesting...here is where Athlon's Steve Lassan predicted the SEC would end up last season vs where they actually finished in the SEC Rankings (Bold were predictions off by 4 or more spots from finish):

1. Georgia - Finished 2nd - off by 1 spot
2. Texas - Finished 1st - off by 1 spot
3. Ole Miss - Finished 5th - off by 2 spots
4. Alabama - Finished 6th - off by 2 spots
5. Missouri - Finished 4th - off by 1 spot
6. LSU - Finished 7th -off by 1 spot
7. Tennessee - Finished 3rd - off by 4 spots
8. Oklahoma - Finished 13th - off by 5 spots

9. aTm - Finished 9th - Spot on
10. Auburn - Finished 14th -off by 4 spots
11. Florida - Finished 10th - off by 1 spot
12. Kentucky - Finished 15th - off by 3 spots
13. South Carolina - Finished 8th - off by 5 spots
14. Arkansas - Finished 11th - off by 3 spots
15. Mississippi State - Finished 16th - off by 1 spot
16. Vanderbilt - Finished 12th - off by 4 spots
Posted by Old School Tex
North Carolina
Member since Jul 2021
1517 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 10:42 am to
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you have to be a troll because, if you are serious, seek professional help. In no category is sark better than kirby right now. Zero. I like Sark and he's a good coach but he has a long way to go/grow to reach Kirby's success. Kirby is far and away the best coach in the SEC right now.


Yeah, Kirby currently has Sark’s number until he and our team prove otherwise…

Real Longhorn fans are not going to jinx us by inexplicably bragging in advance of our actual performance…
Posted by HorninHouston
Member since Sep 2024
1742 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 10:59 am to
actually Georgia finished 1st via the SEC Championship game
Posted by madmaxvol
Infinity + 1 Posts
Member since Oct 2011
21562 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 11:26 am to
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actually Georgia finished 1st via the SEC Championship game



Got it...I was looking at their conference records and how far they went in the playoffs, rather than the SEC CG outcome...But you have a good point.
Posted by HorninHouston
Member since Sep 2024
1742 posts
Posted on 6/17/25 at 11:31 am to
quote:

Real Longhorn fans are not going to jinx us by inexplicably bragging in advance of our actual performance…


We have plenty that do, unfortunately. At least online.
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