What record are we likely to have looking at the 2026 schedule..?

I am going to go with an optimistic 8-4 record with losses to Ole Miss, TX, GA and OK. 7-5 I can live with but I will be disappointed big time if we go 6-6.

@Auburn and @Mizzu are early games that will determine our season. Win both and 8-4 is possible. Lose both and we could be looking at a catastrophe and a losing 5-7 season.

If we lose both of those games on the road its likely our offensive line is a poor SEC offensive line and we have at least one Tackle that is getting beat handily in SEC games. A good OC can work around some weaknesses a bit but you have a big disadvantage if your line cant pass block halfway decent in the SEC.

I think our range of possibilities is from 5-7 to 9-3 (9-3 is highly unlikely though imo). For 9-3 to be a possibility the O line would have to be pretty good which I have a hard time seeing us being strong at LT unless Westphal overcomes his injury and has some major talent.