Official 2025 SECR Pre-Season Power Rankings

Panel Vote:

Georgia
Texas
Alabama
LSU
Texas A&M
Ole Miss
Florida
Tennessee
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Missouri
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Arkansas
Kentucky
Mississippi State

Notes from public voters:

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If Brian Kelly gets fired, it's a successful season

Does Texas deserve their pre-season elevation to #1 in the country? Every pre-season #1 comes with questions. For the Longhorns, I don't believe that Arch will be hinderance. He has the tools...but more importantly...he has the right discipline and disposition to grow and excel.

Good - NC potential, loaded defense, Bad - new QB and questions on the right side of the OL, Ugly - lost Jam Miller for 2-3 months already and a difficult schedule

The Good: OU is going to have one of the best defenses in the SEC. The Bad: The Tight End room. This has been a real weakness since Grant Calcaterra got hurt and was forced to medically retire.

SEC fricked. Mike Washington 1st team RB

Good - lots of talent, lots of returning players; Bad - if things don't start well heat could rise very quickly; Ugly - DeBoer's t-shirts, kicking game in scrimmages

After losing three games last year that Ole Miss should have won causing them to miss the playoffs, Lane Kiffin and crew return a mixture of up-and-coming recruits along with another top five portal haul. There’s a lot of hype around Austin Simmons and he should have the deepest wide receiver unit and TE unit in the schools history.

The Good, LaNorris Sellers, Darian Stewart and Nick Harbor. The Bad, Running Backs. The Ugly, too much lost production from last season, but plenty of young talent to be baptized by fire.

Elite potential in all phases - Top 10 offense and top 20 defense - looks good for Tigers this season

The good- Arch and the defense The bad - Sark's playcalling

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Public
Texas barely edged out Georgia for the first spot. There is a large gap between Georgia and LSU, and a close gap between LSU and Alabama then a huge fall off to South Carolina.

South Carolina, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss are extremely close.

Vanderbilt, Kentucky, and Mississippi are also extremely close holding up the rear.

Panel
Georgia is the clear #1 team, and Texas, Alabama, and LSU are clearly ranked but a substantial margin.

Texas A&M / Ole Miss, Tennessee / Florida, and South Carolina / Oklahoma, Auburn / Vanderbilt, and Arkansas / Kentucky are almost all paired as far as rankings go.

Mississippi State was clearly the #16 team.

There is so much wrong with this list. The Manning's aren't winning the SEC. They are too soft and entitled not to choke as usual. LSU over Alabama is a choice - especially with BK as the coach. Texas A&M ahead of Tennessee, Florida, Oklahoma, and Missouri? Not unless you believe all of those programs are losing four games or more.

Missouri may have the easiest schedule outside of Texas.

South Carolina seems to be the biggest question mark.

Public - 5th
Panel - 10th

I was a public voter and had them 7th or 8th.

All other teams are no more than 2 spots either way between public/panel.

It's time to stop the speculating and play ball.

I didn't make the panel :(

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Public Vote:
Texas


The average college football fan is dumb.

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If the horns don't win the NC and Arch the Heisman it will be a failed season.

Rodo

A&M is way too high. We’re in for a crap season, like 8-4 at best.

Vandy has a QB that has proven he can beat SEC teams. Tennessee doesn't so I gotta give Vandy the edge over the Vols.

Nice job on the video