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Official SECR Power Rankings Pre-Season Rankings
Posted on 9/1/26 at 8:55 am
Posted on 9/1/26 at 8:55 am
Here are the official Pre-Season SECR Power Rankings. We have over 200 participants chime in for the open poll.
Please feel free to chime in with your feedback - we can take it! We do still have a few spots available for the panel. The team is working through those requests. Please share your interest here.
Panel
1) Georgia
2) Texas
3) LSU
4) Alabama
5) Ole Miss
6) Texas A&M
7) Oklahoma
8) Tennessee
9) Florida
10) Missouri
11) Auburn
12) South Carolina
13) Vanderbilt
14) Mississippi State
15) Arkansas
16) Kentucky
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1) Georgia
2) Texas
3) LSU
4) Oklahoma
5) Ole Miss
6) Texas A&M
7) Alabama
8) Tennessee
9) Missouri
10) Florida
11) Kentucky
12) Auburn
13) South Carolina
14) Vanderbilt
15) Mississippi State
16) Arkansas
Please feel free to chime in with your feedback - we can take it! We do still have a few spots available for the panel. The team is working through those requests. Please share your interest here.
Panel
1) Georgia
2) Texas
3) LSU
4) Alabama
5) Ole Miss
6) Texas A&M
7) Oklahoma
8) Tennessee
9) Florida
10) Missouri
11) Auburn
12) South Carolina
13) Vanderbilt
14) Mississippi State
15) Arkansas
16) Kentucky
Public -
1) Georgia
2) Texas
3) LSU
4) Oklahoma
5) Ole Miss
6) Texas A&M
7) Alabama
8) Tennessee
9) Missouri
10) Florida
11) Kentucky
12) Auburn
13) South Carolina
14) Vanderbilt
15) Mississippi State
16) Arkansas
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Posted on 9/1/26 at 8:55 am to TheDeathValley
Posted on 9/1/26 at 8:56 am to TheDeathValley
Panel Notes:
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Hope springs eternal for Bama. We return a defense that saved our bacon on multiple occasions last year & added a couple important pieces from the portal. Our offense is a giant question mark. If our OL can be better than Swiss cheese and our receivers don’t lead the league in drops, we’ll be a very dangerous team. A national contender? Hard to say. That depends on a young but dynamic QB & how quickly he can adjust to SEC play, and whether or not our OL can protect him. Can we average more yards rushing than the typical member of the SECRant sitting at home on their couch? If those pieces come together, look out. 8-4 is squarely on the table, but so is 11-1.
Playoffs or bust. We should have a stout defense, an improved and revamped OLine, and playmakers at QB and WR. We should be 5 and 0 heading into a tough 4 game stretch where we need to go at worst 2-2. 3-1 would be optimal to keep Auburn from having an opportunity to keep us out of the playoffs.
heartbreak - Mississippi State
UK = New coach, a New Hope
Arkansas - Biggest strength may be at QB. MAY be. KJ Jackson was named starter, he showed some nice glimses last year in the backup role. DLine may also surprise
Alabama's biggest weakness, or unknown, is the offensive line. Only one starter returns from 2025 and they hired a new OL Coach. Can this unit get a push in the running game and can they hold up against the pass rush? Time will tell.
This post was edited on 9/1/26 at 8:59 am
Posted on 9/1/26 at 8:58 am to TheDeathValley
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Texas should make the playoffs, and may compete for SEC title.
Florida gators 7-5 to 9-3
To make ole miss irrelevant again
LSU - There's going to be excitement for sure with Kiffin leading the team now. I think it may take a few weeks for all the new pieces to mesh and that in turn will lead to some early season losses, but I think LSU finishes strong.
Atm bleak
Mizzo ok
A&M- Unknown how OL will gel with 4 new starters. Unproven DL other than northwestern kid that looks 35 years old
This post was edited on 9/1/26 at 9:01 am
Posted on 9/1/26 at 9:08 am to TheDeathValley
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3) LSU
4) Alabama
5) Ole Miss
This is the funniest shite I've ever seen.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 9:19 am to REBEL5 AC
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3) LSU
4) Alabama
5) Ole Miss
This is the funniest shite I've ever seen.
Listen to the soothing voice of Phil Anselmo and face acceptance:
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:04 am to TheDeathValley
Top 3 the same for both polls - bottom is very different, but at this point, it’s really hard to say…
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:07 am to TheDeathValley
I think everybody is sleeping on OU.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:08 am to REBEL5 AC
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This is the funniest shite I've ever seen.
Ole Miss may wind up being better, but starting the season, it’s really hard to rank them higher
Week one votes certainly include historical bias, and that MAY NOT be fair, but it’s the reality
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:08 am to Lsupimp
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I think everybody is sleeping on OU.
They're #4 in the public ranking...
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:09 am to REBEL5 AC
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This is the funniest shite I've ever seen.
LSU has better national championship odds than the other two so why’s it funny?
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:14 am to dcbl
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Ole Miss may wind up being better, but starting the season, it’s really hard to rank them higher
Week one votes certainly include historical bias, and that MAY NOT be fair, but it’s the reality
Yeah, tough to rank the #1 team in the SEC last year higher than 5th when they return everyone including a proven playoff winning coach.
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:17 am to REBEL5 AC
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Yeah, tough to rank the #1 team in the SEC last year higher than 5th when they return everyone including a proven playoff winning coach.
Congrats on beating Georgia in the playoffs
UGA was the number 1 team in the SEC last year (with an SEC Championship to prove it)
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:40 am to dcbl
Lol give me an opportunity to play in the natty well before an SEC Championship
Posted on 9/1/26 at 10:57 am to REBEL5 AC
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Yeah, tough to rank the #1 team in the SEC last year higher than 5th when they return everyone including a proven playoff winning coach.
do yall honestly feel like yall would have been in the same spot if yall would have hired golding instead of labe from the beginning?
please say yes so we can point and laugh
Posted on 9/1/26 at 11:57 am to Tigerpride18
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do yall honestly feel like yall would have been in the same spot if yall would have hired golding instead of labe from the beginning?
please say yes so we can point and laugh
If only we had an opponent that both coaches were head coach for last season to compare...
Posted on 9/1/26 at 4:12 pm to REBEL5 AC
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Lol give me an opportunity to play in the natty well before an SEC Championship
an opportunity is what your program relishes...and this is why OM sucks
Posted on 9/1/26 at 4:23 pm to Topwater Trout
Would you rather play in the Semis for a shot at the natty or win an SECCG? Don’t twist what I said.
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