ESPN Names 'Season-Defining Game' For Nine SEC Teams In 2025

ESPN College Football writers recently picked 'season-defining games' in 2025 for every team in their way-too-early top 25 rankings.

Included in the list was nine teams from the SEC:

2. Texas Longhorns
2024 record: 13-3, 7-1 SEC
Season-defining game: Nov. 29 vs. Texas A&M

5. Georgia Bulldogs
2024 record: 11-3, 6-2 SEC
Season-defining game: Sept. 27 vs. Alabama

8. LSU Tigers
2024 record: 9-4, 5-3 SEC
Season-defining game: Aug. 30 at Clemson

10. South Carolina Gamecocks
2024 record: 9-4, 5-3 SEC
Season-defining game: Oct. 25 vs. Alabama

12. Alabama Crimson Tide
2024 record: 9-4, 5-3 SEC
Season-defining game: Oct. 18 vs. Tennessee

18. Florida Gators
2024 record: 8-5, 4-4 SEC
Season-defining game: Sept. 13 at LSU

19. Tennessee Volunteers
2024 record: 10-3, 6-2 SEC
Season-defining game: Oct. 18 at Alabama

22. Texas A&M Aggies
2024 record: 8-5, 5-3 SEC
Season-defining game: Nov. 15 vs. South Carolina

25. Ole Miss Rebels
2024 record: 10-3, 5-3 SEC
Season-defining game: Nov. 15 vs. Florida