USA Today Predicts When Remaining Undefeated SEC Teams Will Lose Their First Game

by Staff Reporter

September 17, 20253 Comments

Matthew Hinton-USA TODAY Sports

A recent article by Matt Hayes of the USA Today Sports Network predicts when all of the 39 unbeaten College Football teams will lose their first game.

The SEC currently has nine undefeated teams. Check out where Hayes predicts they will lose their first game:

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2. LSU
Schedule: 10.
Where it ends: Nov. 29, at Oklahoma. The LSU defense is special, and will dictate nearly every game. Until it meets Oklahoma star QB John Mateer, and his season-long vengance tour.

4. Oklahoma
Schedule: 84.
Where it ends: Nov. 15, at Alabama. The Tide will be a completely different team by November, playing at home against the Sooners with a chance to strengthen a CFP resume. They won’t blow it this time.

7. Georgia
Schedule: 71.
Where it ends: Nov. 1 vs. Florida. But for an injury to QB DJ Lagway, the Gators would’ve beaten Georgia last year. An elite Florida defense will be the difference this time in a bitter rivalry.

10. Texas A&M
Schedule: 21.
Where it ends: Oct. 25, at LSU. The LSU defense was embarrassed in this game in 2024, and the loss – as much as anything – led to wholesale changes from the transfer portal. Watch the LSU defense dominate this time around.

15. Missouri
Schedule: 147.
Where it ends: Oct. 11, Alabama. As bad as it looked against Florida State, the Tide is stabilizing — and that’s not good for anyone on the schedule.

18. Vanderbilt
Schedule: 34.
Where it ends: Oct. 4, at Alabama. If there’s one game Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer must win this season, it’s Vandy. Imagine anyone ever saying that about any Alabama team.

22. Mississippi
Schedule: 32.
Where it ends: Sept. 27, LSU. This isn’t about Ole Miss revenge from 2024 loss, it’s about Rebels’ inability to block the LSU front seven.

25. Mississippi State
Schedule: 113.
Where it ends: Sept. 27, Tennessee. The home win over Arizona State was impressive, but things get serious when SEC play begins against a team that – but for a missed field goal against Georgia at the end of regulation – should be on this list.

33. Auburn
Schedule: 89.
Where it ends: Sept. 20, at Oklahoma. The first loss, and the fuse is lit on Hugh Freeze’s powder keg of a crossroads season. Buckle up, lovely people on Toomer’s Corner.