Gameday Weekly gives analysis following SEC media days:
GDW provides an interesting twist for the 2025 SEC football season:
GDW Analysis:
Now that the 2025 Southeastern Conference football media days is done, the 16 teams in the well talented conference now return to their respective campus and look at the beginning of fall practice to be coming soon.
Gameday Weekly has composed an analysis on possible scenarios for the conference as they are looking to return to the top of the college football world following failure the last two seasons.
GDW's Top 5 in the SEC:
1. Georgia, 2. Texas 3, Alabama, 4. LSU, 5. Florida.
GDW's Bottom 5 in the SEC:
12. Vanderbilt, 13, Arkansas, 14. Arkansas, 15, Kentucky, 16. Mississippi State.
Which teams will be better in 2025 than 2024?:
Auburn, Oklahoma.
Which teams will be worse in 2025 than 2024?:
Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M
Must win games on opening week of the season:
Auburn at Baylor, Alabama at Florida State, LSU at Clemson, Tennessee vs. Syracuse, Miss State at Southern Miss.
These teams need to start 1 & 0 in SEC games:
Alabama, Florida, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Ole Miss
Games the following have to be concerned of:
Wisconsin at Alabama, Tulane at Ole Miss, Auburn at Baylor, South Carolina vs. Virginia Tech, Arizona State at Mississippi State.
Coaches who are feeling the heat:
1. Brian Kelly of LSU, 2. Hugh Freeze of Auburn, 3. Lane Kiffin of Ole Miss, 4. Sam Pittman of Arkansas, 5. Brent Venables of Oklahoma.
Coaches who are operating teams smoothly:
1. Steve Sarkisian of Texas, 2. Kirby Smart of Georgia, 3. Shane Beamer of South Carolina, 4. Eli Drinkwitz of Missouri, 5. Kalen DeBoer of Alabama.
Top 5 SEC vs. non SEC games this season:
1. LSU at Clemson, 2. Alabama at Florida State, 3. Michigan at Oklahoma, 4. Notre Dame at Arkansas.
Non SEC teams capable of pulling an upset:
1. Florida State vs. Alabama, 2. Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina, 3. Syracuse vs. Tennessee, 4. Michigan vs. Oklahoma, 5. South Florida vs. Florida.
How many SEC teams will win 10 regular season games?:
Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Ole Miss, Florida
How many SEC teams will not have a winning season?:
Mississippi State, Kentucky, Arkansas.
Top 5 great SEC rivalry games:
1. Alabama vs. Auburn, 2. Florida vs. Georgia, 3. Texas vs. Oklahoma, 4. Arkansas vs. Texas A&M, 5. Ole Miss vs. LSU.
Top 5 non SEC games for 2025:
1. LSU at Clemson, 2. Florida at Miami, 3. Alabama at Florida State, 4. Auburn at Baylor, 5. Michigan at Oklahoma.
SEC games vs. inferior teams:
1. Arkansas vs. Alabama A&M, 2. Tennessee vs. UAB, 3. Ole Miss vs. Georgia State, 4. Alabama vs. Eastern Illinois, 5. Texas vs. Sam Houston.
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