SEC post-spring rankings: Conference has contenders. Does it have a champion?
SEC still has depth. What it doesn’t have is the trophy. 3 years into a title drought, 2026 feels like defining moment.
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Three long years have passed since the Football Bowl Subdivision national championship resided in the SEC . These are painful years, too, especially given who has stepped up to replace the SEC atop the sport. Behind wins from Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana, the Big Ten has become the unquestioned power of the FBS .
Depth hasn’t been missing in the SEC, and that should be the case again in 2026. The conference has as many as eight or nine teams with legitimate College Football Playoff hopes, led by Texas and Georgia . B1G POST-SPRING RANKINGS: Fresh off 3 straight titles, league looks deeper than ever OPINION: Why this year’s SEC spring meetings could reshape college football But his season will be defined by whether the Longhorns , Bulldogs or another team steps forward to snap this current drought.
With spring football wrapping up, let’s rank the SEC from first to worst as the league prepares a nine-game conference schedule : 1. Texas (10-3) The Longhorns’ portal haul will make things easier on junior quarterback Arch Manning . Texas added major pieces in former Auburn receiver Cam Coleman and former NC State running back Hollywood Smothers to make sure the offense avoids the struggles of last season.
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