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Associated Press
Jul 18, 2025, 05:18 PM ET
Texas, with Heisman Trophy campaigner Arch Manning acceptable to instrumentality implicit arsenic starting quarterback, is the preseason prime to triumph the Southeastern Conference championship.
The Longhorns received 96 of the 204 votes formed from media members covering the SEC media days this week to beryllium crowned SEC champion connected Dec. 6 successful Atlanta astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Georgia, with 44 votes, received the second-most votes.
If that script plays out, it would mean a rematch of the 2024 SEC title game, which Georgia won successful an overtime thriller. The SEC title crippled pits the 2 teams with the champion regular-season league grounds against 1 another.
Alabama was 3rd with 29 votes, portion LSU got 20. South Carolina was adjacent with five, portion Oklahoma received 3 and Vanderbilt and Florida each got 2 votes. Tennessee, Ole Miss and Auburn each received 1 vote.
Since 1992, lone 10 times has the predicted champion successful the preseason canvass gone connected to triumph the SEC championship.
The 2024 SEC rubric crippled averaged 16.6 cardinal viewers crossed ABC and ESPN, the fourth-largest assemblage connected grounds for the game. The overtime triumph for Georgia, which peaked with 19.7 cardinal viewers, delivered the largest assemblage of the assemblage shot season.
