Georgia football in top 5 of ESPN's spring SP+ rankings
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ESPN’s spring 2026 SP+ college football rankings have come out, and the Georgia Bulldogs look favorable in them. They’re ranked fourth, with a 25.5 SP+ rating, behind just No. 3 Notre Dame (25.8), No. 2 Oregon (28.3), and No. 1 Ohio State (31.8).
SP+ is a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency made by Bill Connelly. They aren’t intended to be a guess at what the US LBM Coaches Poll will look like at the end of the season, but rather early offseason power rankings.
Georgia has the No. 5 offense (38.2), No. 5 defense (13.3), and No. 3 special teams (0.6) in ESPN’s SP+ metric. They are one of the nation’s leaders in returning production.
On offense, Georgia has Gunner Stockton and the two-headed monster of Nate Frazier and Chauncey Bowens as returners. The wide receiver room will look for an emergence from transfer Isiah Cannon and returners such as London Humphreys and Sacovie White-Helton.
Georgia’s trenches return a lot of key contributors. The offensive line lost Monroe Freeling and Micah Morris from the draft, but they still have several returning starters, including redshirt seniors Earnest Greene III and Drew Bobo. The defensive line loses just Christen Miller, with Gabe Harris Jr., Jordan Hall and Elijah Griffin returning.
The secondary is where the equation gets the most interesting. Georgia is returning Ellis Robinson IV, Demello Jones, and KJ Bolden. Still, some transfers (Gentry Williams, Ja’Marley Riddle) and underclassmen (Rasean Dinkins) will be trying to prove themselves as legitimate starters.
2026 spring SP+ rankings
- Ohio State Buckeyes (31.8)
- Oregon Ducks (28.3)
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish (25.8)
- Georgia Bulldogs (25.5)
- Indiana Hooiser (24.5)
- Texas Longhorns (23.7)
- Texas Tech Red Raiders (23.1)
- Miami Hurricanes (21.0)
- Texas A&M Aggies (20.3)
- LSU Tigers (20.2)
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This article originally appeared on UGA Wire: Where ESPN ranks Georgia Bulldogs in SP+ rankings
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