SEC predicted order of finish: Who did media vote to win conference in 2026?
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SEC media have voted Georgia football to win the conference in 2026, the league announced Friday, July 24.
The Bulldogs received 88 first-place votes, ahead of Texas, which was selected to finish second in the SEC with 57 first-place votes. Don't fret if you're not a Georgia fan, though: The media has only predicted the winner of the conference correctly 10 times in the last 34 years.
Georgia returns second-year starting quarterback Gunner Stockton, leading rusher Nate Frazier and top defensive players KJ Bolden, Raylen Wilson and Chris Cole, among others.
Elsewhere, Texas — despite having 31 fewer first-place votes than Georgia — finished mere 61 points behind Georgia in the media voting. A total of eight SEC teams received first-place votes, including, in order: Mississippi (six); Texas A&M (five); Alabama (three); LSU and Oklahoma (two apiece); and Kentucky. The Wildcats, led by first-year coach Will Stein, received a single first-place vote.
With that, here's the predicted order of finish for the SEC in 2026:
SEC standings preseason predictions
Here is the full predicted order of finish for the SEC in 2026. First-place votes in parentheses.
- Georgia (88): 2,510
- Texas (57): 2,449
- Ole Miss (6): 2,004
- Texas A&M (5): 1,967
- LSU (2): 1,961
- Alabama (3): 1,930
- Oklahoma (2): 1,914
- Tennessee: 1,320
- Florida: 1,217
- Missouri: 1,105
- South Carolina: 956
- Auburn: 936
- Vanderbilt: 761
- Kentucky (1): 546
- Mississippi State: 467
- Arkansas: 262
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: SEC predicted order of finish: Who did media vote to win conference in 2026?
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