SEC football power rankings update: Georgia’s spot after spring portal closes

Who has the best chance at winning the SEC this season?
Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian raises the trophy as the Texas Longhorns celebrate their 39-31 double overtime win over the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 1, 2025.
Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian raises the trophy as the Texas Longhorns celebrate their 39-31 double overtime win over the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Peach Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 1, 2025. | Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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3. LSU Tigers

Top Transfers: IOL Braelin Moore, WR Nic Anderson, EDGE Patrick Payton

Biggest Losses: WR CJ Daniels, EDGE De'Shawn Womack, DL Jay'viar Suggs

LSU football head coach Brian Kelly has more pressure on him this season than any other coach in the SEC. After making it to the SEC Championship game in his first season with the Tigers, the Kelly experiment at LSU has been a complete disaster.

Thankfully the Tigers have brought in a lot of talent in the transfer portal that should help them have a much better season in 2025. However, the key word in that statement is should.

It remains to be seen if Kelly can lead the Tigers to another great season in the SEC, or if his first year was just a stroke of luck. But if he is unable to get it done this year, then it would not be surprising to see him fired by the end of the season.