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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15. Kentucky Wildcats

Top Transfers: WR Tru Edwards, DL David Gusta, OT Alex Wollschlaeger

Biggest Losses: WR Dane Key, WR Barion Brown, DL Keeshawn Silver

Speaking of teams that hit the transfer portal hard, the Kentucky Wildcats were very aggressive just like Mississippi State. In fact, most experts are projecting that the Wildcats could have over a dozen new starters this season that came from the transfer portal alone.

While that may be exciting for Kentucky fans after watching their team go 1-7 during conference play last year, new players doesn't automatically mean they are going to improve as a team. In the case of Kentucky, that is what is most likely to happen since the transfers brought in aren't anything to write home about.

So hopefully Kentucky is able to find a way to win one conference game this season, because there's a very real chance they go winless in the SEC.