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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14. Arkansas Razorbacks

Top Transfers: CB Julian Neal, OT Corey Robinson II, TE Jaden Platt

Biggest Losses: CB Jaylon Braxton, IOL Patrick Kutas, TE Luke Hasz

Arkansas is coming off a very average season in 2024 that saw them make a bowl game and finish the season 7-6. That is a pretty solid season for a program like Arkansas, but their team and fanbase will want much better than that this season.

Quarterback Taylen Green returns for aother season with the Razorbacks and he does give the team some hope to be able to shock the conference and pull off some upsets, but there is a serious question surrounding the transfer portal talent they brought in this offseason. Arkansas was extremely active in the portal, but they did not add many guaranteed elite players to their roster.

So will the group be able to come together and play well enough to win some games in the SEC? It's possible, but very unlikely.