Yahoo Sports· 1h ago· 1 min read
There are two clear favorites in the SEC ahead of the 2026 college football season.
Georgia and Texas received the vast majority of first-place votes in the league's annual preseason media poll that was released on Friday. The Bulldogs easily took the top spot with 88 of the 164 first-place votes. Texas was voted second with 57 other first-place votes.
No other team received more than six votes to finish first.
Georgia and Texas played each other in the 2024 SEC championship game before both teams made the College Football Playoff. The Bulldogs won that game 22-19 as starting QB Carson Beck suffered a season-ending elbow injury before halftime. That backed up Georgia's regular-season win in Austin earlier in the season.
The Bulldogs faced Alabama in last season's SEC title game and dominated the Crimson Tide after Alabama won 24-21 in September. Georgia beat Alabama by three…
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