Georgia Favorites to Win SEC as Texas, Oklahoma Join Conference

With Nick Saban retiring and Texas and Oklahoma both joining the conference, the SEC will

look very different next season. While Alabama is the defending champs, this looks like

Georgia’s conference to lose as they are not only the favorites to win the SEC but also to win

the national title.

Georgia Bulldogs (+190)

Since taking over in 2016, Kirby Smart has compiled a record of 56-9 in SEC play and has won

two Conference Championship titles in 2017 and 2022. This team piled up five-star talent and is

looking to make amends for not getting into the playoffs last season, even though they probably

should have. Georgia is led by QB Carson Beck, who could be the top pick in the 2025 NFL

Draft. Defensively, it’s led by All-American candidates, including Mykel Williams and Malaki

Starks.

Texas Longhorns (+325)

The Longhorns made the College Football Playoffs for the first time last season and will be led

by Heisman contender, Quinn Ewers. There’s a lot of hype around the sophomore quarterback

as he will likely be a top-5 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. While they do have some talent from last

season, Texas lost three pass catchers, two defensive linemen, and a running back, who all

went in the first 101 picks of the 2024 NFL Draft. The Longhorns do have the Bulldogs on the

schedule and that could hurt their chances of making it to the conference title game.

Alabama Crimson Tide (+600)

After leading Washington to the national championship game, Kalen DeBoer looks to take over

from Saban and get this program back to the playoffs. He was able to turn around the Huskies

in just two years and knows about offense as he got Michael Penix Jr. and Rome Odunze

drafted in the top-9 of the 2024 NFL Draft. Jalen Milroe returns behind center, a terrorizing

offensive line, and with a defense full of blue chips, don’t count out the Crimson Tide in the

post-Saban era.

LSU Tigers (+950)

This conference is full of NFL quarterback prospects and you can add one more to the mix with

Garrett Nussmeier. Over the past two seasons, Nussmeier managed to compile 1,391 yards

with 9 touchdowns on 61.7% passing. The offense will have its’ playmakers but the defense

needs to be better. Last season the Tigers allowed 28 points a game, but with the addition of

Blake Baker as defensive coordinator, LSU should improve on that side of the ball and if

Nussmeier can deliver, the Tigers could be a dark horse pick in 2024.

SEC Conference Championship 2024-25 Odds

Georgia +190

Texas +325

Alabama +600

Mississippi +700

LSU +950

Texas A&M +1000

Missouri +1400

Tennessee +1600

Oklahoma +3300

Auburn +3300

Kentucky +10000

South Carolina +10000

Florida +10000

Arkansas +25000

Mississippi State +30000

Vanderbilt +30000