that Georgia was picked to win the SEC by the attending media.<\/a> Texas was tabbed to finish second in the league, with Georgia holding an 88-57 edge in first-place votes. <\/p>\nGeorgia opens the 2026 season on Sept. 5 when the Bulldogs take on Tennessee State. The game is set for a 3 p.m. ET start.<\/p>\n
You can see the full Preseason All-SEC teams below. <\/p>\n
2026 Preseason All-SEC Football Team Selections:<\/p>\n
First-Team<\/p>\n
Quarterback: Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss<\/p>\n
Running Back: Kewan Lacy, Ole Miss, Ahmad Hardy, Missouri<\/p>\n
Wide Receiver: Cam Coleman, Texas, Ryan Coleman-Williams, Alabama<\/p>\n
Tight End: Trey\u2019Dez Green, LSU<\/p>\n
Offensive Guard\/Tackle: Trevor Goosby, Texas, Cayden Green, Missouri, Jordan Seaton, LSU, Earnest Greene III, Georgia<\/p>\n
Center: Drew Bobo, Georgia<\/p>\n
All-Purpose: Mario Craver, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
Defensive Line: Colin Simmons, Texas, Will Echoles, Ole Miss, Dylan Stewart, South Carolina, Princewill Umanmielen, LSU<\/p>\n
Linebacker: Whit Weeks, LSU, Xavier Atkins, Auburn, Rasheem Biles, Texas<\/p>\n
Defensive Back: KJ Bolden, Georgia, Zabien Brown, Alabama, Bray Hubbard, Alabama, Ellis Robinson IV, Georgia<\/p>\n
Placekicker: Tate Sandell, Oklahoma<\/p>\n
Punter: Grant Chadwick, LSU<\/p>\n
Return Specialist: Ryan Niblett, Texas<\/p>\n
Kickoff Specialist: Tate Sandell, Oklahoma<\/p>\n
Long Snapper: Ben Anderson, Oklahoma<\/p>\n
All-Purpose: Ryan Niblett, Texas<\/p>\n
Second-Team<\/p>\n
Quarterback: Arch Manning, Texas<\/p>\n
Running Back: Jadan Baugh, Florida, Nate Frazier, Georgia<\/p>\n
Wide Receiver: Mario Craver, Texas A&M, Isaiah Sategna III, Oklahoma<\/p>\n
Tight End: Lawson Luckie, Georgia<\/p>\n
Offensive Guard\/Tackle: Dontrell Glover, Georgia, Michael Fasusi, Oklahoma, Michael Carroll, Alabama, Lance Heard, Kentucky<\/p>\n
Center: Mark Nabou Jr., Texas A&M<\/p>\n
Defensive Line: David Stone, Oklahoma, Elijah Griffin, Georgia, Taylor Wein, Oklahoma, Quincy Rhodes Jr., Arkansas<\/p>\n
Linebacker: Raylen Wilson, Georgia, Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss, Kip Lewis, Oklahoma<\/p>\n
Defensive Back: Kelley Jones, Mississippi State, DJ Pickett, LSU, Ty Benefield, LSU, Eli Bowen, Oklahoma *, Peyton Bowen, Oklahoma *<\/p>\n
Placekicker: Lucas Carneiro, Ole Miss<\/p>\n
Punter: Grayson Miller, Oklahoma<\/p>\n
Return Specialist: Isaiah Sategna III, Oklahoma<\/p>\n
Kickoff Specialist: Lucas Carneiro, Ole Miss<\/p>\n
Long Snapper: Trey Dubuc, Texas<\/p>\n
Third-Team<\/p>\n
Quarterback: Gunner Stockton, Georgia<\/p>\n
Running Back: DeSean Bishop, Tennessee, Hollywood Smothers, Texas<\/p>\n
Wide Receiver: Ryan Wingo, Texas, Nyck Harbor, South Carolina<\/p>\n
Tight End: Willie Rodriguez, Kentucky<\/p>\n
Offensive Guard\/Tackle: David Sanders Jr., Tennessee, Patrick Kutas, Ole Miss, Brandon Baker, Texas, Wendell Moe Jr., Tennessee<\/p>\n
Center: Braelin Moore, LSU<\/p>\n
All-Purpose: Jadan Baugh, Florida<\/p>\n
Defensive Line: Kam Franklin, Ole Miss, DJ Hicks, Texas A&M, Gabe Harris, Georgia, Jayden Woods, Florida<\/p>\n
Linebacker: Arion Carter, Tennessee, TJ Dottery, LSU, Yhonzae Pierre, Alabama<\/p>\n
Defensive Back: Keon Sabb, Alabama, Champ Anthony, Auburn, Khalil Barnes, Georgia, Jelani McDonald, Texas<\/p>\n
Placekicker: Alex McPherson, Auburn<\/p>\n
Punter: Ethan Pulliam, Mississippi State<\/p>\n
Return Specialist: Vernell Brown III, Florida<\/p>\n
Kickoff Specialist: Terry Bussey, Texas A&M<\/p>\n
Long Snapper: Brett Le Blanc, Missouri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Georgia was well represented on the Preseason All-SEC teams, as voted on by the media at this year\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[5183,2234,1976,399,681,105290,398,396,397,7702,99],"class_list":["post-783669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-alabama","tag-championship","tag-college","tag-football","tag-georgia","tag-mercedes-benz-stadium","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sec","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}