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Yeah just don't see it getting done still. Every adjustment may win a vote, lose a vote. Cantwell now wants her beloved Washington State to be able to move huh? Again if they muster 60 I'll be shocked. And yes the House is a whole different animal. Unless the La leaders in the House are supportive, it is never seeing the floor there period. Not enough time with all the other issues that Congress has now. Easier to do a skinny bill on issues that are not controversial. Then tackle the larger ones later. Just don't see it , but who knows.

- I agree with us and Georgia being 1 and 2. People will want to punch themselves in the nuts and rank Georgia above us because of the last two seasons, but it's a new season with a new roster and new staff. The difference in our WR rooms alone is pretty stark. - Unfortunately I also agree in thinking Oklahoma will be good this year and better than last year. There is still some questions on their offense but I don't see regression. Their defense will win them a lot of games. Shootout this year will be important. It's fun when they don't score touchdowns on us, but I actually like when they're good. The Shootout is best when it's a Shootout. I like when the games intense. Hopefully I can snag a cheap ticket day of. - LSU is a complete toss up. They overhaul everything. They could be good, they could be bad, they could be mid, they could be all over the place throughout the season. I wouldn't count out any of those scenarios. It sucks we get them late in the season, though, because they'll probably have a lot of kinks shaken off and will be at their best in a night game at home. Kiffin coached well at Ole Miss and convinced LSU boosters to buy him a ton of talent year 1 so there's the makings of good team, but there's a lot more to it then just buying a good coach and players. - I think there is then a tier of 6 teams that are good but not great and it's the ones you have. I think Ole Miss will be the best of them because of known quantity Trinidad, that alone has to anchor your teams success significantly. I would then put Missouri if Ahmad Hardy has a full miraculous recovery around the start of the season. I then have Florida because of their skill positions, but they need the QB and OL to work out. I think Sumrall's a good coach though so I wouldn't put it past them. I then have A&M. I don't see a position they are as good or better than last year except WR. They don't have many crazy top tier players either, maybe Craver and Ratcliffe. I'm not sure about their coordinator promotions. But I think they are generally good everywhere at the same time. I think Elko is a good coach and their OL coach is as well, so I don't see them replicating what they did last season but they will still find success. Next would be Alabama, I think DeBoer is a good coach but might be a poor cultural fit in Tuscaloosa. They got a QB battle, they lost a ton of returning production and their run game still looks like a major flaw. I think Bama might continue to slide under DeBo and I don't like their outlook this season. I'd then put Missouri if Hardy is out for a large part of the season. Finally, I agree with Tennessee not being that threatening. Of course like with LSU, we play them at an unfortunate time. Early in the season in Knoxville will have them fighting for their playoff hopes. But they also have a QB battle and whoever starts with zero experience will not be at their best four games in. Without Chaz Coleman, their DL also looks unintimidating. - With the 9 game SEC schedule and all of these teams having various boons and weaknesses I can see this tier of schools in the SEC cannibalizing each other. They are being rated highly by media, but I think at minimum one or two of them won't be as good as they are projected. Maybe a question they have gets a poor answer. In general I think they will probably all take games off each other. We play most of them so I think a big part of it is realizing that they are not all on Ohio State or Georgia's level and that we need to be consistent in thumping them. Especially on that four game death march from Tennessee through October. - Auburn is essentially fielding a USF team in the SEC, I'm really not as high on them but they'll be better than the dregs of the conference at least. South Carolina has a really high ceiling with the talent on their roster including a LaNorris Sellers. They also have a lower floor and they have Shane Beamer as their coach. - Of the general dregs, Vanderbilt was the best the last two years but I think they'll have a far tougher go of it this season. Diego Pavia might not be a good fit in the NFL, but as a QB his style works incredibly well for CFB. Replacing him and Stowers will be tough, especially with a true freshman QB. I think Kentucky will actually be the best of the four this year. I've said it on other sites multiple times, but Bo Barnes was the one guy I didn't like leaving this last off season. Stein can portal and he can croot. If he can coach as well as he can do those things Kentucky will actually be dangerous this year in my opinion. However, they have a really tough schedule, so while I think they will be at least the best of the bottom four, I don't know if their record will reflect it. I honestly don't really know about Miss. St. which I think says something and I agree Arkansas will be the worst SEC team. This is a good list and I pretty much agree with everything. I think our schedule is tough but I don't think it's the schedule of doom like some are saying precisely because I don't think there will be 12 SEC teams in the top 25 by the end of the season. A lot of these teams in the top half are all being ranked highly because they could turn out up there, but some of them are bound to have a few of their questions answered poorly. We have questions too, but I don't think it's anything like Bama's RB situation, or A&Ms OL situation, or Florida's QB situation. I think every team on this schedule is beatable, the problem is chaining them in a row (Tenn through Ole Miss) or multiple things coming together (like late season LSU in BR at night, or, Missouri having the makings of an extremely trappy trap game). Of course there is the doom scenario where all of these teams are actually around that good, but because of 9 game cannibalism their records don't reflect it which means we are actually playing a grueling schedule while our SOS doesn't appear so. But, there's no use thinking like that and, like I said, I think we have to think of them all beneath us. Not from an underrating standpoint but from a confidence one. Does Alabama drop that game to FSU from last season at the end knowing how their records turned out? We need to beat OSU and then carry that confidence through the rest of the season. Hook'Em

Interesting that this article didn’t mention anything about media rights. Cantwell’s arrogance screwed this up. She overtly targeted the sec and big 10 and now they are desperately trying to compromise with little time left. I can’t see this bill getting to a point where the LSU grad speaker of the house will bring it up for a vote.

The adjustments

Looks like they have the votes to pass it in the Senate with the adjustments they’re making to the act.

Dang right and their kick ass!

Just hope we get to play them to find out.

I hope so. If Vic Schaefer coaches this team to a Final Four, it would be the best coaching job of his 4+ decades coaching career imo. This team is young besides Booker, Cunningham, Preston, Graves, and Asbrink Hose. Feels like a step back to a second weekend exit for this season before a big step forward in the 2027-28 season if most of this team sticks together. But there is not much parity in women's college basketball, so Texas still has a chance to make a deep run. A young team, but a very talented team for sure.

Until sark can figure out the kirby problem he’s got i can’t rank us ahead of georgia without feeling delusional

Excited for this season. Think they can do a lot more than folks expect.

I agree, I hope Arkansas and TAMU switch spots and OU falls to 15 just ahead of the ags.

Agreed with this list for the most part. My quick thots (looking forward to those again lol): -I’d put Georgia #1 for now. They’re the best until proven otherwise. Year 2 Stockton plus development of stacked classes keeps them up there. -Buying the upside for Florida agree with your points there -I want to put Ole Miss higher with Chambliss and Lacy back. The coaching and roster turnover makes it tough. They still have a very talented team overall -Alabama has a year 1 QB for the second season in a row. Simpson was great last year and I think Russell thrives under KDB. They desperately need to figure out a run game in order to compete. - If A&M’s O line takes a step back, I don’t trust Marcel Reed under pressure. Going to be a lot of growing pains throughout the season. Their defense should still be very good with an experienced secondary.

I love the ranking and I want to agree with it do bad but I still find it hard to rank us over Georgia until we beat them. Eff it, I'm with you Ciege!

Katie Stewart says hi (SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR) Atwood put too much pressure on herself all year didn’t help. But I’m glad Earleywine is gone.

Until Sark & Texas beats Kirby Smart & Georgia, Texas should be ranked behind Georgia IOM.

The roster

That's a mostly solid schedule. I've never heard of a couple of them but going up against Celine and Carthage gives it some merit.

Good stuff! Thanks for the thread @TexTheHorn24

She most certainly will. She already has injected a ton of talent into the program.

Wuensch was fun to watch. One of the best ever at Texas.