SEC Football: Way-too-early power rankings for 2023 season

By Matt Melton | Jan 12, 2023

INGLEWOOD, CA - JANUARY 09: Brock Bowers #19 of the Georgia Bulldogs runs with the ball against the TCU Horned Frogs in the first half ofthe College Football Playoff National Championship held at SoFi Stadium on January 9, 2023 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Images) /

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LSU Tigers quarterback Jayden Daniels (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

4. Tennessee Volunteers

Notable Players Returning:

RB Jaylen Wright
RB Jabari Small
WR Bru McCoy
QB Joe Milton
DB Tamarion McDonald

Coming off a truly memorable season in Knoxville where Tennessee finished 11-2 overall (6-2 in SEC), the Volunteers will now look for their first back-to-back 10-win season in 2023 since the 2003-04 campaign’s. As for if that could happen, it’s certainly a possibility, with the big question surrounding Tennessee’s offseason being who takes over for Hendon Hooker atop the nation’s No. 1 scoring offense in 2022 at 46.1 PPG – the returning Joe Milton, or incoming five-star Nicholaus Iamaleava?

3. LSU Tigers

Notable Players Returning:

QB Jayden Daniels
WR Malik Nabers
LB Harold Perkins
LB Greg Penn III
TE Mason Taylor

The defending SEC West champions, year one of the Brian Kelly era in Baton Rouge this past fall was nothing short of a success, with LSU concluding the year at 10-4 overall (6-2 in SEC). A team that will have multiple key names returning in 2023, the Tigers will have one of SEC football’s top quarterbacks in 2023 in Jayden Daniels, as well as a defense led by one of the conference’s most versatile linebackers, Harold Perkins.

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