Georgia enters the 2025 season ranked No. 5 in the AP Top 25 college football preseason poll and No. 4 in the US LBM Coaches Poll.
This marks a slight reduction from the two previous seasons, when Georgia was the top-ranked team in the 2023 and 2024 preseason AP Polls. The Bulldogs received just one first-place vote, finishing with 1,331 total points to narrowly rank above Notre Dame, which sits at No. 6 with 1,325 points.
Despite losing to Georgia twice last season, Texas took the top spot in both rankings with promising quarterback Arch Manning officially becoming the Longhorns’ starter. The second and third spots in the AP poll are held by Penn State and Ohio State, respectively, with the two swapping places in the Coaches Poll. While it ranks below Georgia at No. 6 in the Coaches Poll, Clemson places one spot above the Bulldogs at No. 4 in the more recently announced AP poll.
After an up-and-down 2024 season in which Georgia ranked as high as No. 1 and as low as No. 12, the Bulldogs managed to take the No. 2 ranking into the College Football Playoff after their SEC Championship victory over Texas. Following a loss to Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, however, Georgia was leapfrogged by teams still in title contention and finished the year ranked No. 6.
While Georgia remains a true contender for the 2025 season, concerns such as Gunner Stockton’s lack of experience and multiple talented players graduating likely played a role in the decision to rank a few teams above the Bulldogs.
The SEC has 10 ranked teams in the AP poll, the most of any conference, followed by the Big Ten with six and the Big 12 with four. Five of Georgia’s opponents for the 2025 season enter the year ranked; Texas at No. 1, Alabama at No. 8, Florida at No. 15, Ole Miss at No. 21, and Tennessee at No. 24.
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