PFF’s preseason power poll is based on a combination of “recruiting rankings, returning players and market information” on top of their proprietary metric.
Georgia sits fifth, one spot ahead of Florida and behind number three Alabama and number four LSU.
I do find it interesting that two fairly highly ranked SEC teams have some shoring up to do at an important position.
10. AUBURN (+3300)
Bo Nix was only the 70th-highest-graded quarterback in college football a season ago, failing to complete 57 percent of his passes or earn more than seven yards per pass attempt.
14. TEXAS A&M (+2500)
Kellen Mond, while relatively highly regarded, struggled a bit last season, earning our 48th-highest passing grade and failing to eclipse seven yards per pass attempt in 2019.
Some upper-tier SEC team is going to have a quarterback take the next step and that’ll likely be the team that makes the big jump this season. The question is, which quarterback and which team?