Nussmeier, Williams and more stars in 2025 USA TODAY Network’s preseason All-SEC team
The 2025 USA TODAY Network’s 2025 preseason ALL-SEC football team is out! Find out who our reporters have selected for QB, RB and more.
Texas is projected to win the SEC football championship in 2025, according to USA TODAY Network predictions.Four players received unanimous All-SEC selections.LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is predicted to be the SEC Player of the Year.Kentucky, Mississippi State, and Ole Miss had no players on the preseason All-SEC team.
Texas is the preseason favorite to win the SEC football regular season title as well as the conference championship game, according the USA TODAY Sports Network’s predicted order of finish in 2025.
The Longhorns are also one of 16 member schools with at least three players represented on the preseason All-SEC team, alongside Georgia (5) and LSU (3).
Four players − Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams, Alabama offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor, Texas linebacker Anthony Hill Jr., and Vanderbilt tight end Eli Stowers − received unanimous All-SEC selections.
Kentucky, Mississippi State and Ole Miss were the only teams without an All-SEC preseason player.
Here’s a full rundown of the preseason ballots, voted on by 17 members of the USA TODAY Network who cover the league.
2025 preseason All-SEC football team
*Unanimous selection
OffenseQB: Garrett Nussmeier, LSURB (2): Jaydn Ott, Oklahoma; Quintrevion Wisner, TexasWR (2): Cam Coleman, Auburn; *Ryan Williams, AlabamaTE: *Eli Stowers, VanderbiltOL (5): Ar’maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M; Cayden Green, Missouri; Fernando Carmona, Arkansas; Jake Slaughter, Florida; *Kadyn Proctor, AlabamaDefenseDL (4): Caleb Banks, Florida; Colin Simmons, Texas; Dylan Stewart, South Carolina; Keldric Faulk, AuburnLB (3): *Anthony Hill Jr., Texas; CJ Allen, Georgia; Whit Weeks, LSUDB (4): Daylen Everette, Georgia; Jermod McCoy, Tennessee; KJ Bolden, Georgia; Michael Taaffe, TexasSpecial teamsK: Peyton Woodring, GeorgiaP: Brett Thorson, GeorgiaAll-Purpose: Barion Brown, LSU2025 preseason SEC individual awardsSEC Coach of the Year: Steve Sarkisian, TexasSEC Player of the Year: QB Garrett Nussmeier, LSUSEC Newcomer of the Year: QB John Mateer, OklahomaPredicted order of finish for SEC football’s 2025 season
Championship game winner: Texas
First-place votes in parenthesis
Texas (12)Georgia (1)LSUAlabama (1)South CarolinaOle MissTexas A&MOklahoma (1)FloridaTennesseeAuburnMissouriArkansasVanderbiltKentuckyMississippi State
The All-SEC team, individual awards and predicted order of finish were selected by a panel of 17 writers who cover the league: Adam Cole (Montgomery Advertiser), Adam Sparks (Knoxville News Sentinel), Aria Gerson (The Tennessean), Blake Toppmeyer (USA TODAY), Calum McAndrew (Columbia Daily Tribune), Chase Goodbread (Tuscaloosa News), Colin Gay (Tuscaloosa News), Cory Diaz (The Daily Advertiser), Gentry Estes (Nashville Tennessean), Jackson Fuller (Southwest Times Record), Kevin Brockway (Gainesville Sun), Lulu Kesin (Greenville News), Marc Weiszer (Athens Banner-Herald), Matthews Hayes (USA TODAY), Ryan Aber (The Oklahoman), Sam Hutchens (The Clarion-Ledger), and Sam Sklar (The Clarion-Ledger).
Adam Cole is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at acole@gannett.com or on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, @colereporter. To support Adam’s work, please subscribe to the Montgomery Advertiser.