The Southeastern Conference looks to get back on track with a national championship in the 2025 college football season after titles by Michigan and Ohio State of the Big Ten loosened the conference's stranglehold on the sport the last two seasons.

Fall camp has started for teams across the country, with Week 0 action just a few short weeks away. With that, the annual preseason benchmark for where teams stand entering the season has been set.

The US LBM Coaches Poll released Monday, Aug. 4, and more than half the conference was represented in the top 25, with relative newcomer Texas — headlined by the heralded quarterback Arch Manning — leading the way at No. 1 overall.

The Longhorns nearly won the SEC in their first year in the conference, and made it further in the inaugural 12-

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