Heading into the 2025 college football season , the SEC is widely regarded as being a wide-open league, with a handful of contenders viewed as championship-caliber squads that could win the conference and make the College Football Playoff.

It’s an opinion shared not just by various media members and pundits, but arguably the greatest coach to ever roam a college sideline.

While speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at a function for his charity, Nick’s Kids Foundation, legendary former Alabama coach Nick Saban identified five teams he believes can win the SEC.

“I think Texas is one of the teams that obviously is really, really good this year,” Saban said. “I think LSU has got a shot to be really good, I think Florida’s got a shot to be really good. I think Alabama and Georg

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