The SEC sent five teams to the College Football Playoff, but it all felt so empty with a third straight season without a national championship appearance.
There's a new energy this year.
Auburn, Florida, LSU, and Texas will all be better, and Arkansas, Kentucky, and South Carolina should be stronger after disappointing years. Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M - the CFP teams of last season - aren't going anywhere.
The depth should create more twists, turns, and upsets. Here are CFN's early SEC win totals and projected records for all 16 teams.
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SEC 2026 Spring Win Totals: CFN Predicted Records for Every Team
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These are the CFN win totals for the regular season only.The win total doesn't include potential bowl games.
Alabama
CFN Spring Alabama Win Total:8.5
CFN Alabama Projected Record:9-3
Almost Certain Wins:Chattanooga, East Carolina
Likely Losses:No certain losses
50/50 Games:Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, at Kentucky, at LSU, at Mississippi State, South Carolina, at Tennessee, Texas A&M, at Vanderbilt
2025:Total 9.5 | Prediction 10-2 | Record 10-2
2024:Total 9.5 | Prediction 10-2 | Record 9-3
- 2026 Alabama Schedule Analysis
Arkansas
CFN Spring Arkansas Win Total:4.5
CFN Arkansas Projected Record:3-9
Almost Certain Wins:North Alabama, Tulsa
Likely Losses:at Texas, at Utah
50/50 Games:at Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, at Texas A&M, at Vanderbilt
2025:Total 5.5 | Prediction 6-6 | Record 2-10
2024:Total 4.5 | Prediction 5-7 | Record 6-6
- 2026 Arkansas Schedule Analysis
Auburn
CFN Spring Auburn Win Total:6.6
CFN Auburn Projected Record:6-5
Almost Certain Wins:Samford, Southern Miss
Likely Losses:at Georgia
50/50 Games:at Alabama, Arkansas, Baylor (in Atlanta
), Florida, LSU, at Mississippi State, at Ole Miss, at Tennessee, Vanderbilt
2025:Total 7.5 | Prediction 6-6 | Record 5-7
2024:Total 7.5 | Prediction 6-6 | Record 5-7
- 2026 Auburn Schedule Analysis
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Florida
CFN Spring Florida Win Total:6.5
CFN Florida Projected Record:8-4
Almost Certain Wins:Campbell, Florida Atlantic
Likely Losses:at Texas
50/50 Games:at Auburn, at Florida State, Georgia (in Atlanta), at Kentucky, at Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
2025:Total 7.5 | Prediction 8-4 | Record 4-8
2024:Total 5.5 | Prediction 6-6 | Record 7-5
- 2026 Florida Schedule Analysis
Georgia
CFN Spring Georgia Win Total:10.5
CFN Georgia Projected Record:11-1
Almost Certain Wins:Tennessee State, Vanderbilt, Western Michigan
Likely Losses:No sure losses
50/50 Games:at Alabama, at Arkansas, Auburn, Florida (in Atlanta), Georgia Tech, Missouri, Oklahoma, at Ole Miss, at South Carolina
2025:Total 9.5 | Prediction 10-2 | Record 11-1
2024:Total 10.5 | Prediction 12-0 | Record 10-2
- 2026 Georgia Schedule Analysis
Kentucky
CFN Spring Kentucky Win Total:5.5
CFN Kentucky Projected Record:4-8
Almost Certain Wins:South Alabama, Youngstown State
Likely Losses:at Texas A&M
50/50 Games:Alabama, Florida, Louisville, LSU, at Missouri, at Oklahoma, at South Carolina, at Tennessee, Vanderbilt
2025:Total 4.5 | Prediction 5-7 | Record 5-7
2024:Total 6.5 | Prediction 7-5 | Record 4-8
- 2026 Kentucky Schedule Analysis
LSU
CFN Spring LSU Win Total:8.5
CFN LSU Projected Record:10-2
Almost Certain Wins:Louisiana Tech, McNeese, Mississippi State
Likely Losses:No sure losses
50/50 Games:Alabama, at Arkansas, at Auburn, Clemson, at Kentucky, at Ole Miss, at Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M
2025:Total 8.5 | Prediction 10-2 | Record 7-5
2024:Total 9.5 | Prediction 9-3 | Record 8-4
- 2026 LSU Schedule Analysis
Mississippi State
CFN Spring Mississippi State Win Total:4.5
CFN Mississippi State Projected Record:4-8
Almost Certain Wins:Tennessee Tech, ULM
Likely Losses:at LSU, at Texas
50/50 Games:Alabama, Auburn, at Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, at Ole Miss, at South Carolina, Vanderbilt
2025:Total 3.5 | Prediction 5-7 | Record 5-7
2024:Total 4.5 | Prediction 5-7 | Record 2-10
- 2026 Mississippi State Schedule Analysis
Missouri
CFN Spring Missouri Win Total:6.5
CFN Missouri Projected Record:7-5
Almost Certain Wins:Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Troy
Likely Losses:at Georgia
50/50 Games:at Arkansas, Florida, at Kansas, Kentucky, at Mississippi State, Oklahoma, at Ole Miss, Texas, Texas A&M
2025:Total 7.5 | Prediction 7-5 | Record 8-4
2024:Total 9.5 | Prediction 8-4 | Record 9-3
- 2026 Missouri Schedule Analysis
Oklahoma
CFN Spring Oklahoma Win Total:8.5
CFN Oklahoma Projected Record:10-2
Almost Certain Wins:New Mexico, UTEP
Likely Losses:at Georgia
50/50 Games:Kentucky, at Michigan, at Mississippi State, at Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas (in Dallas
), Texas A&M
2025:Total 7.5 | Prediction 9-3 | Record 10-2
2024:Total 7.5 | Prediction 7-5 | Record 6-6
- 2026 Oklahoma Schedule Analysis
Ole Miss
CFN Spring Ole Miss Win Total:7.5
CFN Ole Miss Projected Record:8-4
Almost Certain Wins:Charlotte, Wofford
Likely Losses:No certain losses
50/50 Games:Auburn, at Florida, Georgia, Louisville (in Nashville), LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, at Oklahoma, at Texas, at Vanderbilt
2025:Total 8.5 | Prediction 7-5 | Record 11-1
2024:Total 9.5 | Prediction 10-2 | Record 9-3
- 2026 Ole Miss Schedule Analysis
South Carolina
CFN Spring South Carolina Win Total:6.5
CFN South Carolina Projected Record:8-4
Almost Certain Wins:Kent State, Towson
Likely Losses:at Alabama, at Oklahoma
50/50 Games:at Arkansas, at Clemson, at Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Texas A&M
2025:Total 7.5 | Prediction 7-5 | Record 4-8
2024:Total 5.5 | Prediction 6-6 | Record 9-3
- 2026 South Carolina Schedule Analysis
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Tennessee
CFN Spring Tennessee Win Total:7.5
CFN Tennessee Projected Record:7-5
Almost Certain Wins:Furman, Kennesaw State
Likely Losses:No certain losses
50/50 Games:Alabama, at Arkansas, Auburn, at Georgia Tech, Kentucky, LSU, at South Carolina, Texas, at Texas A&M, at Vanderbilt
2025:Total 8.5 | Prediction 8-4 | Record 8-4
2024:Total 8.5 | Prediction 9-3 | Record 10-2
- 2026 Tennessee Schedule Analysis
Texas
CFN Spring Texas Win Total:9.5
CFN Texas Projected Record:10-2
Almost Certain Wins:Arkansas, Mississippi State, Texas State, UTSA
Likely Losses:No certain losses
50/50 Games:Florida, at LSU, at Missouri, Ohio State, Oklahoma (in Dallas), Ole Miss, at Tennessee, at Texas A&M
2025:Total 9.5 | Prediction 10-2 | Record 9-3
2024:Total 9.5 | Prediction 9-3 | Record 11-1
- 2026 Texas Schedule Analysis
Texas A&M
CFN Spring Texas A&M Win Total:8.5
CFN Texas A&M Projected Record:9-3
Almost Certain Wins:Arkansas, Citadel, Kentucky, Missouri State
Likely Losses:No certain losses
50/50 Games:at Alabama, Arizona State, at LSU, at Missouri, at Oklahoma, at South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
2025:Total 8.5 | Prediction 8-4 | Record 11-1
2024:Total 8.5 | Prediction 8-4 | Record 8-4
- 2026 Texas A&M Schedule Analysis
Vanderbilt
CFN Spring Vanderbilt Win Total:5.5
CFN Vanderbilt Projected Record:4-8
Almost Certain Wins:Austin Peay, Delaware
Likely Losses:Alabama, at Georgia
50/50 Games:Arkansas, at Auburn, at Florida, at Kentucky, at Mississippi State, NC State, Ole Miss, Tennessee
2025:Total 5.5 | Prediction 5-7 | Record 10-2
2024:Total 3.5 | Prediction 3-9 | Record 6-6
- 2026 Vanderbilt Schedule Analysis
2026 Power Four Win Totals
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