2026 College Football Odds: Why Georgia Is Best Bet To Win SEC

It wasn’t long ago that the Georgia Bulldogs ruled the college football world. Back-to-back national titles in 2021 and 2022 and an undefeated regular season in 2023 made head coach Kirby Smart’s squad seem invincible. However, after getting upset by Alabama in the 2023 SEC Championship Game, Georgia was left out of the College Football Playoff that season and got bounced in the CFP quarterfinals in both 2024 and 2025. Is 2026 the year Georgia climbs back to the top of the mountain? Let’s leave the national title discussion to the side for now, and focus instead on the Dawgs’ odds to win the SEC. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports. Even in down seasons in 2024 and 2025, Georgia won the SEC title game in both years. The Bulldogs have been a fixture in this game, playing in it in eight of the last nine seasons, only missing out during the 2020 shortened season. This year’s squad returns quarterback Gunner Stockton, as well as 16 defenders that played 150 or more snaps in 2025. With a ton of returning talent, the Bulldogs also face a favorable schedule, avoiding what are expected to be strong teams like Texas, Texas A&M, LSU and Tennessee. Georgia also gets to host Oklahoma. There are two tough road games against Alabama and Ole Miss, but Georgia is projected to be the favorite in those matchups, as well as a significant favorite in every other game it plays this fall. If the Dawgs can manage to split the games against Alabama and Ole Miss, a one-loss regular season is very much on the table, and they will likely be back where they usually are in early December, which is playing in the conference title game. At +260 odds, Georgia is a good bet to once again win the SEC behind a loaded roster and a schedule that makes doing so very possible.