College football expert Josh Pate of 247Sports explains why he ranked the Georgia Bulldogs No. 11 in his top 20. Across the board, Georgia’s preseason expectations are a bit lower in 2025.
Following spring practice, experts are all over the place on where they rank Georgia. The Bulldogs are commonly ranked anywhere from No. 3 to No. 12. Pate explained why he ranks Georgia lower than most experts after the spring.
“Georgia’s got to be able to run the ball,” said Pate. “At least much better than they did last year. Now, like I said with other teams, any proud program that’s struggled to do something that they are typically able to do spends the entire winter and spring and summer figuring out how to do that thing. So that is one of the main things they’ve been focused on there.”
In 2024, Georgia finished the season with the second-worst rushing offense in the SEC (124.4 yards per game). The Bulldogs could run the ball against Texas, who had one of the nation’s best defenses, but Georgia’s rushing offense was never dominant against a stout schedule.
To make matters more difficult, Georgia had three offensive linemen picked in the first three rounds of the draft. Tackle Xavier Truss went undrafted. Georgia’s offensive front will have quite a new look in 2025.
“Will they be able to (run the ball)? While also starting a new quarterback and trying to re-establish their identity defensively,” Pate added. Georgia lost three defensive first-round picks to the 2025 NFL draft and had 13 total players drafted. Four Bulldogs also signed undrafted free agent deals.
“There’s a lot of baked in benefit of the doubt that that ‘G’ logo buys you,” said Pate. “And that works for me as well. If you get in fall camp and you start to hear good thing about them, much like Ohio State, that’s another team that I’ll probably bump up the ladder.”
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