Athlon Sports 2026 SEC Football Predictions Explained

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

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🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

SEC Mike & Athlon Sports' Senior Editor Steven Lassan are back to talk some SEC Football! Steven shares insight into the official 2026 SEC Football projections in the Athlon Sports College Football Preview Magazine! Fall Camp preview series returning (3:30), End of cupcake weekend (4:30), SEC Spring Meetings (9:30), Athlon Sports Predictions (12:30), Mizzou Tigers (13:00), Texas Longhorns (23:00), Alabama Crimson Tide (35:30), Oklahoma Sooners (42:00), Florida Gators (52:30), Georgia Bulldogs (1:00:00), Mississippi State Bulldogs (1:09:00), LSU Tigers (1:15:30), Ole Miss Rebels (1:24:00), Tennessee Vols (1:30:00), Texas A&M Aggies (1:37:00), Auburn Tigers (1:42:00), South Carolina Gamecocks (1:49:30), Arkansas Razorbacks (1:55:00), Kentucky Wildcats (1:58:30), Vanderbilt Commodores (2:01:15) Buy your copy of the Athlon Sports' College Football Preview Magazine at this link: https://magazineshop.us/collections/athlon-sports/products/college-football-preview-athlon-sports-2026-138-fbs-team-previews-expert-analysis-whats-wrong-with-the-sec-curt-cignetti-interview-top-standout-players-to-watch-playoff-bowl-projections-national-unit-rankings-more?variant=41415318962234 Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey-oh, welcome in the latest episode of that SEC podcast.
0:11.1	We got rid of the Joker.
0:12.4	We're back with the professional Stephen Lassen, senior editor, over at Athlon Sports.
0:18.0	Stephen, it's been too long.
0:19.5	Every time we go like two weeks without talking to you, it feels like an eternity.
0:23.5	I hope you're well.
0:24.4	How are you?
0:25.4	Mike, it is so good to be back.
0:27.9	I missed hanging out with you and all the cousins last week.
0:31.4	And man, what a newsy.
0:33.4	Like, I thought it was the offseason right of college football with the SEC spring meetings.
0:38.6	And of course, we got that wonderful Aflon sports magazine out there on the newsstand.
0:44.3	So always excited to be talking to some ball with you, Mike.
0:48.3	Absolutely.
0:49.1	Well, on this episode, we're going to be breaking down the Athlon Sports official SEC predictions in the
0:57.5	2026 college football preview magazine. But before we do that, Stephen, maybe could you
1:02.8	remind the cousins, now again, Steve's got on hand 10 magazines that he's going to be signing
1:10.0	and sending off to select cousins that we've
1:14.4	kind of discussed off air already with or reached out to. But maybe any cousins that want it,
1:21.1	Stephen, that are not getting a signed edition, how can they get their own copy of the
1:25.4	Athlete Sports College Football Preview Magazine?
1:33.5	Mike, the good news is the copies that are not signed that you can buy are going to be worth way more in like 20 years,
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