The annual SEC Media Days event arrived in Texas with plenty of storylines on Monday, the Georgia Bulldogs’ championship contender status certainly peppered among them.

The introduction of Texas and Oklahoma, of course, has been the main attraction this year, the league swelling from 14 to 16 teams, divisional play abolished.

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Already, Georgia’s Oct. 19 game against the Longhorns in Austin — some 200 miles south of the media event in Dallas this week — has taken on an anticipated “Game of the Year” stature.

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More headlines will emerge with coaches and players representing all of the schools providing roster updates, offseason reviews and injury status.

It’s also one final look at preseason perception, with media on hand voting a predicted order of finish and choosing preseason first- and second-team players.

Those predictions, a cumulative tally of votes from media on hand, are scheduled to be released on Friday.

But why wait?

Here’s a predicted order of finish from this seat, along with a preview of All-SEC status for capable UGA players:

SEC predicted order of finish:

1. Georgia

2. Texas

3. Texas A&M

4. Alabama

5. Ole Miss

6. LSU

7. Missouri

8. Oklahoma

9. Tennessee

10. Kentucky

11. Florida

12. Auburn

13. Arkansas

14. South Carolina

15. Mississippi State

16. Vanderbilt

The preseason All-SEC team is always debated, with each fanbase, and in some case media contingents, confident its respective players are most deserving.

Here’s a look at Georgia players deserving of hype, based on projecting this season, more so than what the players accomplished during the 2023 campaign:

Projected Georgia All-SEC players

First-team All-SEC

QB Carson Beck

RB Trevor Etienne

TE Oscar Delp

OG Tate Ratledge

DE Mykel Williams

FS Malaki Starks

P Brett Thorson

Second-team All-SEC

RB Roderick Robinson

WR Dominic Lovett

WR Dillon Bell

OT Earnest Greene lll

DT Nazir Stackhouse

LB CJ Allen

K Peyton Woodring

Third-team All-SEC

OC Jared Wilson

TE Ben Yurochek

LB Smael Mondon

LB Jalon Walker

CB Daylen Everette

DT Warren Brinson