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SEC Football Unfiltered features hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams of the USA TODAY Network serving opinion, debate and analysis on trending college football topics within the Southeastern Conference. No subject is off limits, and no one is above rebuke. Take off the filter and revel in the banter.
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Kalen DeBoer on Alabama hot seat? That's premature, but his bandwagon is empty
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Sep 03, 2025 |
Our College Football Playoff predictions, and a sleeper team to leave you speechless
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Aug 28, 2025 |
Why LSU's Brian Kelly faces more Week 1 pressure than Arch Manning at Texas
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Aug 26, 2025 |
What Tim Tebow, Cam Newton, Joe Burrow share in common – and is Arch Manning next?
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Aug 19, 2025 |
Jon Gruden to coach in the SEC? He says he'd 'die' for the chance
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Aug 13, 2025 |
SEC whips Big Ten in US LBM Coaches Poll, but that means squat for playoff
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Aug 05, 2025 |
Fact or fiction?: Alabama will make the College Football Playoff
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Jul 30, 2025 |
Our SEC football hot seat ranking zeroes in on five coaches
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Jul 22, 2025 |
As Nick Saban rumor hijacks SEC media days, why not fire up Urban Meyer talks, too?
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Jul 16, 2025 |
Inside Auburn's vow to do things 'the right way,' and why that could hurt the program
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Jul 09, 2025 |
How good is Arch Manning? In SEC quarterback rankings, we debate the No. 1 spot
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Jul 02, 2025 |
Is the SEC too chicken to beef up its schedule?
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Jun 23, 2025 |
One preseason magazine expects Tennessee to tank. We're not buying it
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Jun 18, 2025 |
Buying or selling Brian Kelly, Billy Napier and Hugh Freeze?
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Jun 09, 2025 |
SEC must decide whether to rig the College Football Playoff
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Jun 02, 2025 |
Why the Big Ten provides an answer to SEC's scheduling question
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May 15, 2025 |
Why UT (Texas, not Tennessee) could be national title favorite – and why maybe it isn't
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May 07, 2025 |
Ranking SEC football coaches: Debate gets lively after Kirby Smart
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May 01, 2025 |
Declaring winners, losers in Tennessee-Nico Iamaleava breakup, and did Vols find starter in Joey Aguilar?
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Apr 23, 2025 |
Inside the Nico Iamaleava and Tennessee breakup, and where does each go from here?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
Why College Football Playoff struggles to match March Madness splendor
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Apr 09, 2025 |
So, which SEC team can beat Duke in Final Four? Auburn, or Florida?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
March Madness Cinderellas go home early. Bully for SEC basketball!
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Mar 26, 2025 |
Our March Madness predictions, from upset picks to Final Four forecast
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Mar 19, 2025 |
Why Bruce Pearl, Rick Barnes highlight an infamous coaching Mount Rushmore; plus, SEC Tournament picks
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Mar 11, 2025 |
SEC football going to nine conference games? Wait! Here's a better idea
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Mar 07, 2025 |
The case for Alabama's Kalen DeBoer facing more (or less) pressure than Auburn's Hugh Freeze
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Feb 26, 2025 |
We're forcing Notre Dame into a conference, and changing the CFP as college football commissioners
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Feb 19, 2025 |
Our first 2025 CFP predictions: Which SEC teams have best (and worst) chance of making playoff?
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Feb 12, 2025 |
Ranking SEC quarterbacks: Take Garrett Nussmeier, Arch Manning or DJ Lagway with top pick?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
Overrated or underrated? Reacting to USA TODAY's too-early preseason top 25
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Jan 29, 2025 |
Inside Alabama's quarterback competition that could reshape SEC standings
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Jan 24, 2025 |
Does Arch Manning make Texas the national championship frontrunner in 2025?
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Jan 14, 2025 |
SEC football became a fraud. Here's how it happened
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Jan 07, 2025 |
Are more SEC playoff teams the answer to CFP blowouts?
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Dec 28, 2024 |
CFP predictions: Georgia, Texas poised for a run, but what about Tennessee?
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Dec 17, 2024 |
Should Alabama schedule more cupcakes after missing CFP? Let's consider that idea
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Dec 10, 2024 |
As CFP bubble fills up, do South Carolina and Ole Miss have better case than Alabama?
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Dec 03, 2024 |
Lane Kiffin, Kalen DeBoer do battle in quest for biggest faceplant
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Nov 26, 2024 |
Why Lincoln Riley – yes, Lincoln Riley – can save Tennessee's season
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Nov 19, 2024 |
CFP bracket bubble: Making case for and against Tennessee, Texas, Georgia
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Nov 12, 2024 |
What a Lane Kiffin upset of Georgia would mean for Ole Miss (and Florida)
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Nov 06, 2024 |
True or False?: Florida's Billy Napier will be only SEC football coach fired
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Oct 30, 2024 |
As College Football Playoff bubble overcrowds, we project 12-team bracket
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Oct 23, 2024 |
How's the panic meter looking at Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and beyond?
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Oct 15, 2024 |
Can Kalen DeBoer recover from Alabama's humiliating loss? Plus, who else is in playoff danger?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
True or False?: Florida should hire Mark Stoops, not Lane Kiffin, if Billy Napier fired
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Oct 01, 2024 |
Why Alabama vs. Georgia matters to Kalen DeBoer, Kirby Smart for different reasons
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Sep 24, 2024 |
We consider 10 candidates if Florida football fires Billy Napier
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Sep 17, 2024 |
In our newest CFP projections, hello, Tennessee Vols. Goodbye, LSU
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Sep 10, 2024 |
Dabo Swinney should retire, and Billy Napier is toast: Overreactions or smart takes?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
Why 12-team College Football Playoff won't ruin regular season; plus, Week 1 picks!
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Aug 27, 2024 |
Which 12 teams will make College Football Playoff? We lock in our picks
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Aug 21, 2024 |
Why Georgia is the overwhelming favorite to win a national championship
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Aug 14, 2024 |
Who's overrated and underrated from the SEC in preseason coaches poll?
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Aug 06, 2024 |
Georgia football is out of control. Is Kirby Smart doing enough to stop it?
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Jul 29, 2024 |
Hot seat update: Will these four SEC football coaches be fired? If so, when?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
How the Big Ten can close gap on SEC – with Florida State and Clemson
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Jul 16, 2024 |
If Georgia football is No. 1 in the SEC, then who's No. 2? Maybe it's not Texas
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Jul 10, 2024 |
As SEC adds Texas and Oklahoma, who's the bigger prize? Making the case for each
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Jul 05, 2024 |
If SEC expands to 20 teams, consider these four ACC schools
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Jun 18, 2024 |
Our 7 lukewarm SEC football takes; plus, what's up with ESPN hating on Ole Miss?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
Why Notre Dame and the Big Ten are a threat to SEC football (or maybe not)
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Jun 05, 2024 |
What Jaden Rashada lawsuit means for Billy Napier and Florida Gators
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May 23, 2024 |
Are Georgia football and Ohio State inevitable? Why you can't ignore a few underdogs
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May 14, 2024 |
Overrated? Or underrated? What one preseason top 25 got right – and wrong – about the SEC
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May 08, 2024 |
When should LSU expect Brian Kelly to produce national title? Here's what he says, and what we say
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May 01, 2024 |
Quarterback controversy at Texas? Here's how we see the Arch Manning, Quinn Ewers situation
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Apr 23, 2024 |
Is Alabama football quarterback competition for real or FAKE NEWS?! Also, does Georgia have any weakness?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
Who should Kentucky basketball hire to replace John Calipari? Here are 4 swing-big options, plus fallback plan
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Apr 09, 2024 |
When ranking SEC schools by football AND men's basketball coaches, is Georgia or Alabama No. 1?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
March Madness Final Four predictions? We've got you covered with this bracket revision
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Mar 27, 2024 |
March Madness upsets? Final Four picks? A sleeper team from SEC? We've got you covered
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Mar 20, 2024 |
Why let basketball have all the March Madness fun? We seed SEC football teams for 2024, 1 through 16
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Mar 13, 2024 |
Even Steve Spurrier is questioning Florida's Billy Napier. That can't be good
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Mar 06, 2024 |
Is Steve Sarkisian a Jimbo Fisher 2.0 after contract extension at Texas? Nah. Longhorns on the way up
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Feb 28, 2024 |
What to know about modified College Football Playoff and what's coming next
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Feb 21, 2024 |
Ranking SEC quarterbacks: Carson Beck is No. 1, but who's next? Good question. Let's debate
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Feb 14, 2024 |
What we'd like (and dislike) about an SEC, Big Ten exclusive playoff
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Feb 07, 2024 |
Ranking SEC coaches: Kirby Smart is No. 1, but who is No. 2 after Nick Saban retirement?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
Who can threaten Georgia in 2024 SEC? Texas to Tennessee, with Lane Kiffin in between
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Jan 24, 2024 |
Fact or fiction: Nick Saban will be an asset, not a hindrance, to Kalen DeBoer at Alabama?
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Jan 17, 2024 |
Alabama football search: We consider 9 names to be Tide coach, as Nick Saban retires
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Jan 11, 2024 |
Imagining if Michigan had played Georgia or a healthy FSU in national championship
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Jan 10, 2024 |
Would a Michigan national championship be illegitimate? Wolverines avoided Georgia
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Jan 05, 2024 |
Why Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss football are making us rethink national signing day
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Dec 20, 2023 |
Our 8 Heisman Trophy favorites for 2024, from Alabama's Jalen Milroe to Ole Miss' Jaxson Dart
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Dec 13, 2023 |
CFP didn't choose 'four best' teams. Where's Georgia? Committee flubbed that, too
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Dec 05, 2023 |
Here's how Alabama makes College Football Playoff – it's not just beating Georgia
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Nov 28, 2023 |
Firings to flops in SEC football, here's a one-sentence summary of each team's season
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Nov 21, 2023 |
Lane Kiffin, Dan Lanning, or ... Jim Harbaugh?! for Texas A&M football? Let's debate it.
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Nov 14, 2023 |
Fact or fiction?: At least two struggling SEC football coaches will be fired
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Nov 07, 2023 |
Georgia football, Florida State ... or Washington? Here's who we'd rank No. 1 in CFP
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Oct 31, 2023 |
Hot seat analysis: Who's more at risk to be fired, Arkansas' Sam Pittman or Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher?
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Oct 24, 2023 |
Expecting a sequel of Tennessee football vs. Alabama? Don’t. Here’s why.
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Oct 17, 2023 |
Issuing midseason SEC football awards, from LSU's Jayden Daniels to Missouri's Eliah Drinkwitz
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Oct 09, 2023 |
Why we wouldn't rank Georgia football No. 1. Here's who we'd anoint instead
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Oct 03, 2023 |
Here's how we rank Alabama, LSU, Texas A&M chances to win SEC West
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Sep 26, 2023 |
Time to panic? Ranking our level of concern for Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee
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Sep 19, 2023 |
What would quarterback change mean for Alabama football; can the SEC West be salvaged?
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Sep 12, 2023 |