These Media Predictions Will Make Florida Gators Fans Furious

These Media Predictions Will Make Florida Gators Fans Furious originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

As the 2025 SEC Media Days came to a close, the fourth estate took one more opportunity to fade the Gators -- and snub superstar QB DJ Lagway.

"That's how you're gonna beat 'em, Butch. They keep underestimating you."

Fans of the three-time national champion Florida Gatorsfootball program would do well to heed the words of Butch Coolidge -- Bruce Willis's scheming pugilist from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction -- after reading the final headlines to emerge from SEC Media Days this week in Atlanta.

As is tradition, media members in attendance conclude the interview car wash by casting votes in a variety of categories, prognosticating everything from the upcoming season's conference champion to its All-SEC teams.

Suffice it to say that Gator Nation is not gonna be happy about a few of the details.

You won't believe one of the programs that was picked to finish ahead of Florida.

You'll bang your head against the wall when you see which three quarterbacks got more love than DJ Lagway, WHO IS PERFECT AND HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

And don't get me started about how the First Team All-SEC defense turned out.

No more filibustering, pop a lorazepam and try to get through what you're about to see without blowing every last one of your gaskets.

SEC Media Days 2025: Final Preseason Media Polls

2025 SEC CHAMPION

2025 ORDER OF FINISH

Preseason All-SEC Teams

FIRST TEAM

Offense

• QB LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
• RB Trey Wisner, Texas
• RB Le'Veon Moss, Texas A&M  
• WR Ryan Williams, Alabama    
• WR Cam Coleman, Auburn
• TE Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt
• OL Kadyn Proctor, Alabama
• OL Cayden Green, Missouri
• OL D.J. Campbell, Texas
• OL Austin Barber, Florida
• C Jake Slaughter, Florida  

Defense

• DL Keldric Faulk, Auburn    
• DL Dylan Stewart, South Carolina    
• DL Colin Simmons, Texas  
• DL Christian Miller, Georgia 
• LB Anthony Hill Jr., Texas       
• LB Whit Weeks, LSU  
• LB C.J. Allen, Georgia 
• DB K.J. Bolden, Georgia   
• DB Michael Taaffe, Texas    
• DB Daylen Everette, Georgia    
• DB Jermod McCoy, Tennessee     

Specialists

• P Brett Thorson, Georgia  
• PK Peyton Woodring, Georgia   
• LS Beau Gardner, Georgia 
• KS Peyton Woodring, Georgia 
• RS Zachariah Branch, Georgia     
• AP Zachariah Branch, Georgia  

SECOND TEAM

Offense

• QB Garrett Nussmeier, LSU  
• RB Jaydn Ott, Oklahoma
• RB Caden Durham, LSU
• WR Aaron Anderson, LSU
• WR Ryan Wingo, Texas
• TE Oscar Delp, Georgia
• OL Ar'maj Reed-Adams, Texas A&M    
• OL Trey Zuhn III, Texas A&M    
• OL Jaeden Roberts, Alabama
• OL Fernando Carmona Jr., Arkansas
• C Parker Brailsford, Alabama

Defense

• DL Caleb Banks, Florida
• DL Tim Keenan III, Alabama   
• DL L.T. Overton, Alabama
• DL R Mason Thomas, Oklahoma
• LB Deontae Lawson, Alabama
• LB Harold Perkins, LSU    
• LB Suntarine Perkins, Ole Miss    
• DB Malik Muhammad, Texas    
• DB Domani Jackson, Alabama    
• DB Will Lee III, Texas A&M  
• DB Jalon Kilgore, South Carolina    

Specialists

• P Jack Bouwmeester, Texas
• PK Trey Smack, Florida (tie)
• PK Lucas Carneiro, Ole Miss (tie)
• LS Rocco Underwood, Florida
• KS Trey Smack, Florida
• RS Barion Brown, LSU    
• AP Zavion Thomas, LSU

Related: EA Sports College Football 26 Ratings: Florida Gators

THIRD TEAM

Offense

• QB Arch Manning, Texas 
• RB Nate Frazier, Georgia  
• RB Jam Miller, Alabama
• WR Eric Singleton Jr., Auburn
• WR Kevin Coleman Jr., Missouri
• TE Jack Endries, Texas 
• OL Earnest Greene III, Georgia 
• OL Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M
• OL Xavier Chaplin, Auburn
• OL Trevor Goosby, Texas
• C Connor Lew, Auburn   

Defense

• DL Tyreak Sapp, Florida
• DL Trey Moore, Texas
• DL Cam Ball, Arkansas
• DL Zxavian Harris, Ole Miss  
• LB Taurean York, Texas A&M   
• LB Arion Carter, Tennessee    
• LB Princewill Umanmielen, Ole Miss 
• DB Keon Sabb, Alabama  
• DB Boo Carter, Tennessee  
• DB Bray Hubbard, Alabama
• DB Isaac Smith, Mississippi State   

Specialists

• P Devin Bale, Arkansas (tie)
• P Aidan Laros, Kentucky (tie)
• PK Alex McPherson, Auburn  
• LS Ben Anderson, Oklahoma
• KS Will Stone, Texas
• RS Zavion Thomas, LSU    
• AP Eugene Wilson III, Florida (tie)
• AP Jadan Baugh, Florida (tie)

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 18, 2025, where it first appeared.