ESPN highlights a pair of ‘must-see’ Georgia video games this 12 months

Georgia’s 2026 soccer schedule is plagued by high quality opponents that arrange engaging matchups all 12 months lengthy. There are, nonetheless, a pair of video games specifically that ESPN billed as “must-see.”

ESPN’s Bill Connelly broke down every of the Power 4’s most highly anticipated games, utilizing standards that options “the highest combined SP+ ratings for both teams, and a projected scoring margin under eight points.”

Among the 5 SEC video games listed, two have been Georgia highway video games this season towards Alabama and Ole Miss. The different matchups picked have been Texas A&M at LSU, Texas at LSU and Texas A&M internet hosting Texas on the finish of the season.

This would be the second time in three seasons Georgia hits the highway for video games at Alabama and Ole Miss. Georgia misplaced to each of these faculties in 2024 and 2025.

Georgia will make the journey to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, t on Oct. 10, looking for its first win at Bryant-Denny Stadium since 2007. It appears each time these two SEC juggernauts collide, an immediate basic is sure to occur, which Connelly hopes comes true once more this 12 months.

“We can only pray that this one’s as good as the last Bama-Georgia game in Tuscaloosa,” Connelly mentioned.

The Crimson Tide and Bulldogs cut up final season’s conferences. Alabama gained in Athens, earlier than Georgia returned the favor with a 28-7 SEC championship victory.

To cap a difficult mid-October to early November stretch, Georgia will face Ole Miss for the fourth time in three years on Nov. 7. The Bulldogs are 1-2 towards the Rebels throughout that span and simply 2-3 since Smart’s first season in 2016. All three losses have been away from Athens.

The groups cut up two memorable conferences in 2025, with Georgia claiming a 43-35 regular-season victory earlier than Ole Miss responded with a 39-34 win within the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.

“These teams played twice last season. The first game decided who would make the SEC title matchup. The second decided a spot in the CFP semifinals,” Connelly mentioned. “And hey, for the moment at least, Ole Miss’ Pete Golding is unbeaten all time against Georgia’s Kirby Smart.”

The Bulldogs hope to get their first win in Oxford, Mississippi since 2011.

According to DraftKings, Georgia is at present a slight favourite in each conferences: (-3) vs. Alabama and (-4.5) vs. Ole Miss.

Other notable video games for Georgia this season embody residence video games towards Oklahoma (Sept. 26), Auburn (Oct. 17) and a neutral-site contest vs. Florida (Oct. 31).

But earlier than all of that, Georgia will start its 2026 marketing campaign on Sept. 5 versus Tennessee State at 3 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.