It’s wide open. The title of “best SEC offense in 2024” was a bit of a mess.
If you just looked at the raw numbers, Ole Miss technically won that title at 38.6 points per game. If you just looked at conference play, Texas A&M had the SEC’s best offense at 29.4 points per conference game. If you took away the non-offensive scores, which you always should, the SEC team that scored the most points in conference play at 28.1 points/conference game was … Alabama? Yeah. It was a weird year for SEC offenses.
Maybe we’re in for another weird year. That’s certainly on the table.
What I care about most is how a unit performs in conference play. To me, that matters more than anything else. I don’t like how much a 63-point showing vs. Furman can skew those numbers. So to me, that’s how I would determine who holds that title at season’s end.
I also value play-caller/QB1 continuity. History tells us that’s extremely beneficial, and it could be the case for the 7 SEC teams who have it this year, several of whom are on this list.
These are my top 5 SEC offenses for 2025:
5. Texas A&M
I’m a fan of Marcel Reed’s game, even though it isn’t a finished product. This projection could depend on his ability to attack downfield with some new weapons, including former freshman All-American KC Concepcion from NC State. The good news for Reed and that entire Texas A&M offense is that it’s Year 2 of the Collin Klein scheme, which again, yielded 29.4 points per game with a back-and-forth quarterback situation last year. There’s a lot to like with a group that should take another step.
A&M returns all 5 starters on the offensive line, and it’ll have one of the deepest backfields in the SEC if Le’Veon Moss can make a full return from the torn ACL that he suffered against South Carolina. That’s a huge “if,” but Amari Daniels filled in well, and getting Rueben Owens back late last season was a key development. The Aggies’ depth means they can afford to be conservative with Moss’s return.
In an ideal world, the Aggies will be a more explosive version of their 2020 offense. That unit thrived because of its stability on the offensive line, and it had a veteran mobile quarterback who made smart decisions in the passing game. The 2025 A&M offense following that script would give it late-season contention for an SEC Championship berth in Year 2 of the Mike Elko era.
4. Alabama
It’s a no-excuses unit. Period. When Kalen DeBoer reunited with Ryan Grubb this offseason, that completely changed expectations. At least it should’ve. It’s a quarterback room that lacks experience, but it has a pair of former 5-star recruits and Austin Mack, who is entering Year 3 with DeBoer. On top of that, it has the best receiver in the SEC in Ryan Williams, as well as veterans Germie Bernard and Miami transfer Isaiah Horton. I’m not necessarily sold on Jam Miller leading the ground game to dominance with that offensive line — Tyler Booker could be one of the toughest players to replace in the sport — but it’s still a no-excuses offense.
Remember that, as frustrating as the 2024 Alabama offense was, it still averaged 28.1 points per conference game last year (if you take away the non-offensive scores). That was with Jalen Milroe struggling mightily as a passer in the latter half of the season. I’m not saying it’s guaranteed that Alabama’s passing game will follow a more natural progression, but Grubb’s presence will be pivotal there.
Putting up 35 points per game in SEC play — something that the Tide failed to do the last 2 years — is in play with Grubb at the controls.
3. Florida
This is entirely dependent on DJ Lagway’s shoulder being a non-story by the end of fall camp. If that issue still lingers, no, Florida won’t have a top-5 SEC offense. That needs to be stated. It also needs to be stated that if Lagway is right, look out.
Florida could have an All-American quarterback with an All-SEC running back (Jadan Baugh) operating behind a proven offensive line with 4 starters back. That in itself could fuel an elite offense, and that’s not assuming that stars will emerge in that wide receiver room. I’m bullish on the return of Tre Wilson, who had a lost 2024 season, and everyone is giddy about true freshman Dallas Wilson after he dominated the spring game. If those guys show that they can take over a game, this ranking could prove to be too low.
The Gators have a tricky schedule, but Texas is the only defense in the first half of that schedule that projects to be elite. That’s important because after Lagway couldn’t throw all spring, he could need a few games to develop a rapport with the Florida pass-catchers. As long as that doesn’t yield a 2-4 start that dooms the Billy Napier era, this should be the best Florida offense since 2020.
2. Texas
This is more about my faith in Steve Sarkisian than anything else. While I’m a believer in Arch Manning becoming one of the SEC’s best quarterbacks, this is all about the guy running the offense. Sarkisian has shown time and time again that he can lead an elite offense. Manning’s ability to make all the throws will elevate Texas’s ceiling.
That’s not to say that it’ll all be smooth sailing, especially with 4 new starters on that offensive line (I’m all in on Trevor Goosby becoming a star at left tackle). There could be moments in which Manning wishes he had someone as versatile as Matthew Golden, and he could struggle to find a safety valve as reliable as Gunnar Helm (keep an eye on Cal transfer Jack Endries). Still, though. The mobility of Manning will give Texas a high floor.
Let’s also not forget that while it’s mostly a new-look Texas offense, the Longhorns are the only SEC team that returns a 1,000-yard rusher, and it’ll also get CJ Baxter back from injury after he had 113 scrimmage yards in a Playoff game as a true freshman in 2023. That group can do the heavy lifting if needed. The Longhorns will benefit from plenty of short fields from that top-tier defense, too.
Add it all up and it’d be a surprise if Texas didn’t have 1 of the 10 highest-scoring offenses in America.
1. LSU
Once upon a time, the idea of LSU having the best offense in the SEC was unthinkable. Then Joe Burrow and Jayden Daniels showed up, became generational players in Year 2 as starters and the rest is history. I’m not saying that Nussmeier will follow exactly in their footsteps in Year 2 as a starter, but I am saying that I expect him to lead a top-5 offense in America. Why?
Nussmeier will benefit from play-caller continuity, and with that group of receivers, I fully expect him to pick apart SEC defenses. It’s not just that LSU returns one of the most underrated receivers in America in speedy slot target Aaron Anderson. The transfer portal additions of Nic Anderson and Barion Brown will be incredibly important because both of those guys have already shown that they can take over games at this level. Nussmeier could still need games like that if Blake Baker’s defense doesn’t turn into a world-beater unit.
There’ll be a lot of time spent discussing the replacement of Will Campbell and Emery Jones Jr. as anchors of that offensive line, and understandably so with Nussmeier’s limited mobility as a scrambler. But with what that group showed in the bowl game, I’m optimistic that it can get the job done and allow LSU to have balance, especially with a talented backfield led by sophomore Caden Durham. That unit will benefit from light boxes and establish more consistency than LSU has had in the running back room during the Brian Kelly era.
If LSU’s offense isn’t the driving force behind the Tigers’ first Playoff berth of the 2020s, it’ll be a massive letdown.
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