No. 5 Georgia and No. 10 Texas battle to protect their postseason hopes in SEC showdown
A rematch of last season’s Southeastern Conference championship game finds No. 5 Georgia and No. 10 Texas battling to protect their postseason hopes on Saturday night
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A rematch of last season’s Southeastern Conference championship game finds No. 5 Georgia and No. 10 Texas battling to protect their postseason hopes Saturday night.
Texas (7-2, 4-1 SEC) took a four-game winning streak into the game. Georgia (8-1, 6-1) has won five straight games since its only loss, a 22-19 overtime decision at home against Alabama on Sept. 27, That loss ended Georgia's 33-game home winning streak, which was the longest active streak in FBS.
Gunner Stockton came off the bench to lead the Bulldogs to a 22-19 overtime win over Texas in last year’s SEC championship game in Atlanta.
Stockton threw three touchdown passes in last week’s win over Mississippi State. He has gained momentum as a dual-threat player in his first season as Georgia’s starter after playing behind Carson Beck in 2024. Beck transferred to Miami following last season.
Stockton passed for nine touchdowns the last three weeks.
Texas quarterback Arch Manning, who was recruited by Georgia coach Kirby Smart, claimed his first SEC offensive player of the week honor after Texas’s win over Vanderbilt. He has passed for 674 yards with six touchdowns and one interception over the past two games.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO
personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who
make comments. Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,
racist or sexually-oriented language. Don't threaten. Threats of harming another
person will not be tolerated. Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone
or anything. Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on
each comment to let us know of abusive posts. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. Anyone violating these rules will be issued a
warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be
revoked.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.