Your annual preseason record prediction poll for 2026

[bigpig]

Be nice if we had a hog icon for threads instead of the generic ones.

Schedule if, like me, you're pretty checked out...

1. North Alabama
2. @ Utah
3. Georgia
4. Tulsa
5. @ Texas A&M
6. Tennessee
7. @ Vanderbilt
BYE
8. Missouri
9. @ Auburn
10. South Carolina
11. @ Texas
12. LSU

[animal]

I said 5 wins but I cannot find but 4 so we're definitely going bowling after 27 other teams turn down a invite.

[BleedinRed]

I see 11 possible wins.  Georgia will be tough.  We get past them and 12 is a real chance.

[Ray Zorback]

I see 11 possible wins.  Georgia will be tough.  We get past them and 12 is a real chance.

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[mde114]

3 wins maximum.
2 wins likely.

[Show-Me Hog]

I want to be optimistic. I even put 6-6.

But I went a Memphis game last year and saw them barely beat a really really shitty team that had no talent or heart or effort or identity. So I am not sold on Silverfield until he Shows Me.

[Hogfan58]

3 wins maximum.
2 wins likely.

This is the correct answer

[vegashog]

4 wins. auburn is in the same boat as us, new coach and high roster turnover. vandy is not projected to be very good.

[jdcatty]

Maybe the first time in my life I have ever predicted us to only win 4 games.

[Spiderham]

I'm optimistic...



I predicted 5-7. 

[buff2.0]

Hey hey
ho ho
it won't be no Cotton Bowl

3-9, best case.  We leave the season wondering what the fuck we've gotten into with this coach, but at the same time not really blaming him for a woeful lack of talent... and optimistic that next year we can maybe almost make the country think we're going to sniff a bowl game if enough other teams decline.

[animal]

Last I heard Utah isn't expected to be all that good but it's a road game. I think that's a high altitude road game at night...no fucking way we're winning that game. 

[Pig Benis]

I was optimistic and picked 4-8 but I expect 3-9.

[jdcatty]

Last I heard Utah isn't expected to be all that good but it's a road game. I think that's a high altitude road game at night...no fucking way we're winning that game.

I figure we lose that one. But we get a conference win somewhere along the line.

[buff2.0]

I figure we lose that one. But we get a conference win somewhere along the line.

Love having a Vanderbilt on the schedule

[DirkPiggler]

4-8.

Beat N. Alabama and Tulsa

Two wins from among:  Utah, Tennessee, Vandy, Missouri, Auburn, South Carolina. 

[BASS]

I said 5 wins but I cannot find but 4 so we're definitely going bowling after 27 other teams turn down a invite.

I did the same thing

[Barton Fink]

Lose more. Win less. We are who we are.

[Hognrock]

I'm in the 4-8 crowd. I can see 5 wins but it's a brand new team with a new coach/system.  We don't know what we have so hard to predict

Sure Wins:
N Alabama
Tulsa

Losses:
Georgia
A&M
Tennessee
Texas
LSU


Tossups.  I think we get at least 2 out of these:
@Utah (thought about putting this in the sure losses category)
@Vandy
Mizzou
@Auburn
South Carolina

[RPL]

I didn't know I was the board optimist, but I said 5-7.

North Alabama: Win.

@ Utah: Win. Hogs win and "We gonna win 'em all!" and "Bring on Georgia!" are heard from the bandwagon fans.

Georgia: Loss. Georgia humiliates the Hogs. At home. The bandwagon axle is broken. "Fire the coach!" is shouted from bandwagon wreckage.

Tulsa: Win. A surprisingly large crowd shows up. So do the Hogs.

@ Texas A&M: Loss. A&M look wobbly in their opening games. The Hogs are the cure-all for the Ags.
 
Tennessee: Loss. A decent crowd watches the Vols win in the last few minutes.

@ Vanderbilt: Win. Hogs eek out a win.

BYE

Missouri: Loss. Hogs dominate everywhere but the scoreboard.

@ Auburn: Loss. Auburn is bad but manages to win a game at home.

South Carolina: Win. The Cocks flop on the road.

Texas: Loss. Even a mediocre TexasS rolls.

LSU: Loss. Yeah, not gonna happen.

The Tennessee and Missouri games are pivotal.

And if the Hogs go 0-fer in the SEC, this post will disapper and I never said any of this.