South Carolina coach Shane Beamer told Paul Finebaum a SEC title is “absolutely attainable” during SEC Media Days.

“LaNorris Sellers is the best player in the country, and all you media people that vote on the Heisman,” Beamer said after his young quarterback led Carolina over Clemson, “if you’re not voting for that guy in the mix of the Heisman Trophy, you’re out of your minds.”

We're ranking the SEC position by position, assigning points for each team — 16 points for first place through one point for 16th. Totals will be updated with each installment, giving a sense of which teams will contend for the SEC title and one of the 12 College Football Playoff spots.

There has also been talk of expanding the SEC’s schedule from eight games to nine for 2026. Beamer said that with South Carolina’s annual rivalry game with Clemson, the Gamecocks in effect already play nine “conference-level” games per year.

The matchup against South Carolina was Arnold's second appearance in an SEC game. He appeared in four games during his freshman season when Oklahoma was a member of the Big 12 and had appeared in just one SEC game during 2024, a game against Tennessee in which he was ultimately benched.

South Carolina coach doesn’t mind if SEC moves from eight to nine conference football games per year but pointed out the Gamecocks also have to play Clemson

As the Gamecocks miss key pieces on their offense from last season, the SEC Now crew explains what South Carolina has to do in the passing and running game to help supplement the losses.

LaNorris Sellers is one of the better quarterbacks in the nation, and he has South Carolina poised to potentially make some noise in the SEC and the country this year. Should the Gamecocks put together a really good year, there's certainly a chance they make the College Football Playoff.