Paul Finebaum predicts SEC team to win national championship

ESPN college football analyst Paul Finebaum predicts that the Georgia Bulldogs will win the national championship. Finebaum thinks that Georgia will navigate the expanded College Football Playoff and win its third national title in four seasons.

“I like Georgia, I am not as sold on Georgia as I was last year,” said Finebaum. “And the reason I am a little bit leery is Ohio State may have the best roster as we continue to say, but Georgia is still the pick to win it all.”

Head coach Kirby Smart and Georgia narrowly missed the 2023 playoff after losing in a three-point game to Alabama in the 2023 SEC championship game.

Finebaum and ESPN’s Heather Dinich both like Bulldogs to win a national championship despite facing a tough schedule . Georgia’s difficult 2024 slate features a trio of challenging road games at Alabama, Ole Miss and Texas .

ESPN’s Mike Greenberg went in another direction. He’s predicting that Ohio State will win the national championship.

Georgia has extremely high expectations in 2024. The Dawgs are predicted to win the SEC. Georgia is the preseason No. 1 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and in the AP Poll .