Georgia's undefeated regular season in 2023 was spoiled with a slip at the finish line, falling to Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. A poll of experts who cover the league for the USA TODAY Sports Network is pegging the Bulldogs to make no such mistake this fall, sweeping the league's most coveted crowns.

If these predictions come to fruition, it would mark the second time in the last three seasons Georgia has won the SEC title. The Bulldogs were nearly a unanimous choice, with one writer opting for Texas instead.

The Crimson Tide, which has won eight of the last 12 SEC titles but is in its first season without Nick Saban, is projected to finish fourth.

Here is the predicted order of finish for the coming season by the USA TODAY Sports Network's panel of 13 experts:

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1. Georgia (12 first-place votes, 12 SEC Championship votes)

2. Texas (1 first-place vote, 1 SEC Championship vote)

3. Ole Miss

4. Alabama

5. Missouri

6. LSU

7. Tennessee

8. Oklahoma

9. Texas A&M

10. Kentucky

11. Auburn

12. Florida

13. South Carolina

14. Arkansas

15. Mississippi State

16. Vanderbilt

Poll participants: Ryan Aber, The Oklahoman; Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun; Ryan Black, Courier Journal; Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman; Corey Diaz, Daily Advertiser; David Eckert, Clarion Ledger; Jackson Fuller, Southwest Times Record; Charles Goodbread, Tuscaloosa News; Lulu Kesin, Greenville News; Callum McAndrew, Columbia Daily Tribune; Richard Silva, Montgomery Advertiser; Adam Sparks, Knoxville News Sentinel; Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald.

This article originally appeared on Fort Smith Times Record: USA TODAY Sports Network's 2024 SEC football order of finish predictions