Tuesday is bringing Georgia fans plenty to chew on, and the biggest item on the menu is still that win over Florida. The Bulldogs have now moved through two-thirds of their regular season slate, two-thirds of their SEC games, and two-thirds of the traditional rivals on the schedule, with Georgia Tech still waiting a few weeks down the road.
The defense that shut down the previously fourth-ranked SEC offense drew plenty of attention, including from Birmingham. Chris Cole was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week, while Gabe Harris earned SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week.
Tonight’s first College Football Playoff rankings will add another layer. ESPN is set to unveil them at 7:00 pm ET, and Georgia could land at No. 2, matching its spot in the AP poll behind Miami.
The bigger suspense, though, sits with the teams clustered behind the top spot. Two-loss Ohio State enters with questions after losing injured QB Julian Sayin, while Wake Forest’s only defeat came against the No.
1 Hurricanes, though its quarterback left Saturday’s game early. Utah is unbeaten and rolling, UCLA is also undefeated but has faced a fairly weak schedule, and Kentucky has some of that new car smell.
There’s also the committee’s read on Indiana, which has a narrow loss to Ohio State but has also been surviving week to week by the skin of its teeth thanks to Cignetti’s deal with the devil. Notre Dame fell to BYU but has otherwise looked strong against lesser opponents, and BYU itself is sitting with one loss. For purely personal entertainment, the hope is to see BYU ranked ahead of the Whinin’ Irish.
Kirby Smart’s weekly Monday press conference offered a little more substance than usual, especially on tampering, in-season roster management, SEC scheduling and how night games in Athens compare to road trips, plus player motivation in the NIL era. There wasn’t anything that sounded ready for national scrutiny, unlike his post-WLCOP remarks about injuries, but it did leave some room to wonder how much more he might say in a private setting.
On injuries, Smart was direct when asked about Dwight Phllips: “Fine. Probably more tired than hurt.”
Asked about Ellis Robinson, he said, “He looks good. Hopefully he’ll be good to go.
We’ll find out more today.” That’s a fairly encouraging update, and more than a little verbose by Kirby standards.
There was also no mention of telling the media to wait until the availability report.
Basketball has arrived, whether anyone wants to acknowledge it before February or not. Mike White is entering his fourth season in Athens, and he has already won more games in his first three years than any previous Georgia coach. The men opened with a 78-62 win over NC Central, not exactly a masterpiece, but 6-for-26 shooting from three-point range kept the Eagles closer than they should have been.
The women got their season started Monday afternoon as well, opening the 2026-27 campaign in the first game of a doubleheader at the Steg. Georgia handled West Georgia 92-53 on its home court.
So that’s the Tuesday setup: football rankings on the way, injury updates in hand, and both basketball teams already on the board as the calendar pushes toward the middle of the week and the back half of the regular season.
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Kirby Smart Just Framed Georgias Biggest Ole Miss Problem
Kirby Smart spent part of the buildup to Georgias Week 10 matchup zeroing in on the player who can make Ole Miss go: quarterback Trinidad Chambliss. Smart pointed to Chamblisss decision-making, accuracy and athleticism as the traits that make him such a difficult prep for a defense, which is usually the kind of compliment that doubles as a warning. With kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC, the Bulldogs know this one is going to demand discipline from the first snap.
For Georgia, the challenge is not just accounting for a quarterback who can hurt a defense in more than one way, but doing it against an Ole Miss offense built to stress opponents quickly. Smarts comments framed the matchup in plain terms: if Chambliss is comfortable and on time, the Rebels become a much tougher problem to solve. That is the tension hanging over this game now, and it is the one Georgia has to answer before the night gets away from it. [Read more 🡒]
Mike White Sounds Early Alarm After Georgias Sloppy Opener
Georgia opened the 2026-27 season with a 78-62 win over North Carolina Central, but the mood afterward sounded more like a team that had escaped than one that had settled in. Mike White, along with Blue Cain and Kanon Catchings, pointed to the same early issues: shaky defense at times, too many turnovers and a general lack of cohesion that made the victory feel less clean than the final score suggested.
The Bulldogs did force 19 turnovers, which gave them a clear edge, but the offensive rhythm never fully clicked and the shooting from beyond the arc was especially uneven. With Presbyterian up next, Georgia already has a short window to sharpen the details and look more like the team White expects than the one that showed up in the opener. [Read more 🡒]
Georgia Faces One Ole Miss Problem That Could Decide Everything
The Georgia Bulldogs head to Ole Miss in November with one matchup already looming over the trip, and it starts at quarterback. Trinidad Chambliss gave Georgia trouble last season, and he has only become more central to the Rebels offense since then, bringing both passing production and a rushing threat that makes Ole Miss difficult to defend in a straight line.
Ole Miss has also been one of the more efficient offenses in the country across several categories, which raises the stakes for Georgias defense on the road. If the Bulldogs are going to leave Oxford with the result they want, they will have to deal with a quarterback who can extend plays, create on the ground and keep the Rebels on schedule in ways that can tilt an entire game. [Read more 🡒]