Georgia low, Florida even lower in Phil Steele’s preseason CFB top-25

Phil Steele has released his annual preseason college football top-25, and this year he is not terribly high on Georgia.

Steele has the Dawgs sitting at No. 7 in America, by no means a bad a ranking. It’s just not necessarily where DawgNation would like to see their guys start the season — Most outlets have placed the Bulldogs anywhere from 4-6.

In these rankings, Steele has Georgia as the fourth best team in the SEC. Conference teams ranked ahead of the Bulldogs include Alabama, LSU and, surprisingly, Texas A&M.

You’ll have to scroll allll the way down to No. 13 to find the Florida Gators, a team that is receiving a ton of preseason hype by practically every analyst other than Steele.

Georgia returns 8 defenders from last year’s No. 1 ranked defense, added two elite quarterbacks, signed the nation’s No. 1 ranked recruiting class and got an upgrade at offensive coordinator.

We’ll see.

Here’s Steele’s full rankings:

1. Ohio State
2. Clemson
3. Alabama
4. Oklahoma
5. Texas A&M
6. LSU
7. Georgia
8. Notre Dame
9. Oregon
10. Penn State
11. USC
12. Texas
13. Florida
14. Wisconsin
15. Michigan
16. North Carolina
17. Miami
18. Virginia Tech
19. Auburn
20. Tennessee
21. Kentucky
22. UCF
23. Iowa
24. Oklahoma State
25. Memphis