SEC football is back. Week 1’s appetizing slate of matchups should provide several answers to sizzling offseason questions. In the first year of the expanded College Football Playoff, this league will produce numerous contenders in the national championship conversation along with a couple talented teams playing the spoiler role down the stretch.
But first, season openers give a chance to see what these coaching staffs have, from picking the right lineups and schemes to getting transfer portal players, signing class newcomers and veterans to gel quickly. Rarely does everything come together your first time out and teams often look very different a few games into the new season than they do in Week 1.
The SEC will be featured in four games during opening weekend against nationally-ranked competition, including first-year coach Mike Elko’s debut at Texas A&M and two of college football’s three active coaches with national titles duking it out in Atlanta Aug. 31 when Kirby Smart meets Dabo Swinney.
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Here are 10 questions that need answers during the start of SEC football this season later this month: