South Carolina’s football team will likely find itself at the edges of more than a few preseason top-25s before kickoff in 2018.
Just days before practice starts, the Gamecocks found themselves ranked by one outlet.
The Sporting News put USC at No. 22 in its preseason rankings. The Gamecocks were included in those rankings at the end of the 2017 season, but one spot lower.
“Florida and Tennessee are breaking in first-year coaches, so this is a unique opportunity for Will Muschamp to lead the Gamecocks to a breakthrough in the SEC East,” Sporting News’ Bill Bender wrote.