The South Carolina Gamecocks will enter the 2025 college football season ranked No. 13 in the AP Top 25 Preseason poll, marking another sign of national respect for head coach Shane Beamer and the program. But that respect comes with a bit of reality, the path to a potential College Football Playoff spot runs through one of the toughest gauntlet of games in the country. According to Brett McMurphy of Rivals, South Carolina is tied with Oklahoma for the most consecutive games against preseason AP Top 25 opponents, all of which are conference games.
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