This year, they’re gonna have to kind of bring their own juice, because everyone’s telling them how great they are.”

It has never been done before, but impossibilities rarely enter Shane Beamer's vocabulary. Whatever coach-speak directions South Carolina's head coach planned for SEC Media Days went out the window Monday when Paul Finebaum interrupted a pre-podium discussion and asked if winning a conference championship was "doable" with the Gamecocks.

The South Carolina Gamecocks have learned their projected ranking for their conference following SEC Media Days.

Landon Duckworth gave South Carolina’s 2026 recruiting class a big boost of momentum with his Friday night commitment. According to the 247Sports’ Composite rating, a metric that factors in all network rankings, Duckworth is one of the top high school quarterbacks to choose the Gamecocks in recent memory.

South Carolina surged in 2024, and with legit star power, the Gamecocks are a threat to storm into the College Football Playoff in 2025.

Auburn quarterback Jackson Arnold said facing South Carolina's defensive line was his 'welcome to the SEC' moment.

There has also been talk of expanding the SEC’s schedule from eight games to nine for 2026. Beamer said that with South Carolina’s annual rivalry game with Clemson, the Gamecocks in effect already play nine “conference-level” games per year.

South Carolina won six of the eight titles contested over the previous four seasons, falling one game back of the 2021 regular-season crown and losing in the final seconds of the 2022 SEC ...

South Carolina's defense was one of the few surprises around the Southeastern Conference in 2024, to everyone expect those in Columbia. Question for 2025 center

The recognition comes as South Carolina prepares for what could be a breakout season under head coach Shane Beamer.