Georgia football 2022 schedule: Way-too-early ranking of Bulldogs’ opponents

ATHENS — Georgia football’s most challenging 2022 regular-season game might be its opener, just like last season, presuming teams hold to their somewhat current form.

The one-time-transfer rule and the lure of NIL deals have made for an active free-agent market, and there will be plenty of action still ahead.

But that shouldn’t change the general tone of the Bulldogs’ upcoming slate, which is trickier than it might seem at first glance.

There will be an offseason of angst leading up to a countdown for the showdown with Pac-12 favorite Oregon on Sept. 3 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

Coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs will have more talent than first-year head coach Dan Lanning does with the Ducks, and the game will be played in nearby Atlanta.

Oregon, however, proved last year at Ohio State that its Nike-funded program can indeed prove all its quacked up to be on the national stage, beating the Buckeyes 35-28.

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