<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.dawgnation.com/football/on-the-beat/georgia-football-championship-favorite-once-again-2026/TSOZHX7SHJBD7FLK3FJCVFXLWI/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-04T15:31:00.235Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>DawgNation</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-07-04T15:31:00.235Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Why battle-tested Georgia is among favorites to win CFP championship]]></news:title><news:keywords><![CDATA[georgia uga georgia football kirby smart]]></news:keywords></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.dawgnation.com/resizer/v2/NANX7ONKSFB7FGHAWPVNPH7Y5U.jpg?auth=7da943385a5c451cbaa9f7070c9ab1bfef29a329d71a459ae0a9223b8d547183&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5160&amp;height=3515</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Georgia defensive back Kj Bolden (4) and Georgia defensive back Daylen Everette (6) celebrate during the first half in an NCAA football game, Saturday, November 1, 2025, Jacksonville, Fla. Bolden comes back to anchor a deep and talented secondary (Hyosub Shin / AJC)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.dawgnation.com/football/on-the-beat/mark-richt-produced-nfl-georgia-stars-since-2006-outnumber-kirby-smarts/L6THW6G7KRC7XE7SXRQICWXWCM/</loc><lastmod>2026-07-03T22:28:10.426Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>DawgNation</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-07-03T22:28:10.426Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Comparing Mark Richt’s NFL Georgia stars since 2006 to Kirby Smart’s ]]></news:title><news:keywords><![CDATA[georgia uga georgia football kirby smart]]></news:keywords></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.dawgnation.com/resizer/v2/3HGBNTBS37THOAWHXXILJHDY5M.jpg?auth=03238a77de3f60274c452e7f0bc480c843d86d79ed2dc54ecdf414c971323956&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2000&amp;height=1382</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[090107 Athens, GA:  Georgia head coach Mark Richt, middle and Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno , right, look on as quarterback Matthew Stafford announces that he will leave UGA early and enter the NFL draft.  They announced their decisions at a 3 p.m. Stafford and Moreno both announced they would leave school early for the NFL during press conference in Athens January 7, 2009.   Brant Sanderlin / bsanderlin@ajc.com]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>