# SEC Morning Report: Alabama Lands Top-30 Guard Chase Lumpkin as Week 2 Arrives **Published:** 2026-09-10 — **By:** Stacy Stanfield **Category:** daily-roundup — **Type:** daily-roundup **Source:** https://secscouts.com/news/alabama-lands-top-30-guard-chase-lumpkin-week-2 **Teams:** [Alabama](https://secscouts.com/alabama/), [LSU](https://secscouts.com/lsu/) --- ## LEAD STORY: Alabama Basketball Opens 2027 Class With Top-30 Guard Chase Lumpkin Alabama has its first piece of the 2027 recruiting class, and it is a significant one. Chase Lumpkin, ranked as the No. 28 player in the 2027 class, committed to the Crimson Tide on Wednesday, announcing his decision to ESPN. Lumpkin is rated among the top guards in the country, giving Alabama a backcourt cornerstone to build around as the rest of the cycle takes shape. The timing matters. Landing a top-30 prospect this early in a cycle gives Alabama a recruiting anchor — a name other 2027 targets can be sold on, and a clear signal about the kind of perimeter talent the Tide intend to keep stacking in Tuscaloosa. Alabama has spent recent cycles competing at the top of the national board for guard play, and Lumpkin's pledge keeps that pipeline intact. For a conference that has turned into the deepest basketball league in the country, the commitment is another data point in the SEC's favor. Top-30 guards have options everywhere; this one chose the SEC, and he chose it before his senior season tipped off. ## QUICK HITS - **No. 23 Missouri gets its left tackle back for the Border War.** The Tigers climbed two spots in both the AP Top 25 and the Coaches Poll to No. 23 after a 54-14 season-opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Starting left tackle Cayden Green, who missed the opener, has returned to practice and is expected to play Friday night at Kansas, per On3's Pete Nakos. Jack Lange and Whit Hafer filled in against UAPB. On the Kansas side, starting linebacker Daveon "Bam" Crouch is doubtful with a shoulder injury sustained in the opener against LIU, and wide receiver Cam Pickett (leg) is a game-time decision, according to Pete Thamel. - **No. 10 Florida volleyball sweeps Miami.** The Gators handled their in-state rival 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-22) in front of 3,032 at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center on Wednesday night, delivering the SEC its eighth win of the "Showdown at the Net" ACC/SEC Challenge. - **No. 9 Texas volleyball falls in five to No. 8 SMU.** Torrey Stafford and Cari Spears each hammered 18 kills for the Longhorns in a five-set loss, a matchup that went the distance between two top-10 sides. - **Longhorns tie for second at the Folds of Honor Collegiate.** No. 12 Texas men's golf finished T-2, paced by Bennett's runner-up individual showing at 9-under. LSU's Victorian Kristensen placed third individually in his first collegiate tournament for the Tigers. - **Missouri volleyball steals a set from No. 5 Louisville.** The Tigers dropped the match 3-1 but took a set off a top-five opponent, and Missouri gymnastics added its third 2027 commitment in three-star Seiko Mallon, a two-time DP Nationals qualifier who won beam (9.700) and placed third on floor (9.650) at the Region 7 Championships in April and swept beam (9.525) and floor (9.600) at the Pennsylvania Level 9/10 State Championships in March. She also took official visits to Pitt on May 28 and West Virginia on June 21 before choosing Missouri. ## PORTAL WATCH Quiet. There is no new transfer portal activity to report across the SEC this morning. That is the expected rhythm in early September — rosters are locked in, and portal movement won't pick back up until the windows reopen. ## RECRUITING BUZZ Lumpkin's commitment to Alabama is the headline, and it is the only football-or-basketball pledge on the board today. On the Olympic sports side, Missouri gymnastics continued to build its 2027 class with Mallon, the program's third commitment in the cycle and a recruit whose 9.95 career-high on beam gives the Tigers a legitimate event specialist to develop. Florida gymnastics, meanwhile, released its 2027 schedule, with tickets now available for a season that will again run through one of the toughest slates in the sport. ## GAMES TO WATCH No games are scheduled for Thursday, but the SEC's Week 2 slate opens Friday night with the renewed Border War: Missouri at Kansas, 7:00 p.m. CT on FOX with Tim Brando on the call. The rivalry now carries a new layer — SEC versus Big 12 — and both teams are dealing with availability questions on the edges of their depth charts. Saturday brings the conference's first real measuring sticks. Alabama travels to Kentucky for a road test in Lexington. Arkansas heads west to face No. 20 Utah. Tennessee visits Georgia Tech for a night game at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Oklahoma goes to Ann Arbor to face Michigan. And the marquee game of the weekend lands in Austin, where top-five Ohio State and Texas meet for the third consecutive season. Georgia hosts 0-1 Western Kentucky in an early kick before SEC play begins next week. On the pitch, Georgia (3-2-2, 0-0-0 SEC) opens conference play at home against No. 2 Vanderbilt (7-0-0, 0-0-0 SEC) — a stiff welcome to the SEC schedule for the Bulldogs. --- *Original article: [SEC Morning Report: Alabama Lands Top-30 Guard Chase Lumpkin as Week 2 Arrives](https://secscouts.com/news/alabama-lands-top-30-guard-chase-lumpkin-week-2) — SEC Scouts*