After another weekend of College football the top teams in the SEC remained on top. One thing for sure is the injuries are mounting up and are impacting the middle of the pack teams. Here are the SEC Power Rankings for this week.
#1 LSU: The Tigers continue to impress and now they set on top of the BCS rankings that were just released today. The balance that this team has at QB is shocking considering that last year both guys looked incapable of leading the team. The Defense continues to show their ability to create points for their team and the toughness of this team is apparent as they mounted up 114 yards in a row against UT without ever throwing a pass. They only get better as the game goes on.
#2 Alabama: The Tide put a smack down on Ole Mess. This team to me still looks like the team to have the advantage on Nov 5th simply because they are at home and really have no weakness. The only thing the Tide has struggled with this year is in the Kickoff portion of the game, but if your kicking off then probably something good has happened for you. UT did have some success running the ball on LSU as they are only the 2nd team this year to gain over 100 yards. However those yards came only between the tackles and this is where Bama is the strongest. This will be the biggest game in the SEC since Bama and Florida SEC Championship game 2008.
#3 Arkansas: Tyler Wilson is the best QB in the SEC. To bad for the Razorbacks they are not in the SEC East because they are the only team that can compete with Bama or LSU in the Georgia Dome. This team was fun to watch on Turf at Jerry’s World and I still think they have a chance of knocking off LSU if Bama doesn’t.
#4 UGA: The Bulldogs may not have LSU or Bama on their schedule but they are going to get to play one of the two in Atlanta. If I were a Bulldog fan I would be trying to by tickets now because nobody is going to finish ahead of UGA in the east. A tough Vandy team tested the Bulldogs Saturday night, but the ball bounced the right way for them. Looks like it is meant to be for Mark Richt to hold on to his title as the Dean of SEC coaches.
#5 Auburn: Now we get to the part were it is just a mess to rank each team. Auburn is not a very good football team right now, and that says something about the conference when they are ranked 5th. They have a tough RB in Dyer but their QB play is not very good. Gus Malzone is using all tricks to keep this team moving, but if they don’t improve at QB then they may be in the Music City Bowl instead of a Florida bowl.
#6 South Carolina: I know they beat Auburn and I think they will probably finish ahead of Auburn in our standings, but losing Stephen Garcia and Marcus Lattimore in a 4 day period is a tough blow on this team. Their defense is great and may be as good as Bama or LSU’s but what are they going to do on offense? Can Connor Shaw lead this team to victory without one of the best RBs in the nation? I just don’t think so at this time.
#7 Mississippi State: They are not very good but they did play SC tough. Dan Mullen is doing his best to keep this team going after losing several tough games that the Bulldogs were very competitive in.
#8 Florida: If they don’t get Brantley back soon they may not win another game. The injuries are piling up on the conferences youngest team and this team is snake bit right now. Even Sturgis their FG kicker is hurt. He is one of the most dependable kickers in the conference and Florida was forced to go on fourth down in the 3rd quarter when normally it would have been an automatic 3points.
#9 Vanderbilt: The Commodores had a chance late to beat UGA but a blocked punt would just not bounce the right way for them to scoop and score. They are playing with a chip on their shoulder and I look for them to be a pain in some teams side for the rest of the year.
#10 Tennessee: Just a bad football team right now. Florida and Tennessee are on similar paths right now. They both are extremely young and have injuries in areas where they just can’t afford to have injuries.
#11 Ole Miss
#12 Kentucky
Go Vols
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