POWER RANKINGS

Breaking down the SEC

1. Alabama (4-0):

Nick Saban wants your complaints so he can share them with his team. Do not gripe about campus parking.

2. Georgia (4-0):

The Bulldogs continue to follow Alabama around. In the old days, you’d give them a quarter to go to a movie.

3. LSU (4-0):

The team that could wreck the SEC’s playoff dreams, hosting Georgia and Alabama, needs to concentrate on Ole Miss.

4. Auburn (3-1):

Two players left Auburn during the week. The Tigers should have played Arkansas with nine guys, just to be fair.

5. Kentucky (4-0):

Water cooler chatter in Lexington today: “We made the football poll!” “Wait, there’s a football poll?”

6. Texas A&M (2-2):

The Aggies have two big moral victories, but won’t have that option playing Arkansas at a neutral site.

7. Mississippi State (3-1):

It’s Homecoming – that’s Dan Mullen homecoming, to be specific – in Starkville this week.

8. Florida (3-1):

We will see how Dan Mullen likes those cowbells NOW!

9. South Carolina (2-1):

After roughing up Vandy, the Gamecocks have some momentum. That usually doesn’t last.

10. Missouri (3-1):

The Tigers had a shot against Georgia but kept hitting themselves instead. Back into the East mosh pit.

11. Ole Miss (3-1):

Moved up one spot for D.K. Metcalf’s ridiculous catch against Kent State. Rebels will need more against LSU.

12. Vanderbilt (2-2):

Bless Vandy, but it is starting to look like another year without a bowl and with a growing irrelevance.

13. Tennessee (2-2):

The UT offense doesn’t seem to have a single playmaker and Guarantano can only hold up for so long.

14. Arkansas (1-3):

Even with Auburn missing on about three cylinders, the Razorback tricycle couldn’t go fast enough to compete.