El Dorado News-Times

POWER RANKINGS

- — Cecil Hurt

1. Alabama (6-0): I truly believe we are a week away from the “But Alabama hasn’t been tested...” hot takes from some of the national pundits.

2. Texas A&M (6-1): Praying for College Football Playoff chaos in College Station these days. There’s a chance if games keep disappeari­ng.

3. Florida (7-1): Still No. 3 in the Power Rankings because of its loss to Texas A&M, but Florida knows that destiny is in its hands, or jaws, or claws ... or whatever Gators have.

4. Georgia (6-2): Getting the offense going when it no longer helps you win a title has to sting a little differentl­y, but it still stings.

5. Auburn (5-3): Auburn has to regroup after an Alabama loss, so the Tigers are one of several teams whose motivation will be a question mark.

6. Ole Miss (4-4): 2020 has had about as many bright spots as the bottom of a well, but Lane Kiffin’s return to the SEC has been one.

7. Missouri (4-3): The Tigers have a surprising­ly good shot at a winning season as Eli Drinkwitz did show us something this year.

8. LSU (3-4): It will be interestin­g to see if LSU has anything left, or if the last crawdad has already crawled off the plate.

9. Arkansas (3-5): If Sam Pittman is really going to be the SEC Coach of the Year, he probably needs another win . And Alabama is the last game on the schedule, so it may be Mizzou or bust.

10. Kentucky (3-6): Clearly a team with no depth left, but even a decent start might be enough against South Carolina.

11. Mississipp­i State (2-6): Will Rogers, like J.T. Daniels at Georgia, has come of nowhere and been very impressive, even in two tough losses.

12. Tennessee (2-5): Could the state of Tennessee see the rare double coaching vacancy that Mississipp­i had last year?

13. South Carolina (2-7): There is no way to know if South Carolina can beat Kentucky, but we can all get behind the fact that the miserable season ends Saturday.

14. Vanderbilt (0-8): Everyone tuned in to watch the history-making Sarah Fuller, but not even being able to get into field-goal range against Missouri was probably the last thing Derek Mason needed everyone to see.

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