SEC Power Poll, Week 8

So what did we learn this week? The same damned thing we learn every week – that LSU and Alabama are head and shoulders above the rest of the conference. If anything, the gap between those two and everyone else is growing.

1. LSU (8-0, 5-0).  The Auburn game was the football equivalent of a scratch golfer giving a duffer fifteen strokes and then wiping the guy off the course.
2. Alabama (8-0, 5-0).  First half ties are so overrated.
3. Arkansas (6-1, 2-1).  We probably shouldn’t make too much out of the Hogs struggling with Ole Miss… on the second thought, yeah, we should.
4. Georgia (5-2, 4-1).  The essence of a default pick:  the Dawgs have all their players back and they haven’t lost to Auburn, so here they are.
5. South Carolina (6-1, 4-1).  Relax, guys.  Georgia’s in Jacksonville this week.
6. Auburn (5-3, 3-2).  Auburn’s been outscored by 38 in conference play now.  The Tigers don’t have a dependable quarterback and the good ship USS Ted Roof is leaking like a sieve.
7. Florida (4-3, 2-3).  How y’all liking your October so far, Gators?
8. Vanderbilt (4-3, 1-3).  Kicked Army’s ass.  Not literally, of course.
9. Mississippi State (3-4, 0-4).  Why not ninth?
10. Tennessee (3-4, 0-4).  Not only held scoreless in the second half by ‘Bama, the Vols didn’t gain a single first down.  November can’t get here soon enough for Miz Dooley’s son.
11. Ole Miss (2-5, 0-4).  Went from one good drive against Alabama to one good half against Arkansas.
12. Kentucky (3-4, 0-3).  Judging from the number of empty seats at homecoming, Wildcat Nation is ready for basketball season to start.