SEC Power Poll, Week 7

The problem this week isn’t ranking a Mississippi school at the top.  It’s which Mississippi school to rank first.  Honestly, at this point, you can make valid arguments for each.  To me, it’s a dead heat.  So I’m going to flip-flop them in the top two spots each week until one of them deserves to drop out.

1. Mississippi State.  Okay, Bulldogs, okay.   I’m convinced.
2. Mississippi.  Ole Miss’ defense is so well coached that it’s hard to believe Paul Johnson canned Dave Wommack once upon a time.
3. Auburn.  If the Tigers hadn’t come out as tight as a tick, that game might have gone differently.  But they did.
4. Georgia.  Mark Richt gained control.
5. Alabama.  There were moments during the Arkansas game when Nick Saban looked like he was choking over every nice thing he’d ever said about Lane Kiffin.
6. Texas A&M.  Second straight week the Aggies couldn’t stay with a team with a good defense.  Maybe they’ll do better this week against Alabama.
7. LSU.  Never underestimate the power of Les Miles to pull a win out of his ass, my friends.
8. Arkansas.  The catch to getting your opponent to play down to your level is that you’re still playing down to your level.
9. Kentucky.  I know.  But the ‘Cats keep winning and sooner or later, you’ve got to respect the process of elimination.
10. Florida.  So, when does Boom start playing for next year?  Too soon?
11. Missouri.  Laid a stinker and can’t even blame Todd Gurley for it.
12. South Carolina.  You lost to Missouri, so don’t even start.
13. Tennessee.  Looking at the rest of the Vols’ schedule, achieving bowl eligibility isn’t going to be easy.
14. Vanderbilt.  I can’t think of a more apt way to describe the current state of Vandy’s program than this:  Vanderbilt 21, Charleston Southern 20.