SEC Power Poll, Week Five

With every passing week, I feel more and more comfortable saying that we’re seeing the East beginning to regain ground against the West.

Except for, you know, that whole Alabama thing.

1. Alabama.  I don’t know about you, but I am shocked and appalled that the Tide didn’t cover a seven-touchdown spread.  Will Saban blame the media?
2. Georgia.  Don’t look now, but the best team in the country that isn’t playing its best beat a division rival by 26.
3. LSU.  With three out of the next four games against ranked teams, we’ll know a lot more about these Tigers by the end of October.
4. Auburn.  It’s becoming apparent that Auburn doesn’t sport a very good offense.  So far, though, that hasn’t caught up to Gus’ bunch.
5. Kentucky.  Handling South Carolina would normally be a pretty big deal, but it’s not like the ‘Cats haven’t been doing that of late.
6. Florida.  If anybody should know that Nick Fitzgerald can’t beat you with his arm, it’s Dan Mullen.
7. Texas A&M.  I dunno, maybe dinging the Aggies a couple of spots is an overreaction on my part, but struggling with Arkansas isn’t a good look.
8. Missouri.  The first recipient this season of a bye week bounce.
9. Mississippi State.  When’s the last time an SEC West team lost both its cross-divisional games in back-to-back weeks?
10. South Carolina.  So much for that “Carolina is ready to challenge Georgia in the East” narrative.
11. Ole Miss.  There’s bad defense and then there’s defense that lets Joe Burrow ring up a 209.71 passer rating.
12. Vanderbilt.  At 3-2 and with Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee left on the schedule, the ‘Dores have a real shot at bowl eligibility.
13. Tennessee.  Jeremy Pruitt earned the first of what could be several moral victories this season.
14. Arkansas.  The Hogs are the living embodiment of the principle that bad teams find a way to lose.