SEC Power Rankings (Week Four)

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1. Alabama- Another ho hum performance for the Tide. They might have put 50% of their effort into FAU. McCarron is the real deal and Alabama ran the ball effectively. Alabama continues to be the best team in the country. I'll be surprised if they don't win the SEC title.

2. LSU- There are three sure things in this world: Death, Taxes, and LSU being inconsistent on offense. How can LSU only score ten offensive points on a team that Mississippi State light up? Why throw with Mettenberger twenty seven times when Spencer Ware average 5.6 yards per carry? Kragthrope has to call a better game and I seriously thought of putting the #3 team ahead of them. But hey, maybe it was just a bad game against SEC competition. SEC road wins are hard to come by.

3. Georgia- Does Vandy suck? Yup...but I'm still impressed with Georgia. This team is for real. Georgia ran it for 302 yards and racked up 567 total yards. Damn impressive. Gurley and Marshall are a mean 1-2 punch, and Aaron Murray might be the best QB in the SEC. The D has talent and they get two more starters back against Tennessee. I'm not going to go bonkers, but Georgia could go into the SEC title game 12-0. It's not impossible.

4. Florida- An easy win against Kentucky, Florida looked like they were ready to go party with some co-eds after halftime and I can't blame them. Driskell is going to be a star in this league and good luck trying to contain that front seven for UF. It's not a big concern, but only getting 4.4 yards per carry against Kentucky isn't going to make Will Muschamp happy.

5. South Carolina- Honestly, Florida and USCe are basically interchangeable. They had their best game of the year against a pesky Mizzou team. Connor Shaw was spectacular Saturday and they have explosive wide receivers. Lattimore gained tough yards against eight men in the box all day and poor James Franklin had no chance against that D.

6. Mississippi State- Their game against South Alabama wasn't as close at the score suggested. They were up 30-3 till South Alabama scored late in the 4th against the backups. LaDarius Perkins is underrated in the SEC, and the D, while inconsistent, can play. Russell had a bad game, and you worry about how he will do against above average teams, but MSU is on pace to win eight games this year.

7. Texas A&M- Yeah, it's against an FCS team, but Johnny Manziel is going to be a name we hear for a long time in the SEC. Sumlin has this offense rolling. The D is better than expected at this point, but they've played two cupcakes the past two weeks. TAMU is going to a bowl (a good accomplishment for them) and has a good shot to start out 5-1. But we'll know how TAMU is starting October 20th, when they get LSU, Auburn, Miss State, and Bama, the last three on the road.

8. Tennessee- Struggling against Akron? That's not a good sign. Bray had a monster game and Rajion Neal had a career game against Akron. The D was shoddy at best, and it seems like the UT D is in for a long year. They have a chance to get the program's biggest win since 2006 against Georgia, but they have to shore up the defense.

9. Ole Miss- I know: "Zack, why are you buying Ole Miss?" It's not necessarily buying Ole Miss, but selling on the bottom of the SEC. Hugh Freeze is going to score some points, as they have scored 30+ every game. They only gave up 159 yards to Tulane, which is good no matter what. Jeff Scott needs some credit. He's the best player you haven't heard of in this league.

10. Mizzouri- It's quite simple for Mizzou. They don't have the horses to compete in the SEC. Their D is above average, but not fast enough and their offensive line (despite injuries) can not compete in the SEC. Mizzou will get a bowl game I think, but it's going to be a tough road to do anything else.

11. Auburn- Very solid performance for the War Eagle Tigers against the Tigers from Baton Rouge. That offense is awful, but the D has a ton of young talent. Auburn isn't going to a bowl however. Kiehl Frazier is just simply too bad of a QB to be the answer. And Auburn has a tough schedule.

12. Arkansas- Nothing to say other than SMILE!

13. Vanderbilt- Nice job James Frankling. Must have been fun having your team quit so hellaciously like that on you. This team isn't going to a bowl and will be lucky to win five games this year. Their QB is awful, their line is awful, and they have no depth on defense. This team is bad.

14. Kentucky- Do I really need to say anything other than Joker Phillips and Randy Sanders might be the worst thing for UK football in forty years?
 
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I'd personally put USCjr above UF, but like you said, they are really interchangable. UF stuggles early against UK and got a little lucky with Morgan Newton playing like he did. Had Maxwell Smith played the game would have been much better for UK.

Really surprised with Tennessee. Definitely a hard team to place on the list. They showed they can struggle against teams but they have enough talent to beat most teams in the league other than Lsu/Bama.

Ole Miss has been better this year. Defense has been okay and the offense is doing it's job.

Vandy is Vandy and Kentucky is Kentucky.

Good list.
 
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LittleCat said:
I'd personally put USCjr above UF, but like you said, they are really interchangable. UF stuggles early against UK and got a little lucky with Morgan Newton playing like he did. Had Maxwell Smith played the game would have been much better for UK.

Really surprised with Tennessee. Definitely a hard team to place on the list. They showed they can struggle against teams but they have enough talent to beat most teams in the league other than Lsu/Bama.

Ole Miss has been better this year. Defense has been okay and the offense is doing it's job.

Vandy is Vandy and Kentucky is Kentucky.

Good list.
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I think Tennessee and TAMU is interchangeable, but then when they played UF, TAMU had a chance to win at the end and UT didn't.

UF and USCjr is a literal toss up right now. I thought about that for ten minutes.
 
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I'd put USC above UF, I think they are clearly a better team IMO. I'd even argue that SC is better than GA. I can see the arguement of UGA over LSU somewhat as UGA has scored over 40 in each game(though the competition level may not be as high)
 
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2. LSU- There are three sure things in this world: Death, Taxes, and LSU being inconsistent on offense. How can LSU only score ten offensive points on a team that Mississippi State light up? Why throw with Mettenberger twenty seven times when Spencer Ware average 5.6 yards per carry? Kragthrope has to call a better game and I seriously thought of putting the #3 team ahead of them. But hey, maybe it was just a bad game against SEC competition. SEC road wins are hard to come by.
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I would have put them at #3 last week.

Some of the offense not scoring has to do with the 2 fumbles by Mett after that the whole tone of the offense changed.

Kragthrope has to call a better game
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How is Kragthrope going to call a better game, he doesn't call the plays?

Why throw with Mettenberger twenty seven times when Spencer Ware average 5.6 yards per carry?
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Actually, they needed to pass it more but were having problems with that... the LT and OL couldn't handle the front 4 of Auburn. Then you have WRs that have no length.

LSU dominated early but the fumbles got Auburn in the game and the rest of the game was sloopy. Play calling was bad after the 2 fumbles.

LSU can put points on the board but they will struggle against a few teams, the OL is playing bad in pass plays and the WRs have no length to go after balls... bunches of drop passes.

Mett's first SEC game and it's was not a good environment, he did ok I thought other than the 2 fumbles. My general feeling was it was going to be a blow out without the fumbles. Auburn then was in the game and played hard. Missing Alfred Blue had some effect as well not that Hillard and Ward are not good enough.

Concerns:
- OL especially LT with Faulk out for the year, they struggle in pass protection
- No go to WR, they are all slot type guys... no height
- Play calling

So, far the young DBs and LBs have done real good.
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
I'd put USC above UF, I think they are clearly a better team IMO. I'd even argue that SC is better than GA. I can see the arguement of UGA over LSU somewhat as UGA has scored over 40 in each game(though the competition level may not be as high)
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One of the things that stood out to me is that USC has not lost to an SEC East opponent in nearly two years.

I think they are 10-0 against SEC East opponent since 2010.

There last SEC East loss is @ Kentucky on 16 OCT 12.

That is pretty impressive.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
I would have put them at #3 last week.

Some of the offense not scoring has to do with the 2 fumbles by Mett after that the whole tone of the offense changed.


How is Kragthrope going to call a better game, he doesn't call the plays?


Actually, they needed to pass it more but were having problems with that... the LT and OL couldn't handle the front 4 of Auburn. Then you have WRs that have no length.

LSU dominated early but the fumbles got Auburn in the game and the rest of the game was sloopy. Play calling was bad after the 2 fumbles.

LSU can put points on the board but they will struggle against a few teams, the OL is playing bad in pass plays and the WRs have no length to go after balls... bunches of drop passes.

Mett's first SEC game and it's was not a good environment, he did ok I thought other than the 2 fumbles. My general feeling was it was going to be a blow out without the fumbles. Auburn then was in the game and played hard. Missing Alfred Blue had some effect as well not that Hillard and Ward are not good enough.

Concerns:
- OL especially LT with Faulk out for the year, they struggle in pass protection
- No go to WR, they are all slot type guys... no height
- Play calling

So, far the young DBs and LBs have done real good.
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I thought Kragthrope was calling plays? I heard watching their first game that he was back calling plays.

Guess I heard wrong.
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
I'd put USC above UF, I think they are clearly a better team IMO. I'd even argue that SC is better than GA. I can see the arguement of UGA over LSU somewhat as UGA has scored over 40 in each game(though the competition level may not be as high)
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Simply put, you'd have uscjr @ #2......:crazy:
 
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Ole Miss has a high-scoring offense. As long as they can find ways to score they'll be in every game (probably not Bama and LSU). I can see them getting 3 more wins for bowl eligibility and being a "surprise team" in the SEC. Auburn, Vandy, A&M, and probably even Arkansas now are winnable games.
 
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