Week 7 "Power" Rankings of Malaise and Sighing

[OrangeAfroMan]

Ick.

Carolina barely beats UT.  Unimpressive. 
A&M barely beats UF.  Unimpressive.

LSU could've easily gotten blown out, but came back to win.  That's actually something.
Sure, Mizzou put up some points on UGA, but still got blown out.
Vandy is trending way down, Vandy-style.

UK didn't play, but I see no reason to put them above anyone in the giant ugly cluster in the middle.

1 - Bama
2 - Georgia
3 - A&M
4 - Auburn
5 - LSU
6 - Miss State
7 - Florida
8 - SCarolina
9 - Kentucky
10 - Tennessee
11 - Ole Miss
12 - Arkansas
13 - Missouri
14 - Vandy

[OrangeAfroMan]

Florida is 5 points from being 5-1 and 5-0 in the SEC.

It's also 2 plays away from being 1-5 and 1-4 in the SEC.

Funnnnnnn.  22% of the roster didn't suit up for the A&M game due to suspensions + injuries.  

[Cincydawg]

I won't argue with your rank ordering because I can't and it doesn't matter enough to try.

It all comes down to whether UGA can find some way to screw up winning the East and then how they play against whoever ends up winning the West.

[OrangeAfroMan]

If I had to switch anything, I'd flip-flop Florida and Carolina.  But they'll play, so we'll find out later.

[Drew4UTk]

i'd put ole miss above UT- but only to avoid that husk poking out. 

[EastAthens]

Fla, Tenn, Clemson, Aub and Ga.Tech all lost this weekend.

That is just Dawg porn, y'all.

[Cincydawg]

One could argue for MSU ahead of LSU of course for obvious reasons.  But then LSU beat Auburn and Auburn beat MSU.

Syllogism doesn't work.

LSU certainly found a soft spot in their schedule to now have apparently recovered to some extent, albeit with two close wins.  Do they have any shot against Bama?

[Shiner]

Well I don't know if going into the Swamp and beating UF, even if only by 2 points, is "unimpressive".... but I'll take it.

Either way.... Aggies get a bye week, followed by 3 straight games at home.  If we can find a way to beat Auburn the first weekend of November.... they'd be setup to be 9-2 going into the final weekend against LSU.  Course we gotta take care of business.

Not terrible... considering how hot Sumlin's seat was before the season, and two freshman QB's.  

[rolltidefan]

think i'd flip om and ut right now. ut is reeling bad. om at least has an ok blowout win vs vandy going for it.

[OrangeAfroMan]

A&M's win probably feels impressive, after the ugly offensive performance in the first half.  But Florida has a broken offense, its best 2 players suspended still and a bunch of injuries.  I know, everyone has injuries, but not on top of 11 guys being out already.  It becomes a numbers game - nearly a quarter of the squad isn't participating - that's a big deal.

But A&M did have to come back and they did what they had to do in order to win.  They definitely earned it.

[rolltidefan]

a&m feels like they could be a pretty good team. their d line is pretty good, and offense, while not explosive, isn't terrible. after last few years, i'm gun shy to call them good, but they have a few games ahead of them to prove me wrong.

[Shiner]

A&M is finding success despite a true freshman QB thrown into the fire, who can at times barely hit the broadside of a barn.  This is in no small part due to our rather pedestrian Oline.... and probably the weakest WR group we've had since Sumlin has been here.

Mond has some good mobility which certainly helps... and the RB's are good enough to demand attention.... which makes us just competent enough offensively to keep us in every game.  

If Starkel comes back and/or Mond figures out this "passing" thing.... We'll be alright as a team.

[MikeDeTiger]

Christian Kirk is still the best player on the field in whatever game they find themselves in, so they've got that going for them.  

Alabama is a clear #1.  I guess Georgia is the clear #2.  Because of the quality of the conference I still manage to have doubts.  UGA's has dominated their SEC foes, but those foes are also a combined 1-13 in SEC games so far.  It doesn't help that I'm biased against the East at this point, which has been a collective trainwreck since 2010.  That's a long time now.  2009 Florida is the last east team I was confident in, although 2011 Georgia did wind up being pretty strong.  At least UGA is doing what should be done to bad teams....I also can't penalize them for blowing out weaklings.  That's basically all Alabama has done, with one win over what was probably an ok FSU team when they had their QB.

Auburn is still #3, I guess?  It's murkier than last week.  I think I'd still take them on a neutral field against the rest.  A&M will have their chance shortly.  

Missouri maybe moves out of last place this week, I guess Vandy can have their spot because Ole Miss kind of sucks.  

The rest of the conference I can't even hazard a guess.  LSU over AU means very little when Ole Miss is just as likely to beat LSU this week.  

"Power" rankings is the wrong word for this, this year.  

[rolltidefan]

week 1 on b1g board the misspelled it powder rankings. seems apropos here.

and uga of 11 and 12 were strong. in 12 they were 3 yards and 1 more play from beating bama in seccg and likely dismantling nd for bcs title similar to what bama did.

this year their sec opp have been weak, but they did go to nd and get a win. and nd is showing to be at least decent. that's probably the best ooc win for sec at this point. that or lsu's cuse win, lol.