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1 - bama - still best team, imo, but it's quite hazy right now. certainly not clear.
2 - lsu - got a big chance to stake claim to top spot this weekend. would probably have best resume too, if they win.
3 - uga - steady, but not really flashy. tenn gave them more than i anticipated they would, but still a top notch team.
4 - uf - best description i've seen for uf: despite their best efforts, florida remains undefeated. but old adage is good teams find ways to win ugly. and boy did they do that.
5 - au - just no one else to put here really.
6 - mizzou - quietly turning in a decent season.
7 - aTm - not really sure where to put them.
8 - ole miss - not too bad, actually.
9 - msu - don't screw it up, cowbells.
10 - usc - hey, you're not the worst!
11 - kentucky - really turning out worse than i thought.
12 - arky - about what i thought.
13 - vandy - at least they got an fbs win.
14 - tenn - only p5 team without an fbs win. but seriously, showed some heart vs uga for first time all year, i think. 

The Vols have some talent, yes, but some of that has departed of course.  They have lacked a QB, a rather key position to lack.  Mauer might be that guy now.

They have some good WRs.  Their OL is mediocre, not a good spot for that.  Their defense is, well, so-so I think.  They had a lot of turnovers in their other games that cost them.  They were close to beating BYU (and Georgia State, if close means anything).  They could be 3-2 now and looking at some bowl potentials.

They might beat Miss State and have a good shot at Vandy and UK and USCe, maybe not Mizzou,  My opinion is that Jones crippled that team's mentality, they had prima donnas who didn't want to work very hard and thought they were "special".  Pruitt will have to work them out of the program to get to the fairly talented but young players who will do it HIS WAY.  

The Vol fans definitely want him gone, many of them.  The more sane types realize he needs time and the program was a disaster.

Most of them figured on an 8-4 season, certainly with 4 OOC wins as they don't play a P5 program.  Then you beat UK/Vandy/USCe and snag one from Mizzou/Miss State.

That 0-2 start was obviously crippling to bowl aspirations.  The could still win out other than Bama, which obviously would save Pruitt, but make fans angry about what might have been.  That would be 7-5.  That first week's loss really sticks for their fans obviously.

Yeah, they lost a legacy 5 star OL to UGA, Cade Mays.  He was lined up to sign with them.

They are soft in the trenches.  The MSU game will be interesting, if they win that, they could get to 6-6 plausibly.

Heh.  Back on the rankings in the OP, they look good to me.  I might tick the Vols up a bit, but who cares?

The bottom half of the conference is obviously pretty weak.

Did anybody catch that South Carolina game?  

I think there's something to be said for Alabama not having been threatened yet.  LSU has played two games already it could've lost.  

Maybe I have a believe-it-when-I-see-it bias, but Alabama still looks like the better team.  More complete team, definitely.  There's nothing LSU can do that Alabama can't do, and Alabama has a better pass rush.