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SEC Power Rankings: Week 6

By Josh Barnhill

Oct 1, 2016; Athens, GA, USA; Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) catches a game winning touchdown pass in front of Georgia Bulldogs safety Dominick Sanders (24) on the last play on the game during the fourth quarter at Sanford Stadium. Tennessee defeated Georgia 34-31. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 1, 2016; Athens, GA, USA; Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Jauan Jennings (15) catches a game winning touchdown pass in front of Georgia Bulldogs safety Dominick Sanders (24) on the last play on the game during the fourth quarter at Sanford Stadium. Tennessee defeated Georgia 34-31. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /
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Football season is nearing the halfway mark (sadly) and we’re getting a pretty good fix on these SEC power rankings.

When Mississippi State plays Auburn this week it will be the Tigers sixth game of the year. That means in under a week’s time they will have played half their season. Why does it go so fast?!

For the first time this year we’ve got a slate of games that do not include any non-conference games:

  • 11:00 AM on ESPN – LSU (-3) at No. 18 Florida
  • 11:00 AM on SEC Network – Auburn (-2.5) at Mississippi State
  • 2:30 PM on CBS – No. 9 Tennessee at No. 8 Texas A&M (-7)
  • 3:00 PM on SEC Network – Vanderbilt at Kentucky (-3)
  • 6:00 PM on ESPN – No. 1 Alabama (-14) at No. 16 Arkansas
  • 6:00 PM on SEC Network – Georgia (-7) at South Carolina
  • Off weeks for Missouri and Ole Miss

Three road favorites this week. Should be fun. Now on to the rankings:

14. Vanderbilt – this isn’t a terrible football team but they still don’t have a conference win and may not get one.

13. Kentucky – somehow they beat South Carolina (but it was a fluke so they stay below the Gamecocks) and have a chance to get another win this week, but if they lose to Vandy it’s back down to the bottom.

12. South Carolina – this isn’t a good team, but they beat Vanderbilt and played A&M close.

11. Missouri – they let LSU set offensive records against them and Drew Lock came back down to Earth.

10. Mississippi State – until the Dawgs find a way to beat a good team they’ll hover here on the fence of bowl eligibility.

9. Auburn – this weekend in Starkville it could be a battle to stay out of the SEC West cellar, a far cry from the top 5 match-up two years ago.

8. Florida – I’m not real impressed with this team and I expect LSU to beat them this week.

7. Arkansas – middle of the road for the Hogs right now. Real interesting game this weekend hosting Bama; they could possibly win or maybe they don’t belong in the top 10 of these rankings – I’m not quite sure on them.

6. Georgia – I’m still a little unsure about Kirby Smart but I think he’ll probably figure things out along with his ultra-talented QB and they’ll be real good next year.

5. LSU – something tells me the Tigers are going to play inspired football from here on out and give A&M, Ole Miss, Alabama, etc. everything they can handle.

4. Tennessee – you can certainly live with a rabbit’s foot and win ball games as we saw Auburn do in 2013 but I’m not sure I can say the Vols are better than the top three teams. They’ve basically locked up the East though.

3. Ole Miss – the Rebs are really good and I know they are still kicking themselves about that FSU loss…if not Bama too. But they are 3-2 so far and have a chance to run the table but they won’t.

2. Texas A&M – this is where the Aggies land right now. Big game this weekend against Tennessee which they really need to get if they want a shot at the playoff, but it won’t make or break their season – the Bama game in Week 8 will.

1. Alabama – there’s no debate here. This next stretch of games at Arkansas, at Tennessee, vs. A&M, at LSU will determine if they lose zero, one or two games this year.

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