Week 4 SEC Power Rankings: Alabama football and Georgia are on top, but what about those Hogs from Arkansas?
Here are the SEC Power Rankings after four weeks of play. Don’t look behind you because a horde of Hogs might be catching up.
No. 1 Alabama (4-0)
Last Week: 1
This week: vs. Ole Miss
What to know: Georgia fans are barking and, yes, that means literally barking to be No. 1 – but Alabama has done just enough every week to hold that top spot.
No. 2 Georgia (4-0)
Last Week: 2
This week: vs. Arkansas
What to know: The strangest thing about Georgia’s beatdown is that there were few Vanderbilt fans to witness the steamrolling.
No. 3 Arkansas (4-0)
Last Week: 8
This week: at Georgia
What to know: Who saw the Red Pig Renaissance coming? No one except the SEC schedule-makers, who made it so Arkansas still has No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Georgia ahead on the nation’s toughest slate.
No. 4 Florida (3-1)
Last Week: 4
This Week: at Kentucky
What to know: A second straight week of starting slowly then turning on the jets, which was more than sufficient against Tennessee.
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No. 5 Ole Miss (3-0)
Last Week: 5
This week: at Alabama
What to know: As veteran fans will know, Alabama out-dueled Archie Manning and Ole Miss 33-32 in a 1969 classic that was considered a pinnacle offensive display. Might be time for that game to step aside.
No. 6 Texas A&M (3-1)
Last Week: 3
This week: vs. Mississippi State
What to know: Most of last Saturday’s credit has to go to Arkansas, but playing a backup quarterback didn’t help the Aggies.
No. 7 LSU (3-1)
Last Week: 7
This week: vs. Auburn
What to know: Really intriguing matchup against Auburn, especially if LSU transfer T.J. Finley gets the start under the lights in Baton Rouge, but for the other side.
No. 8 Auburn (3-1)
Last Week: 6
This week: at LSU
What to know: The Tigers stared into the abyss against Georgia State but pulled out of the nosedive just in time.
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No. 9 Kentucky (4-0)
Last Week: 9
This week: vs. Florida
What to know: Undefeated if not exactly dominant, this game gives Kentucky a chance to step up to the higher tier.
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No. 10 Mississippi State (2-2)
Last Week: 10
This week: at Texas A&M
What to know: There are moments of explosiveness for the Bulldogs every week but the question is which team they will blow up on, MSU or the opponent.
No. 11 Missouri (2-2)
Last Week: 11
This week: vs. Tennessee
What to know: It would have been nice to reward thicker kicker Harrison Mevis for the 56-yard field goal at the buzzer, but you have to finish in overtime.
No. 12 Tennessee (2-2)
Last Week: 12
This week: at Missouri
What to know: The game at Missouri may un-muddle some things in the mid-range of SEC East for whatever that’s worth.
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No. 13 South Carolina (2-2)
Last Week: 13
This week: vs. Troy
What to know: Shane Beamer is starting to sound depressed and it is years too early for that.
No. 14 Vanderbilt (1-3)
Last Week: 14
This week: vs. Connecticut
What to know: Forget about the Georgia game. Just hit delete on it. Vandy has a legitimate shot at winning this week.