The SEC Power Rankings are becoming more and more clear as we come down the final stretch of the season.
Separation Saturday was just that for several teams in the league. We know who No. 1 is, but where does everyone fall behind Georgia? How far do LSU and Kentucky fall?
Here are this week’s SEC Power Rankings.
Bottom 6
16. Mississippi State
15. Vanderbilt
14. Arkansas
13. Texas A&M
12. Auburn
11. Florida
Top 10
10. Oklahoma
Sure. I guess they belong here.
9. Missouri
Missouri lost a heartbreaker against Texas. There were opportunities to win this game regardless of the refs. There’s also still a lot to play for and a lot of season left for Missouri, and even more exciting is that with what they’re retaining for next year, they could be a top-10 team in 2027.
8. LSU
The ceiling is high and the door isn’t closed on the Tigers playing in a meaningful postseason game. But not having a single ranked win by Week 11 is pretty hard not to criticize.
7. Kentucky
We said it all last week. The story is great, and Kentucky may very well still be a CFP team. However, the thing that carried this defense for weeks was being +13 in the turnover margin, and that is just a very hard thing to replicate week in and week out. That was proven in Knoxville.
6. Ole Miss
We spent so much time this offseason hearing LSU and Ole Miss fans argue about who would be better just for it to be November and both teams be on the outside looking in for the CFP.
5. South Carolina
Once again, the Gamecocks are playing their best football late in the season. They’ve now won four straight games and are quickly gaining traction as a potential playoff team if they can win out. That’s a big if considering they still have to play Georgia. Saturday’s win over Texas A&M wasn’t pretty, but unlike the first month of the season, they did the little things they had to do to win a ball game. That has been very refreshing, and if LaNorris Sellers is healthy, they are one of the most dangerous teams in the country.
4. Texas
Texas continues to put up the most impressive resume in the country this season. The Longhorns have four wins over ranked teams and six against teams with a winning record. Both are the best in the country. The trip to Baton Rouge this weekend feels like the last big hurdle. If they win, they’re in the CFP. If they lose, they still might be, and honestly with what they’ve accomplished playing that schedule, it would be valid.
3. Alabama
Weird. Amazing what a bye week can do for someone like Coach Kalen DeBoer. He’s now 9-0 after a bye week, and regardless of what happened in the yardstick, Alabama dominated LSU when it mattered most. When it was winning time late in the game, they scored 21 unanswered points.
2. Tennessee
Tennessee dominated Kentucky during its annual dark mode game. The Vols continue to be disrespected in the polls and playoff projections for some unknown reason. They have two losses on the season. Both were to ranked teams, and they came by a combined six points. Tennessee is in control of its own destiny to make the CFP, and with the way this defense is playing, it feels like they are destined to do so.
1. Georgia
“They can run, but they can’t hide. It’s time to pay the piper.” – Kirby Smart.
Those were the words from Georgia’s head coach as they ran out on the field against Ole Miss. There were a few other four-letter words included for spice and seasoning. He wasn’t wrong. Georgia smashed Ole Miss in its house and got revenge for last year’s loss in the Sugar Bowl. The Dawgs are back on top as the No. 1 team in the country and have clearly separated themselves from everyone else in the conference.
That being said, for the life of me, I will never understand what happened at home against Auburn.
