Oh, look. Another year of SEC football, another year of Georgia, Alabama, LSU.
As much as the transfer portal and the NIL have changed things, the former’s effect is less pronounced in football, where rosters are so large that outside of, say, a quarterback moving teams, the moves feel lie ripples in a pond. Thus the continuation of the SEC’s elite.
In fact, things are pretty normal in the league this year, even for all the upheaval. Ole Miss hasn’t traditionally been a top-five-in-the-league team, though the Rebels have been mroe often. And Auburn usually isn’t winless in league play through the halfway point of the year.
But other than that, what are the surprises?
Arkansas, you say? Well, the Razorbacks are in the midst of their fourth worst season in modern school history. The other three have all come since 2013, so pretending the Hogs aren’t an SEC bottom-feeder is self-delusion.
At the two-thirds mark of the year, let’s take a look at just where exactly everyone stacks up.