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SEC football power rankings after Week 2

SEC football power rankings after Week 2

Week 2 in the SEC saw some pretty good matchups and some very impressive wins – looking at you, Arkansas.

Only one battle took place between two SEC teams over the weekend, Kentucky vs Missouri, which UK won 35-28.

Aside from Tennessee losing to Pittsburgh, every SEC team won its non-conference matchup in Week 2.

Here’s a look at our updated SEC power rankings after the second week of action.

AuburnWire releases 2021 SEC football power rankings

A look at SEC football power rankings…where’s UGA football?

Georgia is once again in great shape to make another run at the SEC Championship Game in 2021, with a ton of returning talent and a great incoming recruiting class.

Alabama remains the team to beat in the conference, and is expected to open the season ranked No. 1 in the nation, but the Bulldogs are not too far behind.

Aside from Georgia and Alabama, who else can contend for a spot in the SEC Championship? Florida will be in store for another solid season, but it’s unlikely the Gators will be able to replicate what they did last year.

The Texas A&m Aggies are a team to watch again. Last year, Jimbo Fisher’s team almost earned a spot in the College Football Playoff, and should have received some more love from the CFP Committee. They’ll likely to fall to Alabama and miss out on the SEC Championship, but could they put together another one-loss season?

AuburnWire released their SEC power rankings, and had the Bulldogs at No. 2.

Their top-five is as follows:

5. Ole Miss

4. Texas A&M

3. Florida

2. Georgia

1. Alabama

On Georgia, AuburnWire editor Brian Stultz wrote:

Outlook: Hey, look, Georgia is getting hype as national title contenders yet again this offseason. Rinse. Wash. Repeat. Quarterback J.T. Daniels and the Bulldogs defense will both be tough. Can they finally break through?

Georgia has its hands full in 2021, opening with Clemson in Charlotte and games against Florida and Auburn won’t be easy.

See the rest of AuburnWire’s rankings here.

SEC Power Rankings following Week 7 of 2020 season

Georgia falls after loss to Florida while Texas A&M continues to rise.

Outside of the Florida win over Georgia in the World’s Largest Cocktail Party and Tennessee continuing down a bad spiral with a loss to Arkansas, it was a relatively quiet weekend in the SEC as there were only four games this past Saturday.

That all changes this upcoming weekend as all 14 teams are in action again. Auburn travels to Mississippi State to take on Mike Leach’s Air Raid attack while LSU hosts top-ranked Alabama in a game that shouldn’t be close.

Here are how the SEC Power Rankings work out after Week 7 of the 2020 season:

UGA football drops in latest SEC power rankings

The Georgia Bulldogs drop in this edition of the SEC power rankings. Florida and Texas A&M jump UGA. Bama remains at the top.

The Georgia Bulldogs played decent in a sluggish 14-3 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats. The win featured a run-heavy attack. Perhaps the Bulldogs were keeping their cards close to their chest for next week, but UGA did not look like legitimate National Championship contenders.

Now, the Dawgs are dealing with a slew of injuries heading into Saturday’s game against the Florida Gators. That mixed with turnover-heavy quarterback play from Stetson Bennett is resulting in Georgia dropping in the latest edition of SEC power rankings.

At the top, the Alabama Crimson Tide are clearly the class of the conference. Can any team defeat or even challenge Alabama? Florida may have the best chance of any team in the conference. Kyle Trask and the Gator offense would score points against the Crimson Tide defense.

In fact, the Gators, despite their loss to Texas A&M, are moving up in the latest edition of the conference power rankings. The rankings are based on who would win in a neutral site at this point in time.

SEC power rankings are per SEC Mike:

The Georgia Bulldogs fall to fourth in the SEC power rankings and it is tough to disagree. Georgia has five turnovers and scored 19.0 points per game in their last two games.

Beyond Georgia, Auburn dominated the LSU Tigers in an impressive victory to showcase their potential. Auburn still could end up as the second best team in the SEC West. The Tigers have late season games against Alabama and Texas A&M.

Texas A&M will continue to have College Football Playoff hopes following the Aggies’ win over the Arkansas Razorbacks, who fall to fifth in the power rankings. There really isn’t much separation from ranking No. 5 to ranking No. 12 in the SEC.

Teams like Tennessee, South Carolina, LSU, Ole Miss, Missouri, and more can be a handful if they play up to their potential. They will try to play spoiler all season long.

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