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SEC Baseball Power Rankings: Week 5- Arkansas stays on top in the midst of chaos

Total Chaos in week 5, and it was just the opening weekend of SEC play…

“Embrace the chaos.”

It should replace the famed SEC saying, “It just means more,” for baseball after the crazy weekend we just experienced.

LSU and Tennessee lost their opening series, and Vanderbilt jumped up in the rankings with the other elite teams after it swept Auburn. Alabama and the Mississippi schools were outstanding this weekend, winning their series against top-20 teams. And after a promising beginning to the season, Georgia fell the most after being swept by Kentucky.

The only three teams not on the move this week were Arkansas, Mizzou, and Florida.

It’s important not to overreact to anything, though. This is baseball. Elite teams will lose, and the bottom dwellers will get their crumbs. Chaos will continue to happen, and it’s going to be incredibly fun to watch.

Pre-spring 2024 SEC football power rankings

SEC football power rankings ahead of spring practice and spring games. UGA enters the spring as the national title favorite

The SEC is already starting up spring football. The conference’s first spring game is already just days away (Missouri on March 16). The majority of the SEC’s spring games will take place on April 13 and 20.

The expanded SEC should be balanced in 2024 with Georgia and Texas as the conference’s two pre-spring favorites. Both Oklahoma and Texas will be fun additions to the conference. The Sooners and Longhorns have very passionate fan bases, some of the best rivalries in college football and impressive histories.

With the College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams, the SEC should be in the mix to have three or four teams in the playoff. Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Ole Miss and LSU all should be playoff contenders. Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas A&M have the talent to make the playoff, but will need to answer a few questions this spring.

Let’s take a look at our SEC football power rankings entering spring practice.

SEC Baseball Power Rankings: Shuffling among top teams

Three weeks of baseball have brought many mixed results amongst the SEC squads. See what the latest power rankings say heading into March.

The month of March has now begun, meaning the official commencement of the first full month of college baseball season.

Through three weeks of action, the games have proven to be very dramatic and high-scoring. The offenses have been in very different spots from game to game, making the action a whole lot of fun.

The question still remains as to who will be the first to take down Texas A&M, as the Aggies are the last unbeaten team remaining in the SEC. The offense is still shining as the competition ramps up before conference play.

There has been some shifting as of late amongst the SEC standings, with many teams having results affecting their placements.

How did that affect the power rankings? Well, here’s a look at what they look like after week three.

SEC Basketball Power Rankings: With one week left, the top is up for grabs

The SEC has been on the verge of becoming an elite basketball conference for a while now. Another year of not getting over the hump.

Three weeks ago, the Southeastern Conference looked like it might have 10 teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament. The number was a longshot, but it was legitimate.

Fast-forward to March and the SEC looks about like it has most of the last few years: a few teams near the top who could make a Final Four run, some standard invitees and a bunch of muck near the bottom.

Heading into the final week of the regular season, only six teams from the SEC are locks to make the Big Dance. Another two have a shot, one of whom’s is better than the other. But the reality is that for a league that has hovered on good-not-great for almost a decade now, things seem to have stalled out.

Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Auburn are the class of the conference and have been for the last few years. South Carolina joined the fray this year, though it remains to be seen how long the Gamecocks stay. They could be holding Arkansas’ seat warm after the Razorbacks crashed-and-burned in 2024. And the Mississippi schools, Vanderbilt, Missouri, sure, they all have their occasional good years, but this sure wasn’t one of them.

So after tons of promise, we’re left about where we started. The SEC is what the SEC has been: good, not great.

10 SEC teams featured in updated College Football Power Rankings from ESPN

The SEC was prominently featured in ESPN’s updated power rankings for 2024.

Winter workouts are happening across the country. Spring ball is right around the corner. Though the 2024 college football season is still more than six months away, the SEC is shaping up to be a lot of fun in the new era of college football.

Realignment has consolidated power in the SEC and the Big Ten, and it’ll be on full display this fall, especially as the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams this season.

As the Oklahoma Sooners get set for their first season in their new conference, the schedule provides a number of challenges. But having marquee matchups throughout the schedule is what the Sooners were looking for. In ESPN’s most recent power rankings update ahead of spring ball, 10 SEC schools were featured. Here’s who made the cut.

ESPN updates way-too-early CFB rankings: How does the SEC stack up?

Movement at the top ESPN’s in updated way-too-early college football rankings ahead of spring practice. The SEC has 10 teams in ESPN’s top 25

ESPN has updated its way-too-early college football rankings for the 2024 season. Since ESPN released its initial rankings, Nick Saban retired, Washington lost its head coach and much of its roster, and numerous Alabama players transferred.

Not too much has changed for the Georgia Bulldogs over the past several weeks. Georgia has the nation’s No. 13 incoming transfer portal class, the country’s No. 1 incoming recruiting class, and returns numerous experienced players from last season’s team.

Overall, the SEC has 10 teams in ESPN’s updated way-too-early college football rankings. Spring practice is coming up soon. The transfer portal will open again in April after spring football games, so there will still be a few twists and turns before the college football season gets started in August.

How does the SEC stack up in ESPN’s latest college football rankings?

SEC Power Rankings after Week 14 of the college basketball season

Two new teams sit at the top this week’s SEC Power Rankings

Selection Sunday is just over a month away and the Southeastern Conference is still completely up for grabs.

Struggling programs like Kentucky and Ole Miss have opened the door for teams like plenty of chaos down the home stretch of conference play.

As the programs continue to eat each other alive, it’s becoming increasingly clear at least eight or nine teams from the SEC will be going dancing a month from today.

Where do those teams rank amongst their conference peers? Find out in our Power Rankings below.

Josh Pate high on LSU in current SEC program power rankings

The Tigers lose a lot of pieces in 2024, but the foundation for success is there.

The SEC is set for a major sea change in 2024.

Texas and Oklahoma are joining the conference as it expands to 16 teams, and with LSU facing what could be a transition year, it’s fair to wonder where this team stands in the new SEC.

While there are questions about the Tigers, Josh Pate of Late Kick is very high on them. Pate released his offseason program power rankings which, he said take a three-year rolling snapshot of on-field performance, talent acquisition, stability and resource pool.

Pate ranked the Tigers fourth in that regard, sitting behind Georgia, Alabama and Texas but ahead of newcomer Oklahoma.

With a new quarterback, receiving corps and defensive staff, we still don’t have a clear picture of what this team is going to look like in 2024. But the foundation is there for this team to be successful in the new era of the SEC.

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SEC Power Rankings after Week 12 of the college basketball season

The SEC is still up for grabs heading into the penultimate month of the season

The penultimate month of the college basketball season is upon us.

With the calendar flipping to February the SEC is still completely up for grabs with a month left in the regular season.

Top teams like Auburn and Kentucky have struggled recently while programs like Alabama and South Carolina continue to climb up the standings.

This conference is getting harder and harder to predict, although we are finally starting to get an idea of what teams are “for real” heading into the home stretch of the season.

Here is where each program ranks heading into February.

SEC Power Rankings after Week 11 of the college basketball season

The SEC Power Rankings continue to jump back and forth with 2/3 of the conference schedule to go.

The end of January is here. With just over 1 and 1/2 months left until the SEC Tournament kicks off in Nashville, things are heating up across the college basketball world.

No conference, besides maybe the Big 12, has been more intriguing this season than the SEC. This past week saw more upsets, shakeups, and madness as each team has played nearly a third of their conference schedule so far.

Here is where each SEC squad ranks as we enter the best part of the college basketball season.