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SEC Power Rankings: Georgia, Texas, Tennessee shake up the SEC's top tier
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- SEC Power Rankings: Georgia, Texas, Tennessee shake up the SEC's top tier
Georgia is back on top in the SEC? We've seen this movie, right? Just a new villain — Texas , instead of Alabama — in the sequel this time. Bevo got pushed around for the first time this season, and the Bulldogs reclaimed the top of the hill in the power rankings. After that, it's a logjam of one-loss teams all thinking "we're in the playoffs," when around half of them won't be.
Onto the rankings!
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1. Georgia (6-1)
Last week: 2
This week: Idle
What to know:The Beatles can sum up Georgia this week: Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged .
2. Texas (6-1)
Last week: 1
This week: at Vanderbilt
What to know:Texas fans threw debris on the field over a controversial call, got admonished by Steve Sarkisian, took a paddling from Georgia, and found out they don't cheer for the best team in the country. Rough night to be a Longhorn.
BEVO BEATEN: Texas vs Georgia: Top-ranked Longhorns unable to complete comeback in SEC showdown
3. Tennessee (6-1)
Last week: 5
This week: Idle
What to know:The Vols made sure to engineer a second-half comeback for the second week in a row, and Knoxville police made sure the Neyland goalposts didn't end up in the Tennessee River again.
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4. Texas A&M (6-1)
Last week: 3
This week: vs. LSU
What to know:This is what Jimbo's last A&M team was supposed to look like , right?
5. LSU (6-1)
Last week: 4
This week: at Texas A&M
What to know:Tigers vs. Aggies this week, in a game nobody thought would pit the SEC's last two teams with a zero in the league loss column.
6. Missouri (6-1)
Last week: 7
This week: at Alabama
What to know:The Missouri offense is a sportscar when Brady Cook is at the wheel, a Ford Pinto when he's not, and it took a mid-game truck ride to the hospital to prove it.
7. Alabama (5-2)
Last week: 6
This week: vs. Missouri
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What to know:This isn't your grandfather's Alabama team, but it might be your father's .
GOODBREAD: What you can buy, and not buy from WWSTD (What Would Saban's Team Do?)
8. Ole Miss (5-2)
Last week: 8
This week: vs. Oklahoma
What to know:Two weeks to prepare for Oklahoma's offense? The Rebels could do it in two days.
9. Vanderbilt (5-2)
Last week: 10
This week: vs. Texas
What to know:If Vanderbilt fans let Texas fans take over FirstBank Stadium three weeks after beating Alabama, the whole program should hit the transfer portal .
10. Florida (4-3)
Last week: 12
This week: Idle
What to know:Florida was supposed to be Kentucky 's get-right game, not the other way around .
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11. South Carolina (4-3)
Last week: 13
This week: Idle
What to known: The Gamecocks blew out Oklahoma , and blew up talk radio in Norman.
12. Oklahoma (4-3)
Last week: 9
This week: at Ole Miss
What to know:Welcome Jackson Arnold back to the lineup. But only for the moment .
13. Arkansas (4-3)
Last week: 11
This week: at Mississippi State
What to know:If the Fighting Pittmans can't get a win in Starkville, even the barbeque will taste bad .
14. Kentucky (3-4)
Last week: 14
This week: vs. Auburn
What to know: Two weeks from basketball season, 'Cats fans.
15. Auburn (2-5)
Last week: 15
This week: at Kentucky
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What to know: Here's an idea , Hugh: 40 carries a game for Jarquez Hunter .
16. Mississippi State (1-6)
Last week: 16
This week: vs. Arkansas
What to know:The season's a wash , but the Bulldogs might've found something to build around in freshman QB Michael Van Buren.
Tuscaloosa News sport columnist Chase Goodbread.
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