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SEC Power Rankings: Who's better - Texas A&M or Texas? Time for Week 9 reckoning
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Georgia and Mississippi State held serve as the best and worst teams in the power rankings this week, but second-best and second-worst are on the move. Lone Star State rivals Texas and Texas A&M won't settle things on the field until the last weekend of the regular season, but for now the Aggies have seized the No. 2 spot in this week's power rankings. Meanwhile, only Mississippi State is keeping Kentucky from the cellar after the Wildcats lost to Auburn.
1. Georgia (6-1)
Last week: 1
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This week: vs. Florida (in Jacksonville)
What to know:"Nobody thought we could do it. Nobody gave our kids a chance." - Kirby Smart after winning the idle week, probably.
2. Texas A&M (7-1)
Last week: 4
This week: at South Carolina
What to know:"This is a real program. It's not fake. It's not a politician running this program, talking fast and BS'ing everybody." Was Mike Elko talking about Jimbo Fisher? Who knows. Was he describing him? No question .
3. Texas (7-1)
Last week: 2
This week: Idle
What to know:Who's up for Longhorns-Aggies two weeks in a row? It's the SECCG matchup nobody wants, but at this point, it's as likely a pairing as any.
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4. Tennessee (6-1)
Last week: 3
This week: vs. Kentucky
What to know:For the first time in a month, Vols scored in the first half. Too bad it was against the idle week .
5. Alabama (6-2)
Last week: 7
This week: Idle
What to know:After drawing 15 penalties against Tennessee, seven flags against Missouri seemed like a parking ticket.
6. Ole Miss (6-2)
Last week: 8
This week: at Arkansas
What to know:A squirrel had better luck finding the end zone against the Rebels than Oklahoma did.
7. LSU (6-2)
Last week: 5
This week: Idle
What to know:Tigers have an extra week to stew on the College Station Collapse.
8. Missouri (6-2)
Last week: 6
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This week: Idle
What to know:Lip-reading can be dangerous business, but I'm pretty sure Alabama DL LT Overton can forget about a Christmas card from Eli Drinkwitz.
9. Vanderbilt (5-3)
Last week: 9
This week: at Auburn
What to know:Who outside of Austin wasn't pulling for the Commodores Saturday ?
10. Florida (4-3)
Last week: 10
This week: vs. Georgia (in Jacksonville)
What to know:Billy Napier's best chance to make his case for 2025 comes Saturday.
11. South Carolina (4-3)
Last week: 11
This week: vs. Texas A&M
What to know:Trap game for Aggies? You bet it is .
12. Arkansas (5-3)
Last week: 13
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This week: vs. Ole Miss
What to know:Taylen Green put Mississippi State's defense on skates , but Ole Miss' defense has stayed in its cleats all season.
13. Oklahoma (4-4)
Last week: 12
This week: vs. Maine
What to know:If Seth Littrell was the problem on offense, it didn't show up on the field in a loss to Ole Miss.
14. Auburn (3-5)
Last week: 15
This week: vs. Vanderbilt
What to know:Maybe Hugh Freeze should get sick every week .
15. Kentucky (3-5)
Last week: 14
This week: at Tennessee
What to know:You've got to be awfully bad to make Auburn look good.
16. Mississippi State (1-7)
Last week: 16
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This week: vs. UMass
What to know:The Bulldogs lost one TD on a fumble at the 1, another on a premature TD celebration at the 1, and the defense played so bad , it didn't cost them the game.
Tuscaloosa News sport columnist Chase Goodbread.
Tuscaloosa News columnist Chase Goodbread is also the weekly co-host of Crimson Cover TV on WVUA-23. Reach him at cgoodbread@gannett.com. Follow on X.com @chasegoodbread.
This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: SEC Power Rankings: Who's better, Texas A&M or Texas? Week 9 reckoning
