SEC Power Rankings: Week 1 Discussion ...

[BiscuitEater]

This one on the ESPN SEC Blog is interesting ... by ESPN.com Staff ... Posted 2 Sep ... http://espn.go.com/blog/sec

Here is what they have and my observations after week 1 - Agree that Georgia showed a lot and deserves #1; A&M showed up but don't think they showed they were #2 ... yet; Aub, Bama and LSU won ugly ... can't argue with where they are ranked; agree that State looked better than OM BUT USM was pitiful; Missouri looked okay BUT think that USCe is better than they looked; UT looked okay but sure wouldn't move them ahead of Florida 'til I see the gators play; while Kentucky looked good, wouldn't have them ranked higher than Arkansas ... yet; don't see Vandy escaping the cellar this season. Noticed that I definitely favored West teams, guess I'm more familiar with them; have 3 East teams at the bottom. This will definitely change when West teams have to play all the other West teams & their Relative SEC rankings will drop. Fire away!

ESPN's Ranking ...

RANK	TREND	TEAM
1	Up	Georgia Bulldogs
2	Up	Texas A&M Aggies
3	Down	Auburn Tigers
4	Down	Alabama Crimson Tide
5	Even	LSU Tigers
6	Up	Mississippi State Bulldogs
7	Down	Ole Miss Rebels
8	Even	Missouri Tigers
9	Down	South Carolina Gamecocks
10	Up	Tennessee Volunteers
11	Down	Florida Gators
12	Up	Kentucky Wildcats
13	Even	Arkansas Razorbacks
14	Down	Vanderbilt Commodores

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Biscuit's Rankings ...

RANK	TEAM
1	Georgia Bulldogs
2	Auburn Tigers
3	Alabama Crimson Tide
4	LSU Tigers
5	Texas A&M Aggies
6	Mississippi State Bulldogs
7	Ole Miss Rebels
8	South Carolina Gamecocks
9	Missouri Tigers
10	Florida Gators
11	Arkansas Razorbacks
12	Tennessee Volunteers
13	Kentucky Wildcats
14	Vanderbilt Commodores

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[ALdawg.sixpack]

And both are essentially this:

1) Georgia
2) SEC West
3) Remainder of SEC East

 

[Seinfeld]

The scary part is that no one in the entire Top 13 with the exception of Carolina looked anything below pretty good in Week 1. Considering the competition for most, I guess that's to be expected, but it bothers me that UT, Kentucky, and Arkansas all seem to be substantially improved.

 

[BiscuitEater]

The scary part is that no one in the entire Top 13 with the exception of Carolina looked anything below pretty good in Week 1. Considering the competition for most, I guess that's to be expected, but it bothers me that UT, Kentucky, and Arkansas all seem to be substantially improved.

Agree ... AND would add Texas A&M, who looked way, way better than last year against consensus #1/#2 East team USCe.

So, is A&M that much better or USCe has taken several steps back? Could it be both? Or, did USCe simply not prepare for a 'lowly' rated West team?

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

USCe seems to take a dump once or twice a year, and just completely suck. Aggie could be really good or not, I can't tell yet.

 

[PiedmontDawg]

aTm may very well end up being as legit as they looked on Thursday, but, S. Carolina looked slow and out of place all night on defense. A&M has a really good OL, but, SC generated zero pass rush, while the back end looked lost in coverage. I know missing a fully healthy Mike Davis hurts, but they had no ground game, either.

I kept thinking before the game how good the offense would be w/Davis and Thompson, and that OL, but, didn't really think what would happen to the defense minus Clowney, Quarrles, and Sutton up front. ECU coming up will be a challenge, but SC should take care of business after a half.

 

[maroonmania]

aTm may very well end up being as legit as they looked on Thursday, but, S. Carolina looked slow and out of place all night on defense. A&M has a really good OL, but, SC generated zero pass rush, while the back end looked lost in coverage. I know missing a fully healthy Mike Davis hurts, but they had no ground game, either.

I kept thinking before the game how good the offense would be w/Davis and Thompson, and that OL, but, didn't really think what would happen to the defense minus Clowney, Quarrles, and Sutton up front. ECU coming up will be a challenge, but SC should take care of business after a half.

If your defense has no edge or is playing soft and conservative then TA&M's offense will make you look like that. SC's defense looked pretty much like our defense looked under Chris Wilson playing A&M in 2012 at DWS. SC gave up 683 yards and our 2012 defense gave up around the same amount.

 

[PiedmontDawg]

oof, I thought the same thing... Which begs the question, has this been the Lorenzo Ward defense all the way, just exposed without freaks on the DL, and experience in the secondary?

 

[Wicked Pissah]

Pretty much how I would rank them.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Pretty good news that three of the bottom four are on our schedule.

Looks like no more than a field goal's difference in #1 and #6.

Dammit.