Week 5 SEC Power Rankings


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Aaron Murray, Georgia Rebounding Nicely after Clemson Loss

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The past weekend’s slate of games in the SEC weren’t anything to write home about as there were zero games with two ranked opponents playing each other, so that left the LSU-Auburn game as the game of the week. In a week full of cupcake matchups and three teams on a bye week, there wasn’t much shuffling in this week’s edition of the power rankings, but that is sure to change with a good slate of games this upcoming weekend.

We did see two undefeated SEC teams suffer their first losses of the season as Auburn and Arkansas fell on the road. The loss for Arkansas came with play from their backup quarterback A.J. Derby, who came in for the injured Brandon Allen, and almost left Rutgers with a win. Auburn just ran into the buzzsaw that is the LSU Tigers in Tiger Stadium in a night game which is virtually impossible to knock them off.

Ole Miss was idle last week as they had an extra week to prepare for their trip to Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama in one of two games featuring two ranked teams playing each other. This will be a big test for Hugh Freeze’s club to see how far they have come and how far they still have to go to be on the level of the two-time defending champions.

For the second week in a row, LSU is one half of the conference’s game of the week as the No. 6 team in the country travels to Athens, Ga. to take on No. 9 Georgia with College Gameday in attendance for the battle of two top 10 teams.

After the first four weeks of the season, here is how the 14 teams in the conference stack up against each other.

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14. Kentucky (1-2)

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Last week: Idle.

This week: Kentucky hosts No. 20 Florida.

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13. Tennessee (2-2)

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Last week: Tennessee lost at Florida 17-31.

This week: Tennessee hosts South Alabama (2-1).

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T12. Mississippi State (2-2)

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Last week: Mississippi State defeated Troy 62-7.

This week: Idle. Host LSU Oct. 5.

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T12.Vanderbilt (2-2)

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Last week: Vanderbilt defeated Massachusetts 24-7.

This week: Vanderbilt hosts UAB.

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10. Missouri (3-0)

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Last week: Missouri defeated Indiana 45-28.

this week: Missouri hosts Arkansas State.

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9. Auburn (3-1)

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Last week: Auburn lost to LSU 35-21.

This week: Idle. Auburn hosts Ole Miss Oct. 5.

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8. Arkansas (3-1)

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Last week: Arkansas lost at Rutgers 24-28.

This week: Arkansas hosts Texas A&M.

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7. Florida (2-1)

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Last week: Florida defeated Tennessee 31-17.

This week: Florida at Kentucky.

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6. Ole Miss (3-0)

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Last week: Idle.

This week: Ole Miss at Alabama.

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5. South Carolina (2-1)

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Last week: Idle.

This week: South Carolina at UCF.

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4. Georgia (2-1)

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Last week: Georgia defeated North Texas 45-21.

This week: Georgia hosts LSU.

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3. Texas A&M (3-1)

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Last week: Texas A&M defeated SMU 42-10.

This week: Texas A&M at Arkansas.

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2. LSU (4-0)

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Last week: LSU defeated Auburn 35-21.

this week: LSU at Georgia.

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1. Alabama (3-0)

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Last week: Alabama defeated Colorado State 31-6.

This week: Alabama hosts Ole Miss.

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