SEC Power Poll Post-Week 3: Alabama Driving The Train

Yes, Alabama proved its worth, but not overwhelmingly.

By Glenn Logan Sep 16, 2013, 11:18pm EDT

Alabama may be tops, but LSU is charging.

What we know about this week:

Alabama is still very good;
Johnny Football is your new Heisman leader;
Tennessee is ... not good at defense. Either that, or Oregon is the greatest offensive juggernaut in history.

Here's my ballot:

Rnk	Team	cWL	W-L	SoS	PF-PA	MoV	Polls	Next opponent	Remarks
1	Alabama	1-0	2-0	52.57	84-52	16	1	Colorado State	I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt. They did win in college station, and that's no mean feat.
2	LSU		3-0	51.55	138-57	27	6,7	Auburn	You have to like what we've seen from this team.
3	Georgia	1-0	1-1	58.7	76-68	4	9,10	North Texas	Bye week
4	Texas A&M	0-1	2-1	63.21	159-108	17	10,9	Southern Methodist	Noble effort, but their defense is … not worthy. Johnny Football is a god.
5	South Carolina	1-1	2-1	56.15	92-76	5.3	12,13	Sep 28, at Central Florida	Hmmm. The Force does not really seem to be with them.
6	Mississippi	1-0	3-0	54.43	114-71	14.3	21,22	Sep 28, at Alabama	Beating Texas in Austin is … worthy.
7	Florida		1-1	57.16	40-27	6.5	19,18	Tennessee	Skeptical. Bye week. Still skeptical.
8	Auburn	1-0	3-0	57.92	93-53	13.3	33,34	at LSU	Nice victory. Don't get cocky.
9	Arkansas		3-0	57.58	89-38	17	37,30	at Rutgers	C'mon, for God's sake, play somebody.
10	Mississippi State	0-1	1-2	68	74-52	7.3		Troy	The offense is officially dead. Can the defense score?
11	Missouri		2-0	48.06	96-37	29.5		at Indiana	Just … whatever.
12	Tennessee		2-1	55.83	111-79	10.7		at Florida	Well, now we know. Great defense, by the way.
13	Vanderbilt	0-2	1-2	36.46	98-77	7		at Massachusetts	Lost tough against two good teams, beat the cupcake. Par for the course.
14	Kentucky		1-2	41.72	80-69	3.7		Sep 28, Florida	Kentucky put up a fight, which is more than you can say about the Vols.