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This is your post-week 5 SEC Power Poll ballot. Not much has really changed except for LSU and Georgia largely swapping places. Texas A&M continues to do it without defense, and Georgia with only a little defense. Alabama might be rounding into form defensively, and Missouri has yet to play anybody of note.
With that said, here is the ballot.
| Rank | Team | cWL | W-L | SoS | PF-PA | MoV | Polls | Next opponent | Comments |
| 1 | Alabama | 2-0 | 4-0 | 51.49 | 140-58 | 20.5 | 1 | Georgia State | Is the Tide defense coming around? |
| 2 | Georgia | 2-0 | 3-1 | 61.66 | 165-130 | 8.8 | 6 | at Tennessee | Defense is for basketball teams, not for Georgia. They can score 40+ on anybody, it seems |
| 3 | Texas A&M | 1-1 | 4-1 | 57.46 | 246-154 | 18.4 | 9 | Oct 12, at Mississippi | They score more than Georgia, but their defense is even more porous. |
| 4 | LSU | 1-1 | 4-1 | 56.23 | 214-122 | 18.4 | 10,11 | at Mississippi State | The Tigers just ran into a better offensive team that they couldn't stop often enough. |
| 5 | South Carolina | 1-1 | 3-1 | 59.55 | 120-101 | 4.8 | 13,12 | Kentucky | The Gamecocks didn't look all that game against UCF. Sign of trouble? |
| 6 | Florida | 2-0 | 3-1 | 62.48 | 95-51 | 11 | 18,19 | Arkansas | Stalwart defense and an offense that just plays keep-away. |
| 7 | Mississippi | 1-1 | 3-1 | 53.76 | 114-96 | 4.5 | 24,26 | at Auburn | Could not score on the same Crimson Tide that gave up 42 to Texas A&M, and 10 to Virginia Tech. |
| 8 | Missouri | 4-0 | 53.45 | 182-84 | 24.5 | 30,31 | at Vanderbilt | A littany of nobodies so far, and now they ease into SEC play with … Vanderbilt? The schedule from heaven. | |
| 9 | Auburn | 1-1 | 3-1 | 52.41 | 114-88 | 6.5 | Mississippi | Bye week | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt | 0-2 | 3-2 | 47.37 | 174-108 | 13.2 | Missouri | This is not last year's Vanderbilt team. Their defense is looking very suspect. | |
| 11 | Mississippi State | 0-1 | 2-2 | 59.07 | 136-59 | 19.3 | LSU | Bye week | |
| 12 | Tennessee | 0-1 | 3-2 | 61.97 | 159-134 | 5 | Georgia | A 31-24 victory against South Alabama has the Vol faithful wondering who this team is. | |
| 13 | Arkansas | 0-1 | 3-2 | 58.64 | 146-111 | 7 | at Florida | We knew TAMU's defense was weak, but the Razorbacks are a bit surprising offensively. | |
| 14 | Kentucky | 0-1 | 1-3 | 56.02 | 87-93 | -1.5 | at South Carolina | The defense is showing signs, but the offense isn't. |
Your comments are most welcome.