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SEC Power Poll: Week 2 - Georgia Is For Real

This was an interesting week. We learned that Georgia is no fraud, and Arkansas just might be.

By Glenn Logan
Not like last year, eh Clowney?
Not like last year, eh Clowney?
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Here we are at week 2 of the college football season, and several SEC teams either lost or performed in less-than-impressive ways this past weekend. So lets get right to my ballot:

Rnk Team cWL W-L SoS PF-PA MoV Polls Next opponent Remarks
1 Alabama
1-0 52.51 35-10 25 1 at Texas A&M Bye week.
2 Texas A&M
2-0 60.37 117-59 29 6 Alabama Okay, so TAMU allows an FCS team to score 28 on them?
3 LSU
2-0 50.63 93-44 24.5 8 Kent State 56-17 is convincing enough to me.
4 Georgia 1-0 1-1 57.96 76-68 4 9,10 Sep 21, North Texas The Dawgs kept Jadeveon Clowney at bay.
5 South Carolina 0-1 1-1 61.12 57-51 3 13,14 Vanderbilt Is the Gamecock secondary now considered suspect?
6 Florida
1-1 61.43 40-27 6.5 18,20 Sep 21, Tennessee 1-for the red zone is a recipe for disaster.
7 Mississippi 1-0 2-0 60.79 70-48 11 25 at Texas Southeastern Missouri St. gets 17 first downs against the Ole Miss defense? Really?
8 Arkansas
2-0 52.71 65-35 15 33 Southern Mississippi Even we at Kentucky are not impressed.
9 Tennessee
2-0 57.8 97-20 38.5 39,43 at Oregon Five takeaways will win you almost every game.
10 Mississippi State
1-1 77.39 54-28 13
at Auburn So the Bulldogs can score. Who'da thunk it after last week.
11 Auburn
2-0 55.35 69-33 18
Mississippi State Okay, Auburn, you are definitely better than last year.
12 Missouri
2-0 47.35 96-37 29.5
Sep 21, at Indiana Turnovers thwarted Toledo's upset bid. Mizzou is fortunate to get this one.
13 Vanderbilt 0-1 1-1 42.45 73-42 15.5
at South Carolina Ate a cupcake, but they didn't allow them to score 28. Just sayin'.
14 Kentucky
1-1 44.03 67-42 12.5
Louisville Significantly improved in every area but penalties and special teams.

Observations

  • I'm not really sure, at this point, if Texas A&M's defense is good enough to challenge for the West. Yes, Johnny Football is still awesome, but you have to stop somebody.

  • We will find out a lot about both TAMU and Alabama this weekend.

  • Arkansas was significantly less impressive than last week.

  • Is Mizzou really an SEC team, or a Big 12 imposter?

  • Can Kentucky score enough points to win an SEC game with their weakness on defense?

  • LSU just might be deserving of the top spot, but I don't think we've seen enough to dethrone Alabama yet.

  • Is Tennessee that good, or did Western just lay an egg?

What do you think?

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