The SEC made history again this week as the first conference ever to have six teams ranked in the top seven spots of the AP Top 25. Similar records will be broken in this new era of college football, where the SEC and Big Ten’s 34 teams rule the sport.
That also means big teams could fall more often, particularly in conference action. The docket this week is light on potential upsets in the SEC, though there’s always a Northern Illinois lurking around ready to shock the world. Several teams face their toughest tests yet, including No. 5 Ole Miss and No. 6 Missouri, in Week 3.
Most interesting SEC games
ESPN’s GameDay will be in Columbia, South Carolina, for Saturday’s No. 16 LSU vs. South Carolina game, but that’s not my game of the week in the SEC. Texas A&M at Florida is intriguing for reasons not entirely important to the national conversation, but because it’s darn near sink-or-swim for the Gators.
Billy Napier is already on the hottest seat in the country, but he was provided a ray of hope last week when freshman quarterback DJ Lagway sizzled in The Swamp for his debut as a starter. However, Napier said he may side with senior Graham Mertz if he’s cleared from concussion protocol. Playing both quarterbacks vs. the Aggies seems like a good way to mess up a good thing. Why complicate matters? Nothing comes easy for the Gator faithful, it seems.
Here are the rankings for this week’s SEC games:
Texas A&M at FloridaNo. 16 LSU at South CarolinaNo. 24 Boston College at No. 6 MissouriNo. 4 Alabama at WisconsinNo. 1 Georgia at KentuckyTulane at No. 15 OklahomaNo. 5 Ole Miss at Wake ForestVanderbilt at Georgia StateToledo at Mississippi StateUAB at ArkansasNew Mexico at AuburnUTSA at No. 2 TexasKent State at No. 7 Tennessee
