SEC Power Poll: Week 4

by Arkansas Expats on Sep 23, 2008 8:21 PM CDT in Football Comment 4 comments

Maybe we're just in a bad mood after getting routed by the Tide, but we felt like it was time to shake things up in our Power Poll ballot this week. While we await death threats from the thousands dozens tiny handful of Georgia fans who might read this post, let us know what you think in the comments section.

1. (2) Florida (defeated Tennessee, 30-6)
2. (3) LSU (defeated Auburn, 26-21)
3. (1) Georgia (defeated Arizona State, 27-10)

This may send Georgia fans into the heights of vein-popping outrage, but it felt like their week to move down. Yes, they had a big road win and, by traditional poll-making standards, it's heresy to downgrade a team after a game like that, but we're nothing if not damn-the-rules rebels here at Razorback Expats.

The fact is, we give SEC road wins a lot more weight than victories over wimpy Pac 10 schools, and Florida and LSU both ventured into extremely hostile territory over the weekend and pulled out impressive triumphs over good teams (ok, LSU beat a good team).

The other fact is that any of these three schools would beat the Hogs by about seven touchdowns, so the exact order doesn't matter all that much to us at this point.

4. (4) Alabama (defeated Arkansas, 49-14)
5. (6) Vanderbilt (defeated Mississippi, 23-17)
6. (5) Auburn (lost to LSU, 21-26)

No further need to rehash Alabama's game this week. Auburn blew a big opportunity by letting 14-3 and 21-20 leads slip away against LSU (any Razorback fan who remembers last season can sympathize), and Vandy upsets the natural order of the universe by creeping into the top 5. They're the #1 team in the SEC East right now...strange doings are afoot.

7. (9) South Carolina (defeated Wofford, 23-13)
8. (7) Tennessee (lost to Florida, 6-30)
9. (8) Mississippi (lost to Vanderbilt, 17-23)
10. (10) Kentucky (idle)

We're still pretty confounded by these teams...the only thing we do know is that right now it looks like a pretty big drop-off after #6 in our poll. South Carolina moves up to a very shaky #7, but that's only because UT and Ole Miss lost. Kentucky is kind of a mystery, but since they didn't play it was easy enough to leave them at #10.

11. (11) Arkansas (lost to Alabama, 14-49)
12. (12) Mississippi St (lost to Georgia Tech, 7-38)

The hotly-contested battle for last place continues...both teams turned in impressive performances last weekend. At this point, it's looking like a photo finish.

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I have this notion that Georgia is good, but not SEC good. Hey, didn’t UNLV beat Arizona State as well? That win over South Carolina didn’t impress me much and impresses me even less as SC is showing itself to be the same old South Carolina. So tell those Georgians to come after me as well, haha.

Where Arkansas fits in the bottom half of the picture should become clearer when we start playing Kentucky, Ole Miss, Miss. State, South Carolina. Maybe this awful stretch of top ten teams will toughen us up and make us better when we face the weaker sisters of the SEC. Let’s hope.

by KevinHog on Sep 24, 2008 8:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

First of all, you was right on target putting the Gators on top of the poll, but jumped the gun just a little with LSU. Georgia is good, and getting better. LSU is good, and getting better, but Auburn isn’t as good as Georgia on offense, especially QB, but still managed to score 26 on the LSU defense. It may not matter in a week though, because the Tide will beat the Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa. Bet on it. The other one I was even more sure I disageed with was putting Vandi over Auburn. Vandi is much improved, but the Ole Miss team they beat can’t compare with Auburn. The coaching isn’t even close.

by GonzoHog on Sep 24, 2008 11:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Gonzo, Auburn only scored 21 on us, and only 14 came from their offense (7 came from a pick returned for a TD, something that might be familiar to you). However, I do agree with you that UGA is probably a notch above us at the moment, but that can be settled Oct 25.

by artiger on Sep 24, 2008 4:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

My bad ARTIGER. I do remember it being 21 now. I have to say though, I was a bit impressed with the LSU QB in the 2nd half. He may be better than exspected if he continue’s to improve. As usual, the Tigers have another team with outstanding athletes at almost every position. Speed kills, and I can’t wait to see LSU take on Florida this year.

by GonzoHog on Sep 25, 2008 1:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs