Rank

Team

Last Week

1

 1

The Citadel will fight hard but this week isn’t the spot for an upset, even if Quinnen Williams plays quarterback for UA.

2

 2

The Bulldogs seem to have hit their stride, and it’s not just that wobbly-but-cute stride that most Bulldogs have.

3

 

3

The jokes about Rice playing at LSU (“Put it in the gumbo!”) are the best thing about this matchup.

4

 

5

MSU learned in Tuscaloosa last Saturday that when it comes to artificial noisemakers, the whistle is mightier than the cowbell.

5

 8

What? Who? Mizzou? Look at this way: no one from here down is consistent, but the Tigers are at least entertaining.

6

 4

The Tigers are now third in the SEC Tiger rankings. If Tiger Woods played SEC golf, they’d be even lower.

7

 7

Jimbo couldn’t go 0-for-Alabama, could he? To be sure, he better pay attention to UAB.

8

 9

The Gators’ current coach beat UF’s ex-coach. Gator QB Feleipe Franks shushed his own home crowd. That’s a full weekend.

9

 

 6

The fleeting promise of football glory proved illusory. In other words, you lost to Tennessee.

10

 10

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because you’ve got to cross Graymont Avenue to get to the Birmingham Bowl.

11

 12

For the second time this season, UT beat a ranked opponent last Saturday. That’s more than anyone expected in Pruitt Year 1.

12

 11

There just aren’t enough warm bodies for the Rebels to play 60 minutes of defense.

13

 13

The Commodores let a game slip away at Missouri, and put their .500 season at risk.

14

 

 14

The best thing that happened for Hog fans this week was the firing of Bobby Petrino at Louisville with a far less colorful story than he had in Fayetteville.