Chaos clouds SEC Power Rankings after Week 12

Last Week’s Rankings: 16

Week 12: bye week

Following the bye week, the Mississippi State Bulldogs will welcome the Missouri Tigers to Starkville hoping to earn their first conference win of the season.

Last Week’s Rankings: 15

Week 12: Beat Murray State 48-6

Kentucky won’t move the needle much with a one-win win over a Murray State team, but it was the most points the Wildcats have scored in a game this year, so that’s it.

Last Week’s Rankings: 14

Week 12: Beat UL-Monroe 48-14

Payton Thorne threw for 286 yards and five touchdowns as the Auburn Tigers beat UL-Monroe. The Tigers will next host Texas A&M.

Last Week’s Rankings: 13

Week 12: bye week

Next week, the Oklahoma Sooners will face the Alabama Crimson Tide in hopes of playing spoiler and earning bowl eligibility.

Last Week’s Rankings: 12

Week 12: Lost to Texas 20-10

The Razorbacks came alive in the third quarter and struggled to stay within three points in the fourth quarter, but with one possession tipped back to Texas, it was able to milk the final 6:55 for the win.

Last Week’s Rankings: 10

Week 12: bye week

Vanderbilt lost two of its last three games to Texas and South Carolina, two of the hottest teams in the conference. They now prepare to face the LSU Tigers, a team that cooled off in the second half of the season.

Last Week’s Rankings: 9

Week 12: Lost to South Carolina 34-30

Missouri still hasn’t beaten anyone of significance since its win against a Boston College team that is 5-5 on the season. Brady Cook returned to spark the Tigers’ offense, but they couldn’t stop the Gamecocks’ LaNorris Sellers, who had nearly 400 yards of offense.

The Tigers were unstoppable in the final minute after taking the lead with 1:10 left in the game.

Last Week’s Rankings: 7

Week 12: Lost to Florida 27-16

When you look at the ballot box results, you see that there is no reason for LSU to lose this game. They dominated time of possession and held Florida to under 350 yards of offense for the game. But here we are. The Tigers were inefficient offensively and failed to make big plays. and had to settle for field goals.

Last Week’s Rankings: 11

Week 12: Beat LSU 27-16

The Florida Gators only created 339 yards of total offense, but they made a big play in the running game, winning the turnover battle and the defense held the Tigers to 13-of-24 on third down.

Last Week’s Rankings:8

Week 12: Beat Missouri 34-30

This was another strong win for the South Carolina Gamecocks as they continue to climb in the SEC standings. LaNorris Sellers totaled 398 yards of offense and three touchdowns in the win. Sellers put together a go-ahead touchdown drive with 1:10 on the clock, capped by Raheim Sanders’ touchdown run.

The Gamecocks have won four straight, including top-25 wins over Mizzou and Texas A&M.

Last Week’s Rankings: 6

Week 12: Beat Mercer 52-7

Jalen Milroe threw for three total touchdowns in the win against Mercer and Alabama went to the bench early in this game. Now the Crimson Tide prepares for their road trip to face the Oklahoma Sooners.

Alabama turned it on recently after losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee.

Last Week’s Rankings: 5

Week 12: Beat New Mexico State 38-3

Marcel Reed had 309 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in the Aggies’ win. Texas A&M will travel on the road to face Auburn before closing out the season with a home game against the Texas Longhorns.

Last Week’s Rankings: 1

Week 12: Lost to Georgia 31-17

Having an opportunity to establish themselves as an SEC title contender, the Tennessee Volunteers came up short and were eliminated in the second half by Georgia.

Last Week’s Rankings: 2

Week 12: Arkansas beat Razorbacks 20-10

The strength of Texas’ schedule has been hotly debated all year, and the one thing they continue to do is win. They didn’t have many style points, but they did get a solid win over a worn-out team from Arkansas on Saturday. Still, it’s hard to know how good the Longhorns are at this point in the season.

In the Longhorns’ only significant game against the Georgia Bulldogs, they lost by two points. The Longhorns dropped a point this week after the Bulldogs picked up a head-to-head victory over Texas.

Last Week’s Rankings: 4

Week 12: Beat Tennessee 31-17

Trailing 10-0 in the first quarter, the Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Volunteers 31-7 in the last three quarters. Carson Beck rushed for 347 yards and two touchdowns after struggling early in the game. Could this be the win that catapults the Bulldogs to contender status for the rest of the season?

Georgia’s only losses this season were against Alabama and Ole Miss.

Last Week’s Rankings: 3

Week 12: bye week

Coming off a bye, the Rebels will look to keep their playoff hopes alive as they travel to Gainesville to face a surging Florida team. Before the bye week, Ole Miss beat Georgia by 18 points. Although this early season loss to Kentucky was painful, Ole Miss looks like the best team in the SEC right now.