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1. Alabama - A good practice game heading into this week’s game against LSU. They should still come out on top, but you never know.
2. Florida - They really put a whippin on Georgia. The SEC Championship game should be good a gone between the Gators and Tide.
3. Georgia - Even though they got killed [...]

Nothing has really changed for me in the SEC Power Poll, but here is my ballot for week 9 anyway.
1. Alabama - A solid game against the Vols, and they even scored in the second half.
2. Florida - Tebow and Co. tore Kentucky to shreds.
3. Georgia - The Bulldogs put together a solid game against [...]

Here is how I see the SEC stacking up in the 8th week of the 2008 college football season.
1. Alabama - If they can’t get it together in the second half, they will end up losing a game soon. Is it possible to go into a prevent offense?
2. Florida - Sure they lost to Ole [...]

The SEC Power Poll is out for week 7. Alabama has a firm hold on the #1 spot and Mississippi State actually moved to #10 ahead of Tennessee and Arkansas. A win in Knoxville this weekend could push us up to #9 over Auburn.

Alabama, 251 points (20 first-place votes)
Florida, 230.5 (1)
Georgia, 209.5
LSU, 187
South Carolina, 158
Vanderbilt, [...]

Here is my SEC Power Poll ballot for week 7.

Alabama
The Tide stays on top thanks to being undefeated and having a bye week. They should take care of Ole Miss easily this weekend.
Florida
The Gators really took it to LSU and made them look like the Tigers from the Plains. The Hat just couldn’t get anything [...]

Another weekend, another chance to see the greatest conference in college football in action. Georgia, LSU and Mississippi State were off this past weekend, and it was business as usually for most of the teams in the conference.  Here we go.
1. LSU
They had the week off and should have no problem in the swamp this [...]

The votes are in and Alabama is at the top of the SEC Power Poll for the first time this week, followed by LSU. The SEC West is sitting atop the mountain after losses by Georgia and Florida this past weekend and Vandy edges out Ole Miss for the #5 spot. Here are the rankings, [...]

I missed my ballot deadlline last week, and there have been some major shakeups in my rankings after this past weekend. Here we go.

LSU
LSU is the most complete team in the SEC right now. Hey have found a solid QB in Jarrett Lee, Charles Scott is a force to be reckoned with, and their receiver [...]

It has been a crazy week at work and I missed my deadline for the SEC Power Poll Ballot, but here are the results for Week 4. I probably would have voted very close to the results.

Georgia, 247 points (11 first-place votes)
Florida, 245 (8)
LSU, 232 (3)
Alabama, 199.5
Auburn, 167.5
Vanderbilt, 161
Kentucky, 111
Mississippi, 100
South Carolina, 100
Tennessee, 86
Mississippi State, [...]

The ballots are in and here is the SEC Power Poll for Week 3. You can read the poll comments for each team over at Garnet and Black.

Florida, 261 points (8 first-place votes)
Georgia, 257 (14)
LSU, 233 (1)
Alabama, 205
Auburn, 174
Vanderbilt, 161
Tennessee, 122
Mississippi, 121
South Carolina, 96
Kentucky, 89
Arkansas, 39
Mississippi State, 36

Here are the comments by some of the [...]

Most teams in the SEC kicked off their conference play this past weekend. Those that didn’t won their non-conference matchups without a problem. I think it is still too early to truly rank the teams. This weekend should give us a glimpse into the future Power Poll rankings.

Georgia
Florida
LSU
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Alabama
Ole Miss
Tennessee
South Carolina
Kentucky
Arkansas
Mississippi state

1. Georgia
The Bulldogs played a [...]

The results are in. Here is how the SEC ranked in Week 2 of the SEC Power Poll. Georgia moved back into first place, and Vandy jumped way up to sixth (I voted them 5th in my ballot). Other than that, the rankings are pretty much the same. The SEC opener for Mississippi State [...]

There were many suprises in this second week of college football, and we are learning more and more about each team as we work our way towards SEC play this weekend. Here are my rankings of the SEC. It was a hard week to rank in some respects with LSU not playing and most teams [...]

The votes are in and the SEC Power Poll for Week 1 f the 2008 season is done. Florida is at the top of the poll while Mississippi State is bringing up the rear. Here are the final official rankings:
WEEK 1 RESULTS

Florida, 308 points (13 first-place votes)
Georgia, 304.5 (13)
LSU, 265.5 (1)
Alabama, 239
Auburn, 232
South Carolina, 166
Mississippi, [...]

Here are is my ballot for the SEC Power Poll after the first week of college football. The only games I didn’t see at least some part of were Ole Miss, Auburn, Arkansas and Kentucky, so I am using post-game notes to judge the performance of those teams.
1. Florida
2. LSU
3. Georgia
4. Alabama
5. Auburn
6. Tennessee
7. Ole [...]