Seven teams from the Southeastern Conference are ranked inside the AP Top 25 poll for the second straight week. The SEC boasted six teams during Week 1, 2, and 4 while Week 3 only had five teams ranked in the poll. The conference achieved the seven-team mark during Week 5 and carried that into Week 6 with one team falling out and one jumping in.
Despite some closer-than-expected games from the Bulldogs this season, Georgia (5-0, 2-0 SEC) remains the No. 1 team in the country after a 40-yard go-ahead touchdown to beat Auburn with less than three minutes on the clock.
Still on the outside of the Top 10 looking in, Alabama (4-1, 2-0 SEC) rose up one spot to No. 11 after defeating Mississippi State in Starkville over the weekend. The Tide powered to a 31-10 lead at halftime and didn’t look back during the second half.
Ole Miss (4-1, 1-1 SEC) jumped up four spots to No. 16 after a back-and-forth game with LSU (3-2, 2-1 SEC) in Oxford over the weekend. The Rebels handed the Tigers their second loss of the season with a go-ahead touchdown pass with only 39 seconds left in the game.
The loss subsequently dropped the Tigers from No. 13 to No. 23 in the rankings as the only two-loss team in the poll.
For a second straight week, there is a four-team logjam in the 20s of the rankings. Undefeated Kentucky (5-0, 2-0 SEC) enters the Top 25 for the first time at No. 20 after running through Florida in Lexington while undefeated Missouri (5-0, 1-0 SEC) lands at No. 21 following a beatdown of Vanderbilt in Nashville.
Tennessee (4-1, 1-1 SEC), surprisingly enough, dropped one spot from No. 21 to No. 22 after a 41-20 victory over South Carolina as the Florida loss still continues to weigh heavy on the Vols’ early-season rankings.
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Here’s a look at how the SEC rankings have played out through the first six weeks of the college football season:
Preseason/Week 1 (August 14)
- No. 1 Georgia (48-7 win over UT Martin)
- No. 4 Alabama (56-7 win over MTSU)
- No. 5 LSU (45-24 loss to No. 8 Florida State)
- No. 12 Tennessee (49-13 win over Virginia)
- No. 22 Ole Miss (73-7 win over Mercer)
- No. 23 Texas A&M (52-10 win over New Mexico)
Receiving votes: South Carolina 73, Arkansas 22, Kentucky 14, Auburn 7, Mississippi State 4, Florida 4
Week 2 (September 5)
- No. 1 Georgia (45-3 win over Ball State)
- No. 3 Alabama (34-24 loss to No. 11 Texas)
- No. 9 Tennessee (30-13 win over Austin Peay)
- No. 14 LSU (72-10 win over Grambling)
- No. 20 Ole Miss (37-20 win over No. 24 Tulane)
- No. 23 Texas A&M (48-33 loss to Miami)
Receiving votes: Arkansas 28, Kentucky 15, Mississippi State 5, Auburn 3
Week 3 (September 10)
- No. 1 Georgia (24-14 win over South Carolina)
- No. 10 Alabama (17-3 win over South Florida)
- No. 11 Tennessee (29-16 loss to Florida)
- No. 14 LSU (41-14 win over Mississippi State)
- No. 17 Ole Miss (48-23 win over Georgia Tech)
Week 4 (September 17)
- No. 1 Georgia (49-21 win over UAB)
- No. 12 LSU (34-31 win over Arkansas)
- No. 13 Alabama (24-10 win over Ole Miss)
- No. 15 Ole Miss (24-10 loss to Alabama)
- No. 23 Tennessee (45-14 win over UTSA)
- No. 25 Florida (22-7 win over Charlotte)
Receiving votes: Missouri 72, Kentucky 10, Auburn 1
Week 5 (September 24)
- No. 1 Georgia (27-20 win at Auburn)
- No. 12 Alabama (40-17 win at Mississippi State)
- No. 13 LSU (55-49 loss at Ole Miss)
- No. 20 Ole Miss (55-49 win over vs LSU)
- No. 21 Tennessee (41-20 win vs South Carolina)
- No. 22 Florida (33-14 loss at Kentucky)
- No. 23 Missouri (38-21 win at Vanderbilt)
Receiving votes: Kentucky 41, Texas A&M 5
Week 6 (October 1)
- No. 1 Georgia (vs Kentucky)
- No. 11 Alabama (at Texas A&M)
- No. 16 Ole Miss (vs Arkansas)
- No. 20 Kentucky (at Georgia)
- No. 21 Missouri (vs LSU)
- No. 22 Tennessee (BYE)
- No. 23 LSU (at Missouri)
Receiving votes: Texas A&M 31
