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SEC Football Power Rankings After Week 7: Auburn Flying High

By Jake Mastroianni

Oct 8, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Skydivers perform a flyover before the game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers at Davis Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 8, 2016; Starkville, MS, USA; Skydivers perform a flyover before the game between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Auburn Tigers at Davis Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 9, 2016; Columbia, SC, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks tight end Kiel Pollard (87) and Georgia Bulldogs safety Quincy Mauger (20) dive for the same ball during the second half at Williams-Brice Stadium. South Carolina would get the possession. Georgia won 28-14. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 9, 2016; Columbia, SC, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks tight end Kiel Pollard (87) and Georgia Bulldogs safety Quincy Mauger (20) dive for the same ball during the second half at Williams-Brice Stadium. South Carolina would get the possession. Georgia won 28-14. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports /

12 – South Carolina – 2-4 (1-4) – Even

The Gamecocks are coming off a bye after losing by two touchdowns at home to what is looking like a terrible Georgia team.

To be fair, that game was much closer than the final score. Still, this is not a good South Carolina team and I don’t see how they make a bowl game at this point with only two wins on the season thus far.

Will Muschamp has already put together a very good defense that will keep them in games, but I don’t think they have the offense to pull off an upset against either Tennessee, Florida or Clemson.

They need to be worried about a UMASS team this weekend that is very familiar with SEC football as they’ve already played competitive games against Florida and Mississippi State this year.

I still think Muschamp and South Carolina fans will call this a good season if they finish with five wins, as they should.

Oct 14, 2016; Provo, UT, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs wide receiver Malik Dear (22) runs the ball in the second quarter against the Brigham Young Cougars at Lavell Edwards Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 14, 2016; Provo, UT, USA; Mississippi State Bulldogs wide receiver Malik Dear (22) runs the ball in the second quarter against the Brigham Young Cougars at Lavell Edwards Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports /

11 – Mississippi State – 2-4 (1-2) – Even

The heat has been turned up on Dan Mullen as Mississippi State now sits at just 2-4 on the season after a double-overtime loss at BYU.

I actually didn’t think the Bulldogs would play as well as they did in a hostile environment on a Friday night against a good BYU team. Obviously those are games that Mississippi State fans expect to win, but the Bulldogs lost a lot from last year’s team and are rebuilding.

Plus, you have to realize how good the SEC West is. Somebody has to be at the bottom of that pile, and it looks like it’s going to be the Bulldogs this year.

Can you imagine a schedule that includes Auburn, Texas A&M, Alabama, Arkansas and Ole Miss? That’s just not fair for a team that is trying to regroup.

At most this team will win five games this year; although, if they don’t beat Kentucky this weekend they might finish with just three wins, and Mullen might have to get the axe at that point.

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