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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 15, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; against the Tennessee Volunteers during the third quarter at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; against the Tennessee Volunteers during the third quarter at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /

8 – Tennessee – 5-2 (2-2) – Down Four

There is no excuse for getting beat 49-10 on your own field, I don’t care who you are playing. If you want to consider yourself one of the best teams in the country, you don’t lose like the Volunteers did Saturday afternoon.

I know they had a bunch of injuries on defense, but that’s part of the game. Great teams have the depth to overcome those injuries, and it’s still no reason to get blown out at home.

They’ve now lost two straight, and you have to consider that those struggles early in the season were real.

On the bright side, there isn’t a team the rest of the way that should come close to beating Tennessee. However, I would not be surprised if they stumble along the way.

Right now they need Florida to slip up and lose a game to get back in the SEC Championship picture. If they don’t make it to the championship game – even if they go on to win 10 games – Butch Jones seat will be on fire.

Oct 15, 2016; Fayetteville, AR, USA; Ole Miss Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly (10) returns to the sideline during a timeout in the second hola of the game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Arkansas defeated Ole Miss 34-30. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Fayetteville, AR, USA; Ole Miss Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly (10) returns to the sideline during a timeout in the second hola of the game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Arkansas defeated Ole Miss 34-30. Mandatory Credit: Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports /

7 – Ole Miss – 3-3 (1-2) – Down Four

I’m really disappointed in the Rebels and how they played against Arkansas. There is no way they should have lost that game. But that’s what happens when teams play uninspired football, and Ole Miss tends to do that often.

Even after two early losses, Ole Miss and its fans thought they had a chance to win out and possibly enter the playoff discussion again.

That’s out the window now, and you wonder how motivated Chad Kelly and this team will play the rest of the season.

They could easily fold it up and lose six games this year, and I’m not sure Hugh Freeze could survive that with all that’s going on at that program. The only reason he’s still there is because he wins football games.

We’ll get a good idea of how they’ll respond this weekend as they travel to Baton Rouge to take on LSU at night.

Another loss and this team could implode, if they haven’t already.

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