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All for Tennessee Official Week 7 SEC Power Rankings: Vols Take a Dive

By Caleb Calhoun

Oct 15, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers mascot Smokey X during the second half against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Neyland Stadium. Alabama won 49 to 10. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers mascot Smokey X during the second half against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Neyland Stadium. Alabama won 49 to 10. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 15, 2016; Athens, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Jacob Eason (10) runs with the ball against the Vanderbilt Commodores during the second quarter at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 15, 2016; Athens, GA, USA; Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Jacob Eason (10) runs with the ball against the Vanderbilt Commodores during the second quarter at Sanford Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports /

Talk about a major fall in our SEC Power Rankings. Sure, the Georgia Bulldogs are rebuilding under a new head coach. Sure, they have scored some impressive wins against the North Carolina Tar Heels and by playing the Tennessee Vols close.

But there is no excuse for Kirby Smart’s team to lose at home to the Vanderbilt Commodores. They may have an elite defense, which makes it understandable that they’d hold the Dawgs’ offense to 16 points.

However, couldn’t the Dawgs then hold them to under 17 points? After all, Vanderbilt’s offense is an absolute atrocity, and a defensive-minded coach let them score a game-winning touchdown with tons of talent on his end.

That’s embarrassing. Add in the fact that Jacob Eason is your quarterback and you had Nick Chubb back in the lineup for the second straight week, and there’s no way to avoid the fact that this was an awful loss. Now, at 4-3, a bowl berth is not necessarily a guarantee for the Dawgs.

They still have to face the Florida Gators, Auburn Tigers, and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. To get to 6-6 they have to win one of those games or beat the Kentucky Wildcats on the road. Considering that they just lost to Vanderbilt, that could be more difficult than you might think.

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