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All for Tennessee Official Week 10 SEC Power Rankings

By Caleb Calhoun

Nov 5, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers running back John Kelly (4) runs the ball against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles during the first quarter at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers running back John Kelly (4) runs the ball against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles during the first quarter at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 5, 2016; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi Rebels quarterback Jason Pellerin (7) hands the ball off to Mississippi Rebels running back Akeem Judd (21) during the second half against Georgia Southern Eagles at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mississippi Rebels defeated Georgia Southern Eagles 37-27. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 5, 2016; Oxford, MS, USA; Mississippi Rebels quarterback Jason Pellerin (7) hands the ball off to Mississippi Rebels running back Akeem Judd (21) during the second half against Georgia Southern Eagles at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mississippi Rebels defeated Georgia Southern Eagles 37-27. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports /

Throughout the year, we have given the Ole Miss Rebels a ton of credit for playing such a brutal schedule. As a result, we consistently kept them high up in our SEC Power Rankings. That was until last week.

After falling to 3-5, we determined that the Rebels actually have to win some of these tough games to garner any consideration as a decent team. They didn’t. Now, after a 37-27 win over Georgia Southern, they have done absolutely nothing to prove to us that they deserve to move up.

Sure, their 4-5 record is more impressive than the six wins of the Tennessee Vols or Florida Gators. But it’s not more impressive than other teams in the SEC West. Hugh Freeze’s team has struggled significantly on defense this year.

And with Chad Kelly’s college career over, this team could take a major step back on offense as well now.

Unfortunately, getting to six wins is not guarantee for them. They still have to face the Texas A&M Aggies and Vanderbilt Commodores on the road. One is a likely loss, and the other is an extremely possible loss.

Then they have to host a resurgent Mississippi State Bulldogs team to close out the year. The wheels are very close to coming off of this program.

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