SEC Power Rankings following Week 4 of 2018: Vols still near bottom

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 22: David Reese II #33 of the Florida Gators recovers a fumble during the first quarter of the game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee Volunteers at Neyland Stadium on September 22, 2018 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images) /

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Nothing changed here. The Arkansas Razorbacks are 1-3 and have earned every right to be at the bottom of our SEC Power Rankings. Losing by over 30 to an Auburn Tigers team that was ripe for a letdown after such a heartbreaking loss the week before only made things uglier.

Of course, that alone could’ve kept these guys out of the bottom spot. After all, Auburn is a good team. But the game clearly did nothing to elevate them, and going off their blowout loss to the North Texas Mean Green the previous week, we have enough evidence to know this team is bad.

Chad Morris’s offense is not taking off the way it’s supposed to in Fayetteville, and in a surprise, John Chavis’s defense isn’t providing much help either. It’s just a bad situation all the way around, and there are few signs of things getting better.

After all, up next for the Hogs is their annual neutral site match-up with the Texas A&M Aggies, and then they have to host the Alabama Crimson Tide. Lucky for them, home games against the Ole Miss Rebels, Tulsa Golden Hurricanes and Vanderbilt Commodores allow a run for relief. But this team looks like it can’t win any of those games.

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