SEC Power Rankings following Week Four of 2019: Vols still the worst
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Yes, we had to give the Auburn Tigers a giant leap in our SEC Power Rankings for this week. Sorry, but nobody has a more impressive collection of wins through four games than they do, and quality wins and schedule strength matter more than anything else. Recency of games and margin of victory come into play after that.
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Auburn has beaten the Oregon Ducks on a neutral site and the Texas A&M Aggies on the road. Sure, they looked ugly in one game against the Tulane Green Wave. That’s irrelevant. Gus Malzahn’s team still has two major wins over top 25 programs, neither of which are at home, and not other team in the league has that.
The offense is going to struggle naturally at times with a true freshman quarterback in Bo Nix. But the defense is clearly elite, and beating the Texas A&M Aggies 28-20 on the road in a game that wasn’t even that close proved it. They are looking very good right now.
Things aren’t getting easier for this team, though. After hosting the Mississippi State Bulldogs this week, they have to visit the Florida Gators next week. That starts a three-game road-stand followed by the Arkansas Razorbacks and then the LSU Tigers.
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Add in the Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide in November, and Auburn is the only team that has to face all of the other SEC teams in the top 10 and who are undefeated right now. That’s a brutal schedule, one they could have a tough time navigating. But so far, they are off to a red-hot start, and that’s something to celebrate.