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Tennessee football: Not playing boosts Vols in Week 11 SEC Power Rankings

By Caleb Calhoun

ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 07: An 'SEC' logo is seen on an end zone pylon before the Missouri Tigers take on the Auburn Tigers during the SEC Championship Game at Georgia Dome on December 7, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 07: An 'SEC' logo is seen on an end zone pylon before the Missouri Tigers take on the Auburn Tigers during the SEC Championship Game at Georgia Dome on December 7, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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Oct 10, 2020; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Auburn Tigers place kicker Anders Carlson (26) celebrates his game winning field goal against the Arkansas Razorbacks during the fourth quarter at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2020; Auburn, Alabama, USA; Auburn Tigers place kicker Anders Carlson (26) celebrates his game winning field goal against the Arkansas Razorbacks during the fourth quarter at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /

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If you take away that Auburn Tigers loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks, then nobody in the top tier of our SEC Power Rankings lost to anybody outside of the top five. Of course, that’s the second year in a row South Carolina did that, as Will Muschamp’s team shocked the Georgia Bulldog despite being a lower-tier team in the league last year. It happened with Muschamp.

Either way, Auburn had a bye and then its matchup with the Mississippi State Bulldogs postponed at the worst time. The Tigers’ offense was finally beginning to take off under Chad Morris, and he and Gus Malzahn were working well together with Bo Nix and all their elite weapons. Now they have to maintain it after two weeks off unless they want to lose this top five spot.

Up next, they should have an easy chance to maintain it against a struggling Tennessee football team. However, don’t forget that in 2018, they lost to the unranked Vols. After that game, though, they face the Alabama Crimson Tide and Texas A&M Aggies before closing out with that rescheduled Mississippi State game. That makes 6-4 likely, but an upset can occur with this team.

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