Happy Monday, everyone. Things are much happier around here this week, after Alabama properly dismantled its cupcake on Saturday night. The Tide moved up to 19th in the AP poll, where the SEC is represented in historic fashion.
The SEC had been the only conference to have 10 teams ranked and matched that record to start this season. That’s not quite as impressive a feat with 16 teams these days, but now the league has taken it a step further with No. 24 Missouri and No. 25 Auburn joining No. 11 South Carolina, No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 16 Texas A&M, No. 17 Ole Miss and No. 19 Alabama, on top of the three top-10 teams. Florida, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Arkansas are the only unranked SEC teams.
The top of the league might have some cracks. We’ve already seen No. 21 Alabama lose, and No. 4 Georgia didn’t look too impressive in a 28-6 win over Austin Peay. No. 7 Texas got on the board with a 38-7 win over San Jose State but looked shaky early there as well…