SEC Power Poll ballot: week seven

by Joel Hollingsworth on Oct 12, 2008 8:36 PM EDT in College Football

And finally, even the numbers agree: Tennessee is the worst team in the SEC. Ouch.

The RTT SEC Power Poll ballot will be cast in the following order. The gray rows indicate the "power" aspect of the power poll, meaning that those teams have been ranked notwithstanding their resume numbers.

Rank	Team	WL	SOS	PED	RD	3DO	TD	PEO	EXP	OPPG	TO	3DD	AVG R	W AVG
1	Alabama	1	42	19	2	26	10	55	95	12	52	7	29.18	76.35
17	Florida	16	43	23	17	28	18	20	116	10	37	29	32.45	165.64
15	Georgia	16	12	64	4	19	15	27	90	31	23	29	30.00	160.33
33	LSU	29	54	44	28	57	32	47	77	52	36	35	44.64	282.40
25	Vanderbilt	16	53	22	51	92	39	106	90	22	117	71	61.73	189.43
36	South Carolina	36	45	10	30	22	3	60	26	16	74	24	31.45	335.64
39	Kentucky	38	34	8	27	107	16	107	38	3	96	12	44.18	359.85
55	Auburn	54	58	16	26	110	14	113	84	11	108	2	54.18	506.66
59	Mississippi	57	7	96	35	38	53	48	26	62	46	50	47.09	527.05
67	Arkansas	57	5	63	98	64	59	77	109	112	64	85	72.09	531.90
84	Mississippi St.	85	22	11	76	81	28	99	38	42	103	10	54.09	778.93
86	Tennessee	85	55	25	20	97	21	101	45	29	104	89	61.00	781.13

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Hmmm...

Total Defense :: 21

3rd-Down Defense :: 89

That, of course, was not helped by the number of drive-extending penalties called on UT’s D (both real and imagined). But it does go a long ways in explaining the lack of offensive snaps – the D is playing well enough to encounter a lot of 3rd downs, but not well enough to get to 4th down. The opponents’ drives are therefore becoming long, time-consuming beasts that leave the opponents’ defenses well-rested and allows opposing DCs to make aggressive playcalls against an offense without a rhythm.

by David Hooper on Oct 13, 2008 10:56 AM EDT reply actions

This is further supported

by my dynasty team on NCAA ‘09. :) Of course, that team has a rushing offense, so …yeah, maybe it’s not quite the same. (And Crompton is effective in limited doses, proof that this is only simulation.)

The funny part? Good luck finding Gerald Jones in the depth chart.

by Chris Pendley on Oct 13, 2008 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions