After the Alabama loss, our computer grudgingly placed Auburn at the top of the pile, saving us from one override. However, the computer still keeps LSU below Alabama because the Tide has offensive metrics that are, you know, positive. That'll be fixed, of course, but here's the draft:
- Auburn Tigers
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- LSU Tigers
- Arkansas Razorbacks
- Mississippi St. Bulldogs
- Florida Gators
- South Carolina Gamecocks
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Kentucky Wildcats
- Mississippi Rebels
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Vanderbilt Commodores
First, the raw numbers. Then my brief observations.
SEC | Team | WL | SOS | PED | RD | 3DO | TD | PEO | OPPG | TO | 3DD | SCORE |
1 | Auburn | 1.960 | 0.489 | -0.002 | 1.020 | 1.460 | 0.235 | 2.579 | 0.213 | 1.862 | 0.303 | 124.717 |
2 | Alabama | 0.946 | 1.008 | 1.673 | 0.721 | 0.777 | 1.105 | 1.519 | 1.662 | 0.653 | 1.215 | 106.738 |
3 | LSU | 1.453 | 1.104 | 1.072 | 0.736 | -0.099 | 1.537 | -0.982 | 1.326 | -0.790 | 0.011 | 94.072 |
4 | Arkansas | 0.946 | 0.643 | 0.774 | -0.105 | 0.149 | 0.752 | 1.522 | 0.530 | 1.462 | 1.672 | 74.435 |
5 | Mississippi St. | 0.946 | 0.128 | 0.705 | 1.003 | 0.813 | 0.576 | -0.138 | 1.219 | -0.010 | 0.303 | 69.666 |
6 | Florida | 0.439 | 0.739 | 1.384 | 0.843 | -0.122 | 1.364 | -0.483 | 0.866 | -0.367 | 0.726 | 58.372 |
7 | South Carolina | 0.439 | 0.698 | -1.156 | 1.288 | 1.715 | -0.003 | 1.144 | 0.545 | 0.169 | -0.590 | 48.341 |
8 | Georgia | -0.321 | 0.281 | 0.057 | 1.239 | 0.309 | 1.134 | 1.104 | 0.888 | 0.159 | 0.218 | 26.273 |
9 | Kentucky | -0.321 | 0.176 | -0.041 | -0.630 | 0.534 | 0.488 | 0.915 | -0.545 | 0.650 | 0.132 | -2.774 |
10 | Mississippi | -0.575 | 0.090 | -0.936 | 0.240 | -0.252 | -0.118 | 0.140 | -0.971 | 0.497 | 0.259 | -32.424 |
11 | Tennessee | -1.082 | 1.171 | 0.039 | -0.096 | -0.866 | -0.483 | 0.093 | -0.390 | -0.489 | -0.247 | -39.542 |
12 | Vanderbilt | -1.588 | 0.963 | -0.739 | -0.732 | -2.851 | -0.932 | -1.616 | -0.696 | -1.735 | 0.263 | -110.440 |
The Top
Again, I'll flop Alabama and LSU. Other than that, I think the top 5 are ok.
Florida / South Carolina
Meh.
Bottom Three
Hopefully the numbers convince you that Tennessee and Vanderbilt should not be switched. Mississippi and Tennessee are close enough that you could argue for that switch, but why? It'll be settled this weekend, and Ole Miss does have the better overall record at the moment (partly due to the weakest schedule in the conference). I'm fine with this order.