The SEC ballot continues to be more tranquil than the BlogPoll ballot. The only real issue is that whole Alabama / LSU hangup: LSU actually lost a bit of ground to Alabama in our computers despite beating mighty Mississippi. The override cometh, but you know...
SEC | Team | WL | SOS | PED | RD | 3DO | TD | PEO | OPPG | TO | 3DD | SCORE |
1 | Auburn | 2.049 | 0.592 | -0.168 | 1.211 | 1.908 | 0.285 | 2.684 | 0.171 | 1.887 | 0.259 | 134.085 |
2 | Alabama | 1.183 | 0.786 | 1.934 | 0.847 | 0.625 | 1.452 | 1.876 | 1.875 | 0.788 | 1.053 | 121.311 |
3 | LSU | 1.616 | 0.578 | 1.332 | 0.560 | -0.472 | 1.574 | -0.903 | 1.349 | -0.746 | 0.724 | 93.385 |
4 | Arkansas | 1.183 | 0.786 | 0.593 | -0.201 | 0.523 | 0.506 | 1.842 | 0.478 | 1.675 | 1.291 | 85.271 |
5 | South Carolina | 0.750 | 0.882 | -0.555 | 1.638 | 1.681 | 0.455 | 1.337 | 0.672 | 0.269 | 0.136 | 78.162 |
6 | Florida | 0.317 | 0.854 | 1.202 | 0.658 | -0.433 | 1.325 | -0.513 | 0.838 | -0.309 | 0.359 | 47.856 |
7 | Mississippi St. | 0.317 | 0.974 | 0.124 | 0.789 | 0.901 | 0.186 | -0.252 | 0.850 | 0.014 | 0.419 | 44.253 |
8 | Georgia | -0.549 | 0.963 | -0.121 | 0.829 | 0.349 | 0.958 | 1.247 | 0.569 | 0.107 | -0.328 | 18.187 |
9 | Kentucky | -0.116 | -0.044 | 0.278 | -0.643 | 0.606 | 0.448 | 1.011 | -0.392 | 0.896 | 0.106 | 7.591 |
10 | Tennessee | -0.549 | 0.880 | 0.643 | -0.013 | -0.600 | -0.192 | 0.272 | 0.068 | -0.374 | 0.037 | -7.988 |
11 | Mississippi | -0.982 | 0.643 | -1.135 | 0.213 | -0.686 | -0.361 | -0.301 | -1.328 | 0.351 | 0.276 | -53.087 |
12 | Vanderbilt | -1.848 | 1.109 | -0.839 | -0.957 | -2.227 | -1.110 | -1.748 | -0.674 | -1.541 | 0.026 | -118.033 |
Well, at least Vandy has the toughest SoS in the conference. That almost makes the rest of their train wreck easier to handle. Conversely, Kentucky's SoS is weakest by a considerable margin, so factor that into your predictions this week.
Tennessee continues their improvement, though not by such great strides this week. A win over Kentucky would almost certainly give the Vols a positive score for the year, which is a considerable feat after October.
Oh, and LSU has the best total defense in the league. Les Miles owes a certain defensive coordinator a lot more money than he's already getting paid.