Auburn and SEC Rankings through 4 weeks

I got the idea to look at this from a topic on tRant. I looked at the scoring defense and offense of each SEC team and their opponents average scoring defense and offense. The asterisk is for teams that played an FCS team, and there were no rankings for them.

The average scoring offense shows the rank in the SEC and the average level of offense that each team has faced. The average scoring defense shows the rank in the SEC and the average level of defense that each team has faced.

For example, look at Auburn. They have a scoring defense of 28 (tied for 6th in the SEC) and a scoring offense of 99 (11th in the SEC). However, consider the opponents that Auburn has faced. Auburn's opponents' average scoring defense ranks 2nd with an average scoring defense rank of 38 (not shown). Even though the offense has been woeful, Auburn has faced much higher level defenses than Bama, who ranks last. Looking at the average opponent scoring offense, Auburn has faced an average opponent with a ranking of 7.

If we were to take these stats at face value, then with the remaining games on the schedule, Auburn has very winnable games against Miss State and Vanderbilt. A good chance to put up big points on Arkansas and Ole Miss. A tough matchup against Georgia. And, I'm throwing these stats out the window against Bama.