I think what you're seeing is a reflection of parity in the "pack" part of the conference. The 4 teams ranked at the top of the SEC are the 4 teams in the tourney based on the latest bracketology. I see your argument - but you're leaving out overall records, stats, intangibles, etc. The power rankings is not simply a W-L record.

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Posted by GoldenDawg

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Posted on 2/18/14 at 12:57 pm to semotruman

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I think what you're seeing is a reflection of parity in the "pack" part of the conference. The 4 teams ranked at the top of the SEC are the 4 teams in the tourney based on the latest bracketology. I see your argument - but you're leaving out overall records, stats, intangibles, etc. The power rankings is not simply a W-L record.

I think our 8-4 record clearly shows UGA has broken out of that pack. Now - they ain't close to the Fla/Ky pack (

), but they are no longer in the 6-6 and lower pack either.

And I think that's where the bias comes in. Especially with Missouri. Missouri has done nothing in conference play that shows they should be ranked ahead of UGA. Nothing. But they did play UGA at home - and lost.

So, outside of bias, it's really a no-brainer, imo. But I am willing to admit my own UGA bias could be peeking through.

Still - under any objective measure - UGA = 3rd.

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Posted by GoldenDawg

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Posted on 2/18/14 at 1:02 pm to semotruman

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The power rankings is not simply a W-L record.

If this were really true, then UGA would be ranked ahead of Mizzou, Tennessee and Ole Miss. Because since conference play began UGA has played better than all three of those teams.

But, apparently, the power rankings are really just ranking teams with the best overall records, not how they are currently playing.

Which is fine, and not a bad way to do it. But don't pretend it's otherwise. If it were, UGA would be ranked higher.