SEC Power Rankings: Week 2 shuffles the order

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14. Kentucky

Last week: 12

Skinny: If the SEC announced Saturday night that it was expanding to 24 teams, Kentucky would be 24th — without knowing which teams Greg Sankey was adding. That 45-7 no-show against Florida was somehow worse than the Week 1 meltdown against Southern Miss.

13. South Carolina

Last week: 11

Skinny: Even the ’85 Bears needed an occasional touchdown. The Gamecocks have scored 27 points in two games. The record won’t do justice to the effort this season.

12. Vanderbilt

Last week: 14

Skinny: Ralph Webb is unbelievably good.

11. Mississippi State

Last week: 13

Skinny: Dan Mullen can coach offense. Because of that, the Bulldogs have a chance at six wins and staying out of the West cellar.

10. Missouri

Last week: 10

Skinny: Everything is relative, and Drew Lock showed why he can be a top-7 QB in the SEC.

9. LSU

Last week: 6

Skinny: They won without Leonard Fournette. They’ve scored just 48 points in two games; only three SEC offenses have been worse.

8. Auburn

Last week: 5

Skinny: The Tigers might be too low, but I still don’t trust Sean White to run this offense against SEC fronts. He has a huge opportunity Saturday against Texas A&M to shut me up on the matter.

7. Arkansas

Last week: 9

Skinny: The Razorbacks are 2-0 by a razor thin margin (+4), but they own the SEC’s biggest upset of 2016.

6. Georgia

Last week: 4

Skinny: Jacob Eason is not the best true freshman quarterback in the conference, and Georgia still needs that powerful run game to win. Slow that down, the Dawgs are vulnerable.

5. Florida

Last week: 8

Skinny: Luke Del Rio is accurate, and that’s all Jim McElwain needs. Antonio Callaway and Isaiah McKenzie are the same player on opposite ends of a fierce rivalry.

4. Ole Miss

Last week: 3

Skinny: Chad Kelly is trying to become the second SEC quarterback to beat Nick Saban twice. He had a lot more help last year, and Alabama is better prepared to win a shootout this year.

No. 3 Tennessee

Last week: 6

Skinny: They don’t score fast enough to average 40 and they might not be able to out-Alabama Alabama, but the rest of the SEC will have trouble holding up against their brand of ball.

2. Texas A&M

Last week: 2

Skinny: Two weeks into a new system, new quarterback, and Texas A&M already has the most dominant offense in the SEC. They could be the one team that scores 30 on Alabama.

1. Alabama

Last week: 1

Skinny: Think Alabama is good now? Wait until Nick Saban stops playing his quarterback games and turns it over to Jalen Hurts full time.

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