re: Inside the race for third .... or better in the SEC (Post full of stats)

you can all laugh if you want, but SC is in this race for 3rd in the SEC (Kentucky is as well, at least theoretically, but the Wildcats LOOK like the worst 2 loss team in the conference right now)

IF South Carolina goes 9-3 (that means beating either Clemson or UGA); the Gamecocks are a clear #3 in the SEC (assuming all 3 West teams wind up losing to Bama, as predicted)

based on the remaining schedule; here is what I expect to see at year's end with these teams:

State: 9-3
LSU: 9-3
SC: 8-4
AU: 8-4
KY: 8-4

and IF that winds up being the final record; that is how I would rank them

State > LSU based on head to head & Troy
So Carolina > Auburn based on Gamecocks having a better quality win (yes, NC State looks like a better win than LSU right now)

lots of football left to be played...