SEC Power Poll Ballot

The Georgia Sports Blog will again vote in the SEC Power Poll, hosted by Team Speed Kills.  It's the first week of the poll and data is scarce and analysis is shortsighted and myopic.

1. Florida - Urb and the Gators failed to cover the 63.  Does that mean Meyer has a soul?  Or, was that "tremendous" Charleston Southern defense just that tough?
   
2. Alabama- I'm still waiting for them to falter, but they didn't  miss last year's considerable losses off the offensive line.  The D wasn't impenetrable, but it was sufficient.  The O was as methodically brutal and effective as ever.
   
3. Ole Miss - Looked average for long stretches of the first half before crushing Memphis in the second half. 
   
4. LSU - Not sure how Chavis gave up that many yards and points to UW.  Jordan Jefferson looked fine and Terrance Toliver finally lived up to his recruiting hype.  I think LSU is going to be really good this year, but that defense needs to come around. 
   
5. Georgia - The Dawgs defense was much improved over last year's horrors, but the offense left with Stafford and Moreno.  They don't have to panic just yet, but with that nasty schedule, there needs to be quick improvement.  A road loss to a top 10 team doesn't throw you too far down the poll.
   
6. Auburn - With just one game, Chizik is one-fifth of his way to matching his win total at Iowa State.  Might Chizik and the Aubs surprise some folks this year?  Louisiana Tech is a respectable team and the Tigers handled them in the second half.
7. South Carolina - The Cocks got a win and that's the bottom line, but I told my daughter to leave the room at one point because I didn't want her exposed to such crappy offensive play.  She may not last a quarter of the Georgia game before a permanent ban given the state of those two offenses.
   
8. Kentucky - Beat a legit opponent badly behind solid performances from Locke, Cobb and Hartline.
   
9. Arkansas - The Hawgs crushed some FCS school and have two weeks to prepare for UGA.  Beat the Dawgs and Arkansas can start thinking big.
   
10. Tennessee -Surprise!  I don't think anyone thought Kiffy would lose to Western Whoever, but the margin of victory and Crompton's stat line raised my eyebrows.  Saturday's UCLA game is huge for the Vols.  Win and you've got some real positive energy going to Gainesville.  Lose and you're may be in a fight for bowl eligibility.
11.  Mississippi State - It is possible that an entire generation of State fans didn't know the Bulldogs could score so many points and remain within the rules of football. 
    
12. Vanderbilt - Also stomped a FCS school.  Positions 9 through 12 are arbitrary, so sorry Vandy.

Quinton