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Saturday, October 20, 2007
Sizing up the wild, wacky SEC East
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After another wild weekend, here’s our ranking of the top five teams in the SEC East and their chances of playing in the conference championship game on Dec. 1 in Atlanta:
1. FLORIDA
— Record: 5-2, 3-2 SEC
— SEC games left: Saturday vs. Georgia (Jacksonville), Nov. 3 vs. Vanderbilt, Nov. 10 at South Carolina.
— Comment: Two teams on this list (Tennessee, Kentucky) allowed a combined 104 points vs. UF. No one can keep up with the Gators’ athletes on offense.
2. SOUTH CAROLINA
— Record: 6-2, 3-2
— SEC games left: Saturday at Tennessee, Nov. 3 at Arkansas, Nov. 10 vs. Florida.
— Comment: Like Florida, Steve Spurrier & Co. are in if they just win out. That’s easier said than done, given the state of the Gamecocks at quarterback.
3. KENTUCKY
— Record: 6-2, 2-2
— SEC games left: Saturday vs. Mississippi State, Nov. 10 at Vanderbilt, Nov. 17 at Georgia, Nov. 24 vs. Tennessee.
— Comment: Talented enough to run the table but even that might not be enough. They’d lose the tiebreaker to either Florida or South Carolina, which both beat UK.
4. TENNESSEE
— Record: 4-2, 2-2
— SEC games left: Saturday vs. South Carolina, Nov. 10 vs. Arkansas, Nov. 17 vs. Vanderbilt, Nov. 24 at Kentucky.
— Comment: Even if they play more like they did against Georgia (21-point win) and less like they did against Alabama (24-point loss), they still need Florida to stumble.
5. GEORGIA
— Record: 5-2, 2-2
— SEC games left: Saturday vs. Florida, Nov. 10 vs. Auburn, Nov. 17 vs. Kentucky.
— Comment: It will take more than a rare cocktail party win to make it: UGA needs to win out and hope both South Carolina and Tennessee slip up somewhere.
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