SEC Power Rankings Week 2: Florida football slips after poor showing
SEC Power Rankings 7 through 4
. . Razorbacks . 7. team. 844.
This is another team on the schedule for Florida football that still feels beatable. We had this as a coin flip in our preseason confidence meter, and we still do after week one.
Arkansas won with ease over Western Carolina, and KJ Jefferson was 18/23 passing for 246 yards and three touchdowns. No complaint about his play.
But Arkansas had the inverse problem of Auburn and couldn’t run the ball even against Western Carolina.
Even if you don’t count the 19 yards lost due to a sack, Arkansas rushed for 124 yards on 35 attempts for a highly questionable rate of 3.5 yards per carry.
So unless Jefferson is Superman all season, Arkansas is going to have to find other ways to move the ball.
team. 873. . . . Aggies . 6
We are not sold on Texas A&M at all, as this is the song and dance they pull every season.
But there was little they could have done better on Saturday as the Aggies scored a touchdown on their first five possessions against New Mexico.
The reality is too, depending on your opinion of Auburn and Arkansas, that the Aggies could be 5-0 and ranked in the top 15 when they face Alabama.
Or they could lose to Miami this week.
This is Texas A&M, after all.
Volunteers . 5. team. 839. . .
Yes, we are being haters, but we are a Florida football website, so deal with it.
Like a number of the aforementioned teams, Tennessee got off to an extremely slow start against a 3-9 Virginia squad.
Joe Milton has a cannon of an arm but also missed some throws that reminded us of the type of throws that Anthony Richardson would miss.
The strength for Tennessee was their offensive line mauled Virginia’s, and ultimately, seven different rushers combined for 287 yards on the ground.
Despite his arm strength, Milton only managed 6.7 yards per attempt, well behind Graham Mertz.
Tennessee plays Florida in week three.