SEC Power Rankings After Week 10: Alabama, Georgia, Texas rise as Florida, Missouri fall

College football's Week 10 featured seven ranked matchups on the slate. Although all of them didn't deliver upsets, some indeed did. In the SEC, we saw the likes of Georgia, Alabama and Texas get the biggest wins.

Unfortunately, Florida, along with Ole Miss and Missouri fell flat. Let's drive into the latest SEC Power Rankings following Week 10.

SEC Power Rankings After Week 10

Cream of the Crop

1. Georgia Bulldogs (8-1, 6-1): It's Georgia vs. Everybody else in the SEC this season. The Dawgs went on the road to Ole Miss and made a Top-10 team look obsolete, winning 42-7. The Dawgs' offense is so automatic, Georgia was up 21-0 early in the second quarter.

The Dawgs have remaining games against Missouri, South Carolina and Georgia Tech left. It's hard to see any of those teams challenge Georgia with how well Kirby Smart's team has been playing.

2. Alabama Crimson Tide (7-2, 5-2): The Tide hadn't beaten LSU twice in Baton Rouge since Nick Saban was still the head coach in Tuscaloosa. Well Keelon Russell and the Tide beat Lane Kiffin's LSU team 31-13 with a monster second half.

Although LSU took a 13-10 lead at the end of the third quarter, the Tide scored 21 unanswered points from there. Russell finished with 206 yards passing and three touchdowns.

3. Texas Longhorns (7-2, 4-2): Texas went on the road to play a good Missouri team and won a tight game with a huge fourth quarter. This game was tied at 20-all before Arch Manning found Raleek Brown on a 23-yard touchdown pass to make it 27-20.

The Longhorns' defense then forced a Missouri fumble and a turnover on downs on a failed 4th-and-3 attempt to get a 34-20 win. Texas still has to play LSU and Texas A&M on the road, in addition to struggling Arkansas on Nov. 21.

Teams still in the CFP hunt

4. Tennessee Volunteers (7-2, 4-2): Tennessee's defense played lights out against a very good Kentucky team. The Vols forced three Wildcat turnovers, and only allowed Kentucky to reach the red zone twice in a 34-6 win. Arion Carter finished with 13 tackles and two sacks, including four tackles for loss with a quarterback hurry. If Tennessee wins in games against Texas A&M, LSU and Vanderbilt, a playoff bid is on the table.

5. Kentucky Wildcats (7-2, 5-2): In addition to the three turnovers, Kentucky also had seven penalties for 50 yards. The good news for Will Stein's team is that if it wins out, a CFP bid will await. Kentucky still has to play Florida this week, and at Missouri on Nov. 21 before the season finale at home against rival Louisville.

6. LSU Tigers (6-3, 3-3): Lane Kiffin's record against Top-10 teams dropped to 6-15 during his career. He also had a questionable decision with eight minutes left, choosing to not punt on 4th-and-10 from his own 25. Alabama found the end zone just three plays later to go up 31-13.

Unfortunately for those hoping LSU is out of the CFP hunt, the Tigers are still alive thanks to remaining games against Texas and Tennessee. It's hard to see this offense having enough firepower to keep pace with either of those teams, but we'll see what Kiffin comes up with over the next two weeks.

7. South Carolina Gamecocks (6-3, 4-3): It's been impressive to watch this turnaround from Shane Beamer's team this season. The Gamecocks started the season 2-3, but have rattled off four straight wins over Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Texas A&M.

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South Carolina will have a CFP case with a Nov. 21 upset win over Georgia. The Gamecocks would also have to win out over Arkansas and Clemson, however.

Once-CFP contenders that fell off

8. Ole Miss Rebels (6-3, 4-3): Georgia's defense hounded Trinidad Chambliss, as he finished with just 174 yards passing and an interceptions while taking five sacks. Unfortunately for Ole Miss, the Rebels have zero remaining opponents that can give them a shot at the CFP, set to play Oklahoma, Wofford and Mississippi State the last three weeks.

The best hope for Chambliss is to finish out the year strong and solidify himself as a top 2027 NFL Draft pick.

9. Missouri Tigers (6-3, 3-3): Tiger quarterback Austin Simmons played well in this one, throwing for 252 yards and two touchdowns. But his receiver Cayden Lee's fumble with less than two minutes left set up a Texas go-ahead score.

The Tigers do have remaining games against playoff contenders in Georgia and Kentucky. But outside of Missouri's 45-17 win over Florida, the Tigers don't have enough signature wins to make the 12-team field.

Fighting for a mediocre bowl berth

10. Oklahoma Sooners (5-4, 3-3): The Sooners elevated tight ends coach Jason Witten to be Oklahoma's new play-caller, and put up 23 points and 351 yards of offense in an upset over Florida.

But the Sooners still have yet to qualify for a bowl berth, and with remaining games against Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Missouri, it won't be a cakewalk for them to do so.

11. Florida Gators (5-4, 3-3): We will spare you in re-hashing the abysmal 23-7 home loss to the Sooners. But what started as a dream season for Jon Sumrall in his first season has quickly turned to disaster in just a couple months.

The Gators need to get things figured out on both sides of the ball in a hurry if they want to go bowling. Florida has remaining games at Kentucky this week, followed by Vanderbilt and an interim-led Florida State.

12. Auburn Tigers (5-4, 3-4): Auburn just barely got past a bad Arkansas team at home, as the Tigers needed a game-winning field goal in the final seconds to win 26-23. First-year head coach Alex Golesh should lead his team to a bowl, needing just one win over Mississippi State or Samford before going on the road to play Alabama for the Iron Bowl.

Bottom of the barrel

13. Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-5, 2-5): It's been rough for the Bulldogs ever since losing Kamario Taylor for the season. Jeff Lebby could be in danger of a third straight losing season, still having to play Auburn, Tennessee Tech and Ole Miss.

14. Vanderbilt Commodores (4-5, 1-5): Hey, kudos to Vanderbilt on getting its first SEC win of the season against Mississippi State! Unfortunately that might be the only one the Commodores see, still having to play Florida and Vanderbilt.

15. Texas A&M (4-5, 1-5): Mike Elko signed a $69 million contract extension last season, so it's unlikely he will be fired. But Aggie fans likely have buyer's remorse, as TAMU is 1-5 in the SEC, falling 17-9 at South Carolina in Week 10.

16. Arkansas Razorbacks (3-6, 1-5): Arkansas has remaining games against South Carolina, Texas and LSU. I'll be surprised if any of those are one-score games.

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