In the first season of the 16-team SEC, the league proves to be even more difficult than we thought it might be. It’s not just that Alabama upset Georgia to achieve the No. 1 ranking. It’s that Vanderbilt upset Alabama with No. 1 ranking. It’s that the next best team in the SEC — not the best team in the Big Ten, Big 12 or ACC who all have undefeated teams among their leagues — received the nod as the No. 1 team in the country.
It means that there have been three No. 1 teams in the first eight weeks of the season, and they’ve all hailed from the same conference: S-E-C! However, with Georgia’s 30-15 win against Texas, we’re liable to see the Associated Press ranking catch up with me and rank Oregon, undefeated, with a win at home against an incredible Ohio State team, as the new consensus No. 1 team in America.
However.
There’s an argument for Georgia taking back the No. 1 ranking it held to start the season, and it begins with their going on the road to secure a double-digit victory against the Longhorns. The win is the best in the country. The 15-point win on the Forty Acres stands above Oregon’s one-point win at Autzen, and it has at its center a bad offensive performance with quarterback Carson Beck throwing three INTS and completing just 23 of 41 passes for 175 yards with zero TDs.
It has at its center a dominant and vintage Kirby Smart defensive performance where Texas could do next to nothing for two quarters and trailed UGA 23-0 at halftime. This while the Dawgs have not played a complete game on offense or defense.
But winning must be respected, and losing must be punished. So Oregon is the No. 1 team here — for now. But Lord help them if UGA finds a way to play complete football. Lord help them all.
Georgia, even at No. 2, feels inevitable once again.
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