Conference call: Watch out for Vols, SEC

Each week, Sporting News' Matt Hayes ranks the Division I-A conferences and the teams within each league. 1. SEC 1. Florida 2. Alabama 3. LSU 4. Auburn 5. Tennessee 6. Mississippi 7. South Carolina 8. Georgia 9. Arkansas 10. Mississippi State 11. Kentucky 12. Vanderbilt Rising Tennessee: Lane Kiffin's whining and those putrid black/orange unis overshadow a team beginning to find itself—and heading into a winnable month of November. Falling South Carolina: Arkansas, Florida and Clemson remain. Who else sees another November swoon for the Gamecocks? Matt Hayes covers college football for Sporting News. E-mail him at mhayes@sportingnews.com . (link)