SEC Power Poll Ballot, Week 2

It is extremely difficult to parse the differences in the ways that elite teams blowout overmatched opponents, especially for me since I really only got to see the South Carolina-NC State and Florida-Hawai’i games all the way through. I only saw pieces of other games, if any at all. Don’t be offended if you don’t like where your team is at. The margin between the top teams is razor thin, and until everyone starts playing real opponents, we’re all guessing anyway. Relax, it’s only Week One; there are 13 more weeks of regular season to go. These rankings are based heavily on the games played this past weekend. As time goes by, they will change based on how the teams’ résumés change.   1) Florida   The Gators are my top team because I got to see them in person this weekend and no one else. Still, they answered fairly definitively two major questions. Yes, they have running backs, and yes, the defense is a lot better. The D-line ... (link)