With Baylor, TCU, and Utah numbers 2, 3, and 4 behind traditional power Ohio State in rankings it's looking like power has shifted westward and away from the SEC. Ole Miss beats Bama and the promptly loses twice. The last a shabby showing against Memphis of all teams. UGA and Mizzou play an entire game where neither can score a touchdown, and this in the age of gaudy offenses and obscene point totals. Either SEC gets on board with the offense or gets further left behind, I suppose.
I predict they will get on board, since they have the ability to pay head coaches $5-7 million annually and assistant coaches $1 million plus to fill the 100k stadiums and generate hundreds of millions in football revenues. SEC universities are in a position where assistant coaches, several of them on a given team, likely are paid more than the university president.
Not sure why Oklahoma State is undefeated but without any respect and not cracking the top ten.
Of course, with the playoff system the high scoring western teams will have to line up and beat a couple of the big schools eventually.
...but for now Sandy, ever the SEC critic, finally is having a good year.