Each week a panel of beat writers who cover all 14 SEC teams (Chip Towers of the AJC and DawgNation is one) and three national writers cast a ballot for The Official SEC Country Power Poll.
Despite the bye week, UGA (5-2, 3-2 SEC) rose one spot to No. 6 in the latest edition of the Power Poll. The move probably had more to do with Texas A&M’s loss to Ole Miss than the voters gaining confidence in UGA over the weekend, however.
The Bulldogs received 129 points from the voters — one fewer than their point total from last week’s poll — which was two more than Texas A&M’s total. Some voters had UGA as high as No. 4 in the poll, while others placed it at No. 7.
If UGA manages to win Saturday’s matchup with No. 11 Florida (6-1, 4-1), which was No. 3 in this week’s Power Poll, there will be no question that the Bulldogs deserve to be closer to the top.
The entire poll can be seen below:
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | 1ST PLACE VOTES | HIGH VOTE | LOW VOTE | PREV |
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1 | Louisiana State (7-0) | 219 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2 | Alabama (7-1) | 206 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Florida (6-1) | 186 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
4 | Mississippi (6-2) | 164 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
5 | Mississippi State (6-2) | 149 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
6 | Georgia (5-2) | 129 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
7 | Texas A&M (5-2) | 127 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
8 | Arkansas (3-4) | 100 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 11 |
9 | Tennessee (3-4) | 92 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
10 | Auburn (4-3) | 65 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
11 | Kentucky (4-3) | 58 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
12 | South Carolina (3-4) | 19 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 13 |
13 | Vanderbilt (3-4) | 18 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
14 | Missouri (4-4) | 15 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
Previous results: Week 4 • Week 5 • Week 6 • Week 7 • Week 8
Here is this week’s voting roster:
Adam Sparks (Nashville Tennessean) Anthony Chiang (Palm Beach Post) Aaron Suttles (Tuscaloosa News) Bill Bender (Sporting News) Bob Holt (Arkansas Democrat) Chip Towers (Atlanta Journal-Constitution & DawgNation) Dana Sulonen (Opelika-Auburn News) Dave Matter (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) David Cloninger (The State) Dustin Dopirak (Knoxville Sentinel) Jen Smith (Lexington Herald) Joel Coleman (Starkville Daily News) John Davis (Oxford Citizen) Richard Croome (Bryan-College Station Eagle) Scott Rabalais (Baton Rouge Advocate) Tom Fornelli (CBS Sports) Zac Ellis (Sports Illustrated)