Some new special teams stars are poised to become their program’s best in their area of specialty, while a couple of old reliables in the SEC West remind us of their capabilities. Meanwhile, the sagging SEC East looks to create some — any kind — of buzz to get excited about.

Here is Week 9’s overrated, underrated and properly rated:

Overrated

Vanderbilt bowl hopes: One chic pick in the summer was for the Commodores to end a two-year bowl drought on the strength of a strong defense. But despite two straight wins, Vanderbilt sits at 4-4 with remaining games against Auburn, Missouri, Ole Miss and Tennessee.

Cocktail Party buzz: It’s been 10 years since Georgia and Florida jointly went away from the well-known nickname for their annual meeting Jacksonville, “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” This week, though, there was the ill-fated attempt at a new name, the “River City Showdown,” which fell flat almost as fast as it was released. Kirby Smart wouldn’t even refer to the Cocktail moniker this week that many fans still label the game.

Underrated

Rhett Lashlee play calling: It was about a month ago when Auburn’s play calling fell in the hands of Lashlee, and not many could have predicted the Tigers’ turnaround. Auburn is 4-0 since the switch and coming off of a 543-yard rushing performance against Arkansas. It was shades of 2013 when Lashlee was named a finalist for the Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant.

Benny Snell Jr.: Not even the most well-known player in the Kentucky backfield, Snell had 19 carries for 128 yards and a TD in the Wildcats’ 40-38 win over Mississippi State. And he might even be underrated as an SEC freshman. But that performance was still the most rushing yards for a Kentucky true freshman since 1997 when Derek Homer had 137 against Tennessee. Snell has two 100-yard outings this season, and his 469 yards are the most through seven games in a freshman season since Moe Williams in 1993 (597 yards).

Elliott Fry: After four extra points in the win over UMass, the South Carolina kicker needs eight points to become the program’s career scoring leader. He has 323 points. Against the Minutemen, with four extra points, he extended his school record for extra point tries made to 137 straight.

Darrius Sims: The Vanderbilt kick returner needs just 17 yards to become the program’s career leader in kickoff return yards. He would pass Mark Johnson, who had 2,263 from 1986-90. Sims averages 32.1 yards per kickoff return even though he had just one for 27 yards in the win over Tennessee State.

Properly rated

Leonard Fournette: In case anyone forgot about the LSU running back in his absence since Sept. 24. He extended his school-record 200-yard rushing games to five after 284 yards to beat Ole Miss, a school record. He’s rushed for at least 100 yards on 19 occasions in his career.

Montravius Adams: The second-best player on the Auburn defensive line, Adams had 2 tackles for a loss and a half sack in the bludgeoning of Arkansas. He helped hold the Razorbacks to 25 rushing yards. It was the latest in a season of highlights for Adams, who had a scoop-and-score against Mississippi State.