11 biggest takeaways from SEC's Week 10

The SEC’s Week 10 is already in the books, and the page has been turned to sweet November, where teams’ runs at a championship are won or lost. This year will be over before we know it.

While other Saturdays have been lopsided, yesterday wasn’t. The most lopsided win was supposed to be Will Muschamp’s going away party. Instead, he turned the SEC East on its head with Florida’s 18-point victory over Georgia. Four other games were decided by seven points or less.

Here are the biggest takeaways from Week 10:

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Remain unbeaten: It wasn’t pretty, but pretty doesn’t win SEC Championships and keep records unblemished. Mississippi State had a time putting away Arkansas, who fought to the bitter end, and the Bulldogs have to start taking care of the football. While MSU is the No. 1 team in the country, they haven’t looked like it the last two weeks. The Bulldogs have looked lackluster, but they keep getting W’s. Next week’s game against UT Martin will be a mere tune-up before the huge game against Alabama, one in which the Bulldogs have to be firing on all cylinders.

SEC East driver’s seat: What a mess. Following Missouri’s win over Kentucky and Florida’s upset over Georgia, the SEC East is now Missouri’s to lose – the team UGA shutout at home. And don’t look now, but the Tigers play no ranked teams the rest of the season and have the conference’s most favorable schedule. The Tigers face Texas A&M, Tennessee and Arkansas to end the year. That’s it. Win those three games, and Missouri is heading back to the SEC Championship game. Gary Pinkel probably had the same reaction as the rest of the country about being in the driver’s seat: he laughed.

Complete domination: What do you say about Will Muschamp and Florida? With a loss, Muschamp may have been fired Monday. Now, with a win, Muschamp may have bought himself the entire season to get Florida turned around and showing vital signs, which could land him yet another season in Gainesville. Treon Harris isn’t going to set any records — Florida won’t throw it enough – but there’s something different that clicks with the offense when he’s in the game. Harris threw for just 27 yards, but the offense as a whole electrified in the running game, ripping off 418 rushing yards and five rushing touchdowns. Matt Jones and Kelvin Taylor had nearly identical numbers and combined for 50 carries for 389 yards and four touchdowns. Aside from winning out, Florida needs help winning the East: Missouri will have to lose against Tennessee and Texas A&M or Arkansas, and Georgia will have to lose to Auburn. What a crazy turn of events.

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Worst loss of Mark Richt’s career? It’s simply unexplainable. The Georgia Bulldogs were in complete control of the SEC East and a potential College Football Playoff contender, and they laid an egg against Florida. The emerging defense gave up over 400 rushing yards, the second most in program history. Florida completely erased the impact of ends Leonard Floyd and Jordan Jenkins in the running game, and the defensive line was pushed around the entire game. The Bulldogs were quietly moving up the rankings, and then Saturday happened. Georgia’s still in a great spot to win the East, but now, the Dawgs need Missouri to lose again. Face it UGA fans: at least Muschamp may stick around in Gainesville.

Playoff team eliminated: Auburn and Ole Miss were fighting to stay alive in the SEC West and the College Football Playoff. Cassanova McKinzy’s fumble recovery in the end zone following a Laquon Treadwell fumble helped Auburn escape Oxford with a win. Auburn put up over 500 yards of offense against the country’s best defense, and Bo Wallace played his heart out. Wallace, who faced criticism following last week’s loss to LSU, came out firing and really responded well. He combined for 402 yards and three touchdowns, while Nick Marshall combined for 304 yards and four touchdowns. Tigers’ receiver Sammie Coates made some monster plays down the field, and it was more of what we expected out of Coates this season. The Rebels have essentially been eliminated from the playoff, and it was a tough way to lose a big game. We hope Laquon Treadwell makes a speedy recovery.

7-5 finish: Isn’t that where everyone thought Texas A&M would finish prior to the season? Sitting 6-3, the Aggies are projected for that finish, but after today, there are questions if they can win another game. The offense looked flat and unimpressive, and had any other team played Texas A&M, the Aggies would have been handed another loss. Now, Auburn, Missouri and LSU all come calling in November, and winning another one will be very tough. Kevin Sumlin has to make changes after this season. Defensive coordinator Mark Snyder has been under fire, but now, after getting shutout against Alabama and looking very suspect against ULM, Jake Spavital’s job isn’t exactly comfortable either.

Arkansas doesn’t know how to win yet: The Hogs had plenty of chances to beat No. 1 Mississippi State, but they just couldn’t. Yes, MSU had an impressive goal-line stand, but the play calls were oh so obvious and boring. Four straight runs on the goal line isn’t fooling anyone, especially not Mississippi State’s defense. Arkansas still doesn’t have an SEC win under Bret Bielema, and this team just can’t close out a game. They just don’t know how to win yet.

Tennessee can win out: If Butch Jones doesn’t beat Kentucky, Missouri and Vanderbilt in the final three games, Tennessee fans shouldn’t be happy. With their win over the Gamecocks, the table is set for the Vols to get the coveted six wins — they need to win two of the last three — and return to a bowl game, something that has escaped them the last three seasons. And now that Josh Dobbs has arrived as the guy, Tennessee fans can taste it. Speaking of Dobbs, how about his 467 combined yards and five touchdowns against South Carolina? Why didn’t he start the season again? It gets more amazing by the week.

Steve Spurrier isn’t having fun: Spurrier said when he stops having fun he would hang up his coaching career at South Carolina. You have to wonder if that has already crossed his mind. A frustrated Spurrier has seen his team blow three double-digit leads in the final half and lose all three of those games. The Gamecocks blew a 42-28 fourth quarter lead and went on to lose in overtime. That’s simply amazing and bewildering.

Kentucky didn’t respond: The Cats played well last week against Mississippi State, and just when Kentucky had the opportunity to throw a wrench in the East, they laid down. Instead of a win and competing for the division, UK now fades out of the race after losing to Missouri. Patrick Towles struggled, and the Cats couldn’t solve Missouri’s defense. The Cats return Saturday against Georgia.

QB carousel is over: Johnny McCrary put a stop to the ever revolving quarterback door at Vanderbilt. Yeah, Vanderbilt only beat Old Dominion, but baby steps, man. McCrary threw for 281 yards and five touchdowns, while Ralph Webb added another 166 rushing yards with a touchdown. McCrary is the guy in Nashville.