It’s in the books.

Done. Over. Finished. Kiss it goodbye.

The 2018 regular season is now a memory. We’ll spend the next month talking about postseason implications and what we learned about non-postseason teams.

But before we do that, let’s not dismiss what the final week of the regular season told us.

Here’s 1 thing I learned about every SEC team in Rivalry Week:

Alabama: A Playoff spot is locked up as far as I’m concerned

Saturday should have made that all but official after a blowout win in the Iron Bowl. I still can’t get over the stat about how Nick Saban’s squad is the first since 1888 Yale to win each of its first 12 games by 20-plus points. I don’t buy the notion that team is still playing in a “win or go home” scenario on Saturday. Based on what we’ve seen from the selection committee all year, I doubt they see it that way either. Alabama’s fifth consecutive Playoff berth looks like a lock.

Arkansas: The season ended with the LSU loss

Because since then, woof. Getting blown out by a combined 90-6 wasn’t the way Chad Morris hoped to finish his first season in Fayetteville, especially after the Hogs showed some progress in the middle of the season. This is a complete rebuild that’s going to take several years just to looking like the roster that Morris wants. They still don’t have the speed on the outside, nor do they have a quarterback capable of running that system. Maybe Kelly Bryant changes the narrative after a brutal finish to the season.

Auburn: Gus Malzahn knew his offense didn’t have it in 2018

How do I know that? Well, with more than 2 minutes left in the first half, Malzahn had all 3 timeouts to drive 80 yards down 17-14. Instead, he basically elected to take it to the locker room. If that doesn’t tell you everything you need to know about Malzahn’s confidence in his offense this year, I don’t know what does. There was talent at quarterback and at the receiver positions, but the offensive line and backfield — and play-calling — just weren’t there. Maybe a bowl game will salvage what was an extremely mediocre season.

Florida: Give me Dan Mullen over Willie Taggart all day

Isn’t it weird to think that Florida State started the season with arguably higher expectations? Don’t forget that the Noles at least went to a bowl game in their disastrous 2017. Florida didn’t. I’d argue there wasn’t a drastic talent disparity between the two programs, but you wouldn’t have known that from looking at them on Saturday. Based on how undisciplined FSU looked — as confirmed by Chauncey Gardner-Johnson — it’s easy to say that Mullen out-coached Taggart all year. The former had a +5 win improvement en route to a possible New Year’s 6 Bowl while the latter watch his program end the longest bowl streak in FBS history. No contest.

Georgia: The triple option wasn’t capable of slowing down the Dawgs

I heard about how Georgia Tech’s top-ranked run game was going to run all over the Dawgs. OK. I didn’t really hear that, but some at least questioned it. All that happened on Saturday was the Yellow Jackets running for their single-season worst total. That was the second consecutive time Georgia did that to its Peach State rival. Obviously Alabama’s offense is nothing like that, but Georgia showing that kind of gap discipline is a good sign.

Kentucky: The Cats do have some offensive juice after all

So they couldn’t light up the scoreboard against Middle Tennessee or Central Michigan, but apparently all the Cats needed to see was a checked out Louisville squad. Goodness. Up until Saturday, Kentucky’s season-high against a Power 5 team was 28 points against Mississippi State back in September. The Cats doubled that. Terry Wilson balled, and the combination of Benny Snell and Asim Rose was way too much for the post-Bobby Petrino era Cards. Kentucky better hope it saved some offensive juice for a bowl game to get that 10th win.

LSU: Getting to 10 wins matters a lot for Ed Orgeron

I didn’t realize that until Ed Orgeron talked about that in the postgame press conference … after his team was robbed. The Tigers were some blown calls from winning that 10th game and clinching a New Year’s 6 Bowl. Getting to double-digit wins is obviously still a possibility, but that would have put an exclamation point on that preseason narrative about LSU’s mediocre 2018 outlook. Even for a program that’s had as much 21st century success as LSU, closing the regular season like that and falling short of 10 wins will sting.

Mississippi State: Joe Moorhead understands the Egg Bowl now

Any question about how the first-year MSU coach was going to embrace Ole Miss as a rival was answered Thursday night. Not only did he say that his program wasn’t going to take any s—- from anyone, but he also got into a little war of words on the field following his team’s blowout win:

Yeah, I think Moorhead understands the Egg Bowl now.

Mizzou: Barry Odom is about to start a bizarre trend

I’m not sure if this is a legitimate stat, but I feel like it’s so weird that nobody can claim it. Odom is set to become the first coach to ever start SEC play 0-4 in consecutive years and earn an extension at season’s end both times. That’s hard to do. I tip my cap to Odom, who has rebuilt that defense like many hoped he would when he got the promotion after 2015. But crazy it is to think that a month ago, Odom’s job security was such a popular topic of discussion. Now, Mizzou is trying to earn its ninth victory after another perfect November. Odom’s roller coaster ride continues.

Ole Miss: Matt Corral looks like Chad Kelly 2.0

I mean that in a good way and in a bad way. Corral, the true freshman, isn’t afraid of anything. That means he’ll make any throw, he’ll take any hit and he’ll throw any punch. Really. Corral’s involvement in the Egg Bowl brawl should have warranted an ejection, but the idea of tossing a quarterback for fighting was probably so far-fetched that that’s why he got away with it. Corral will take over for Jordan Ta’amu, who said and did all the right things. Something tells me Corral, who looks plenty talented, has much more Kelly than Ta’amu in him. At least from an attitude standpoint.

South Carolina: Bryan McClendon’s offense was a Year 1 success

Saturday was a tremendous proof of concept game for McClendon’s offense. The previous 2 years against the Tigers, Jake Bentley was dominated. He didn’t have a chance. On Saturday, Bentley threw for a career-high 510 yards against a defense loaded with NFL talent. And just for good measure, he did it on the road. To me, that’s as good of a sign as any that McClendon’s offense, though it wasn’t always a juggernaut, was a success in its first year. Now, the Gamecocks can recruit to it and try to build more of an offensive identity that they’ve had in recent memory.

Tennessee: The Vols are capable of consecutive duds

I praised Tennessee all year for avoiding consecutive duds. They always seemed to bounce back after a bad performance since the start of SEC play. That’s why I assumed that after a dreadful loss to Mizzou, Jeremy Pruitt would have his team ready to go in an all-important bowl or go home game against Vanderbilt.

Yeah, about that …

The offense was completely ineffective. It was so ineffective that Jarrett Guarantano’s interception-less streak finally ended. And while Ty Chandler provided a rare big play for the offense, it was not the Vols’ day. Just 167 yards of total offense outside of Chandler’s long run wasn’t the best end of the regular season for the offense, and letting a Vandy offense that lost Ke’Shawn Vaughn go off probably didn’t sit well, either. Tennessee picked a bad time to lay consecutive eggs and miss a bowl.

Texas A&M: The Aggies are capable of capitalizing on second, third and fourth chances

Say what you want about the officiating — it was horrendous, one-sided and just flat out awful — but let’s not dismiss the fact that the Aggies’ offense repeatedly made big-time plays. Kellen Mond threw some absolute dimes in overtime to keep that game alive, including the rocket he threw to Quartney Davis at the end of regulation. Don’t get me wrong. The game should have been over with Jace Sternberger’s non-reviewed fumble, but the Aggies made the most of the new lives they were given throughout that game. That’s not a given, either. That was exactly the kind of fight Jimbo Fisher wanted to see from his team in the final regular season game of his first season in College Station.

Vanderbilt: I overlooked the Commodores all year

I can admit it. I had the Commodores predicted to win 3 games. Wrong I was. I underestimated the ability of Kyle Shurmur and his ability to find go-to targets like Jared Pinkey and Kalija Lipscomb. I also probably underestimated the ability of Derek Mason to turn around a defense that struggled mightily in SEC play last year. The Commodores saved their best defensive performance for last and did something I didn’t think was possible — win 3 in a row vs. Tennessee for the first time since 1926.

That’s worth a dance in Music City.