There are four weeks left in the regular season, and momentum means everything in a wide open SEC. Some teams are jockeying for a division title and playoff spot; others are scratching and clawing to get their sixth win and a bowl berth. Regardless, the teams that finish the year the strongest will have the best chance to succeed in the postseason, making momentum more important now than ever before.

Uncle Mo watched all of last week’s games, read all the polls and did all his homework to come up with this week’s rankings, and he feels pretty good about them. Remember, these are not power rankings, they’re momentum rankings, so keep that in mind when reading through the list.

There’s plenty of shakeup from last week’s rankings, so let’s jump right in:

1. Mississippi State: The Bulldogs remain the SEC’s lone remaining undefeated team, and they remain No. 1 in the College Football Playoff Top 25 for a second straight week. Mississippi State faces UT Martin of the FCS this week as a tune-up for its Nov. 15 game against Alabama, so it’s safe to say MSU will be atop these rankings next week as well.

2. Auburn: The Tigers also earned a spot among the CFP’s top 4 potential playoff teams for a second straight week, and they are fresh off their biggest win of the year in an SEC West elimination game against Ole Miss. Auburn has two major hurdles remaining in the form of Georgia and Alabama between now and the end of the season, but it is still very much alive to defend its conference championship.

3. Alabama: The Crimson Tide has played just two ranked teams all season, and it’s 1-1 in those games (Alabama beat West Virginia and lost to Ole Miss). The Tide has three games against ranked teams in the final four weeks of the season, against LSU, Mississippi State and Auburn, but if it wins out to close the season it would win the SEC West. Given Nick Saban’s recent history at Alabama, it would be unwise to count the Tide out despite the difficult schedule ahead.

4. LSU: The Tigers earned their biggest win of the year their last time out, topping Ole Miss 10-7 two weeks ago to surge into the top 20 in the national rankings. LSU remains out of contention for a conference championship and a playoff berth, but it’s played its best football of the season in recent weeks and would love a chance to spoil Alabama’s season this Saturday. The Tigers don’t have as much to play for as the top teams on this list, but they have just as much momentum.

5. Missouri: The Tigers registered another ugly win over Kentucky last weekend, but they now sit alone atop the SEC East standings with a 4-1 record in the conference. Mizzou has three games remaining, all against unranked SEC opponents, and if it can win out it’ll claim two division titles in its first three years in the conference, something no one expected when the Tigers joined the SEC prior to the 2012 season.

6. Florida: The Gators have become as puzzling as any team in America following last week’s convincing win over Georgia in the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, and somehow they remain alive by a slim margin to potentially win the SEC East. Florida will need plenty of help to make that happen, but the win saved Will Muschamp’s job for at least one week and gave Florida fans a purpose again in 2014. Some fans may be frustrated by the untimeliness of Muschamp’s signature victory, fearing it will buy him another year of mediocrity in Gainesville, but for this week there are few teams in the SEC more confident than the Gators.

7. Tennessee: The Volunteers look like a completely different team with Josh Dobbs at quarterback, and they recorded their first SEC win of the year in a thrilling come-from-behind win over South Carolina last weekend in Columbia. Dobbs threw for 200 yards, ran for 100 more and accounted for five total touchdowns in the win, asserting himself as the new face of the program moving forward. Tennessee needs to win two of its final three games to reach its first bowl since Lane Kiffin was the coach, and with Dobbs under center that goal now seems much more realistic.

8. Georgia: The Bulldogs remain ranked in the CFP Top 25, but their chances of winning the SEC East have vanished following last week’s embarrassing loss to Florida. Georgia now has two SEC losses, both to unranked teams, and it is no longer in control of the division. Worse yet, with two losses the Bulldogs outside shot at a playoff berth is gone. Georgia is still a quality team (when it wants to be), but last week’s loss was a huge momentum-killer.

9. Vanderbilt: Like Dobbs at Tennessee, Vanderbilt has looked like a completely different team with freshman Johnny McCrary starting at quarterback. The Commodores lost by 10 on the road to current SEC East leader Missouri two weeks ago, then scored 42 points in a win over Old Dominion last week, the most points they’ve scored in a game all season. McCrary threw five touchdown passes in that game, and although the Dores are unlikely to reach a bowl game this season their future may be bright with McCrary leading the offense.

10. Kentucky: The Wildcats extended their road losing streak with a disappointing 20-10 loss in Missouri last week, and they’ve now lost three games in a row in the SEC after beginning the year 5-1. The Cats have three games left this season — a home date with Georgia and road games in Tennessee and Louisville — and they are in serious jeopardy of missing a bowl game with six straight losses to end the season. Kentucky picked up some momentum by extending coach Mark Stoops’ contract last week, but if UK can’t learn how to win on the road it won’t carry much momentum into the offseason.

11. Texas A&M: Texas A&M replaced quarterback Kenny Hill with freshman Kyle Allen before last week’s win over Louisiana-Monroe, then suspended Hill for two games for violating team policies. Allen barely threw for 100 yards and the Aggies topped ULM by just five points in College Station in a lackluster performance following a bye week. The Aggies have no momentum this week heading into a tough matchup against Auburn, and Allen could be in over his head in his first career SEC start.

12. Arkansas: Once again the Razorbacks came oh so close to winning their first SEC game for coach Bret Bielema, and once again the Hogs came up just short of a victory. Arkansas pushed Mississippi State to the brink last week, but still lost by a touchdown. Worse yet, Arkansas had the ball in MSU territory three times in the second half and came away with zero points on those three possessions. The Razorbacks have enough talent to win games, but they haven’t learned what it takes to win in the SEC just yet.

13. South Carolina: The Gamecocks blew another late lead in last week’s loss to Tennessee, dropping them below-500 for the first time all season at 4-5 overall. South Carolina provided a raucous atmosphere as the Gamecocks donned intimidating black uniforms against the Vols, but they blew a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter for the third time this season. If South Carolina had held on to those three leads, it’d be 7-2 and likely ranked this week. Steve Spurrier’s 54-second press conference said it all — this team has no momentum, and it may be too late to build any in 2014.

14. Ole Miss: To clarify, Ole Miss is not the 14th-best team in the SEC, not even close. The Rebels are one of the best teams in the SEC, but they lost any momentum they’d built up this season during a rough two-weeks stretch the last two weeks. Ole Miss lost in the final 10 seconds to LSU two weeks ago, and lost on a Laquon Treadwell fumble inches shy of the goal line last week against Auburn. To make matters worse, Ole Miss lost Treadwell for the season on the play as he broke his leg and dislocated his ankle on an awkward tackle that forced the fumble. The Rebels have gone from national title contender to spoiler in the SEC West in the blink of an eye, which is why they sit at the bottom of this week’s momentum rankings.