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Kirk Herbstreit puts 2 SEC programs among his top-performing teams in Week 9
By Sydney Hunte
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Kirk Herbstreit’s top-performing teams during Week 9 of the college football season featured a pair of SEC programs at somewhat different ends of the spectrum.
Tennessee, which is now 8-0 and will be in the Top 4 of the initial College Football Playoff rankings set to be released on Tuesday, had no trouble with Kentucky in a 44-6 win. Jalin Hyatt broke the program’s single season touchdown record with 14 as he hauled in a pair of scoring catches for Hendon Hooker as part of a 5-catch, 13-yard evening. The Vols face Georgia on Saturday in Athens in arguably the biggest game of the college football season and the first time since 1983 a pair of top 5 teams have met between the hedges.
Missouri also made Herbstreit’s list, and while Eli Drinkwitz’s program isn’t at the bottom of the SEC rankings, it squared off at nationally-ranked South Carolina with its bowl hopes slipping away as Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas remain on the schedule. The Tigers, though, sprung the upset, winning 23-10 to even their record at 4-4 and now needing to at least split their remaining games to secure a postseason berth.
Here are my top performing teams from WEEK 9!@KStateFB @LouisvilleFB @Vol_Football @UNCFootball @NDFootball @UCF_Football @MizzouFootball pic.twitter.com/o3fgRJaAQv
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) October 31, 2022
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
