So, how is your Playoff bracket looking?

Chaos is beautiful. As unexpected and riveting as a dominant start-to-finish effort from Georgia … a Harold Perkins interception … an Oklahoma defensive stand … Notre Dame losing to an ACC team … or Alabama relying on its quarterback to rally to win a road game in the SEC.

Wait. OK, this Alabama team doing all of that.

Six undefeated Top 25 teams lost Saturday, and we’re still not sure how a few ranked teams won.

Those are just some of the 10 things I’m absolutely overreacting to after a wildly entertaining Week 6 in and around the SEC.

10. If you think this is the year of parity, just wait …

I’m old enough to remember when some respected, veteran journalists decried the Playoff — and subsequent Playoff expansion — as the death sentence of college football. Oh, somebody wrote that again this week?

Please, people.

Week 6 showed — again — how Playoff expansion already is making college football better. I wouldn’t object if they held a double-secret meeting Sunday night and decided to jump to 12 teams this year.

We’ve gone from people screaming that there aren’t even 3 teams worthy of fighting for a title to a year in which there might be 16 teams capable of beating any of the other 15 on any given Saturday. (Well, unless Georgia plays like that every week.)

Week 6 screamed parity. No. 3 Texas lost. So did No. 10 Notre Dame, which saw its 30-game regular-season winning streak vs. the ACC come to a crashing halt at Louisville. No. 13 Washington State and No. 17 Miami also lost — though the Canes have nobody to blame but themselves. No. 4 Ohio State was in a dogfight for 3 quarters against … Maryland. No. 5 FSU led Virginia Tech by 5 in the 3rd quarter. No. 9 USC erased a 17-point deficit and beat Arizona in triple overtime.

Rank whoever you want however you want, but realize this: Next to nothing separates the best 15 teams in the country this year.

The days of a super team or dynasty are long gone. Forever. Georgia could win a 3rd consecutive title this year, but nobody is confusing this team with the previous 2. Those Dawgs dominate these pups.

How did we get here so fast?

Playoff expansion, NIL and free player movement.

Expansion (and David Thompson) ended UCLA’s basketball dynasty because, suddenly, the best players didn’t have to go to 1 school to live the dream. And just like that, the NCAA Tournament became the greatest tournament in American sports.

College basketball provided the blueprint. It took college football 50 years to embrace it, but the seeds already are bearing fruit.

Look around: There isn’t a 2019 LSU to be found this year, but there are quality teams coast-to-coast. Several conferences have a legitimate argument as to why they deserve 2 teams in the field. (The SEC is not among them, however.)

The national championship has never been more winnable, more wide open than this year. (Unless, again, Georgia plays like that every week.)

Five teams received first-place votes in the Week 6 AP Top 25 poll.

That’s exactly how it should be … and that trend will only continue to grow as the field expands.

Rather than keep screaming about fake titles and how expansion ruined the good ol’ days, how about embracing the game you love finally getting it right — and legitimizing that banner you so badly want to hang.

9. Purists, this is what you want?

I don’t care if this is real or imagined. I’m just happy we no longer allow a computer to pick 2 teams for the title fight.

The craziest thing about the BCS era is that it actually was an improvement over people picking 1 team over another for the natty — after neither played each other or, typically, any other common opponent.

Or crowning a national champion that actually lost its bowl game.

8. It’s still Alabama’s world … out West, anyway

Texas beat Alabama by 10. That was shocking enough. Then USF stayed within 10 until the final minute — and the college football world lost its mind.

Alabama is done!

Funny thing about action movies and Alabama football: Somebody still has to strike the fatal blow.

This is the 2nd-worst of Nick Saban’s 17 teams in Tuscaloosa — and, still, nobody in the West can bury the Tide.

Ole Miss couldn’t do it. Mississippi State never stood a chance. But Texas A&M? At home? Against an Alabama offense that topped 25 points 1 time in its previous 4 games against FBS teams?

Extend the contract, Jimbo! The West is about to be yours.

And then Jalen Milroe picks his spots to the tune of 321 yards and 3 TDs passing — both career highs —  the Tide overcome 14 penalties and 2 turnovers and, wouldn’t you know it, Alabama sits on top of the SEC West like it has almost every day for the past 16 years, counting the day until a rematch with Georgia in the SEC title game.

7. You’re not going to believe this, but Oklahoma won it with … defense

Everybody in the world will be talking about Oklahoma’s game-winning drive to knock off undefeated Texas in a game that verified the Sooners as a Playoff contender.

That’s all fine and good. But Dillon Gabriel’s clutch TD throw doesn’t matter without an earlier Sooners goal-line stand for the ages.

No. 3 Texas had a 1st-and-goal and Oklahoma’s 1-yard line.

Lincoln Riley’s Sooners already would have been planning the counter-attack.

Clearly, these are not Riley’s Sooners anymore.

Oklahoma stuffed the Longhorns’ best running back on 3 consecutive runs to set up 4th-and-goal. Steve Sarkisian had seen enough. He called a pass play. And the Sooners swarmed to stuff that, too.

It was Boz-worthy — and Playoff altering.

And there’s no way it Norman that happens if Riley is still on those sidelines.

Want culture change?

Before the game, OU coach Brent Venables threw down the gauntlet.

Then his defense went out and backed up the bravado … and sent Texas back to the drawing board.

6. Luther Burden has entered Christian Kirk territory

Yes, Mizzou wasted its big chance to continue its Cinderella season, allowing 32 points in a stunning 2nd-half collapse against LSU.

But with the nation watching, hopefully you saw what I saw: Luther Burden not only is the best receiver in the SEC, almost overnight he has turned into Christian Kirk.

Kirk, a similarly-sized slot receiver, was a 1-man show at Texas A&M, nearly registering 3 consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons.

All Burden did Saturday was go off for 11 catches for 149 yards — his 5th consecutive 100-yard receiving game, his 3rd consecutive double-digit catch game.

Burden entered Week 6 already leading the SEC in both categories — and extended both to 54 catches for 793 yards.

Burden is taking dead aim at Mizzou’s record book, too. He has a chance to supplant Danario Alexander’s school marks of 113 catches and 1,781 yards, both set in 2009.

Mizzou’s SEC East hopes dimmed Saturday, but Burden’s star looked brighter than ever.

5. 5 worst calls from Mizzou-LSU game

I don’t see every snap from every SEC game, but I see more than most. Under that context, I can safely and accurately say that Mizzou-LSU was the most poorly officiated game of the 2023 season.

The funniest part was, as horrific as it was to watch, it somehow felt … even.

The 5 worst calls of the day …

5. Missed LSU field goal: Was it good? It looked good. It was close — and unreviewable by rule. Advantage, Mizzou.

4. Missed facemask on LSU: Facing 3rd-and-13 at its own 17, Mizzou’s Brady Cook was sacked for a 6-yard loss. Maason Smith made a nice play, but he obviously grabbed Cook’s facemask during the sack. No flag. Mizzou punted — and LSU then drove 92 yards for a go-ahead TD. Advantage, LSU.

3. Missed TD when Daniels was about 3 yards in the end zone: Daniels tried to sneak in from about the 1. After a bunch of pushing, he emerged about 3 yards deep in the end zone. Officials said, nope. LSU eventually scored. Advantage, Mizzou (temporarily).

2. Missed late hit on Jayden Daniels, but holding on LSU: Daniels again found the end zone and this late hit briefly knocked him out of the game. (Refs wiped out his TD run on a questionable holding call that angered LSU fans, but swallowed the flag instead of calling this what it was: a late hit.) Advantage, Mizzou.

1. Missed false start on Mizzou: Mizzou scored a TD on the play. Advantage, Mizzou.

Somehow, LSU overcame all of this and rallied for one of the more remarkable victories of the season.

This crew needs to send Daniels a thank-you/we’re sorry card. Daniels bailed them out.

Instead of spending all week talking about how horrible they were, we can instead remember Daniels’ heroics: 4 total TDs, 130 yards rushing, 35-yard go-ahead TD run, then a 29-yard game-winning TD pass.

Still, do better, refs.

4. The 4 Playoff teams are …

1. Georgia, 2. Washington, 3. Michigan, 4. Florida State

Finally, at long last, Georgia looked unbeatable from the opening snap.

All it took was a little rat poison, with pundits explaining all the ways upstart Kentucky could derail the Dawgs.

Yeah, about that.

Georgia scored TDs on its first 2 possessions — the first time that’s happened this season. The Dawgs’ 14 first-quarter points were a season-high and nearly equaled their 5-game total of 17 in the opening frame. They finished with 34 in the opening half en route to a 51-13 blowout over a ranked wannabe.

Kentucky, meanwhile, which ran all over Florida, spent most of Saturday running to the sidelines after failing on 3rd down.

Georgia dominated so quickly, so emphatically that way-too-early in the 4th quarter, players were seen on the sideline petting Uga rather than focusing on the Cats on the field.

How could Kirby get mad about that? I mean, it’s Uga!

3. Do I agree with Kirby? Um, no …

Kirby, every SEC team is ranked!

Entering Week 6, South Carolina was ranked No. 129 nationally in sacks allowed. Vanderbilt was ranked No. 127 in interceptions thrown. Texas A&M was ranked No. 108 in 40+ yard completions (and, on cue, gave up a 52-yard TD pass and another 46-yard completion against Bama). LSU was ranked No. 108 in scoring defense (and then allowed Mizzou to score a season-high 39). Alabama was ranked No. 104 in passing offense. Auburn was ranked No. 99 in TD passes.

I could keep going, but you get the point.

Even during the SEC’s 20-year reign over the sport, there was never a week in which every SEC should have been ranked in the Top 25.

This year? There might be only 4 SEC teams ranked next week.

Let’s just try to get somebody in the Playoff, a’ight?

2. A final word on Billy Napier, the head coach …

I’ve blasted him enough. I blasted Florida’s decision to hire him and have rarely let up since. I’m not wrong, by the way. His 20-game record (he’s 10-9 after the Gators beat Vanderbilt on Saturday) already is guaranteed to be the worse by a Gators coach since Charley Pell. Even worse than Ron Zook (12-8). I respect the desire to let him slowly build, but he is in over his head.

And now, as the heat turns up, he’s starting to get defensive?

My biggest issue with Napier has been his inability to adjust.

On a micro level, he never adjusted to Anthony Richardson’s skill set.

Broaden the focus, and he still hasn’t admitted he can’t be a head coach and an offensive coordinator. (Frankly, I’m not sure he’d be a successful OC in the SEC, either.)

Self-belief is a wonderful thing, but in Napier’s case, his blinders are leading him down a dead end road.

Meanwhile, Jeff Brohm just knocked off No. 10 Notre Dame and improved to 6-0 in Year 1 at Louisville.

I digress …

1. I swear, sometimes this column writes itself …

Vanderbilt: Punter U. Just like every program in America wishes it could be.