A week after owning the college football landscape, the SEC fell on hard times going 9-5 in Week 2, with some less-than-stellar losses and performances. (To be fair, three of those losses were conference games.)

That’s not to say it was all bad in the SEC. Before the conference can pick itself up and dust off the uniforms, let’s take a look back at some observations from the weekend that was Week 2 in the SEC:

SEC Unranked: If we we’re going by the hype, the SEC was on its way toward having all 14 of its teams ranked in the AP Poll by Week 4. That’s an exaggeration, of course, but it speaks to the absurdity of ranking teams this early the season and the crushing hype the conference experiences. The SEC came crashing back to reality in Week 2, a week after placing a record 10 teams in the AP’s rankings. No. 18 Arkansas and No. 23 Tennessee dropped from the rankings after bad losses, as did No. 25 Mississippi State after losing to No. 14 LSU. Auburn also dropped out of the top 10 after needing overtime to defeat Jacksonville State.

Spoilers No Longer: Cinderella’s stagecoach needed a little more than eight quarters of football to turn back into a pumpkin for Arkansas and Tennessee. Both programs were the darlings of the preseason hype market and trendy picks to win their respective SEC divisions. The Razorbacks and Volunteers both looked unstoppable at times on both sides of the ball in opening-week victories over Texas-El Paso and Bowling Green, respectively. And while Tennessee had No. 19 Oklahoma all but put away from three quarters, the Vols coughed up their biggest lead ever (17 points) in Neyland Stadium.

Arkansas could do wrong against the Miners. Against Toledo, however, the Razorbacks looked like a FCS school, losing 16-12. Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema felt the implications after the game played in Little Rock, according to CBS Sports: “I’m embarrassed for our fans and the people that traveled today — all the people here in Little Rock that this game means a lot to,” Bielema said. “It means a lot to us, and to not play well here for the second year in a row is very frustrating and something that I know that we are going to have to correct.”

Not Quite Yet: Jeremy Johnson does not appear to be the answer in Auburn. At least not yet. The Tigers quarterback struggled mightily at times against Jacksonville State, finishing with a deceiving 236 passing yards and as many touchdowns (2) and as interceptions. Johnson struggled with his accuracy (21-of-32) most of the game and didn’t always instill faith in the Auburn faithful. That’s not to say the sophomore wasn’t without his moments of brilliance. Johnson led the Tigers on the game-tying drive, hitting Melvin Ray in the corner of the end zone to knot the game at 20 with 1:52 to play. It won’t get any easier on Johnson, who travels to Death Valley next week to face a LSU team that won its season-opener in Week 2 over No. 25 Mississippi State.

Arms Race: Connor Mitch made South Carolina’s quarterback competition a little lighter in Week 2, leaving with a shoulder injury that will likely force him to miss the balance of the season. Losing the sophomore, who beat out three teammates to win the job, hurts, but the Gamecocks are deep in arms, just short on experience. Junior Perry Orth and freshman Lorenzo Nunez filled in for Mitch, with Orth finishing 13-of-20 for 179 yards. Nunez rushed for 40 yards, but didn’t attempt a pass in the 26-22 loss. If Steve Spurrier can get consistent play out of Orth and Nunez, as well as using direct-snap packages to WR Pharoh Cooper, the Gamecocks offense just might be able to salvage parts of the season.

Try To Stop Us: It might be time to start acknowledging the potency of the Ole Miss offense. Sure it was against Tennessee-Martin and Fresno State, but the Rebels have hung 149 points on opponents who have managed just 24 points against Hugh Freeze’s defense. The next-closest team in the nation to match Ole Miss’ scoring (74.5 ppg) is Georgia Tech at 67.4. Texas A&M is the closest SEC team with 47.0, good enough for No. 15 in the country. Expect Ole Miss’ points total to come down significantly next week when the Rebels begin conference play with a trip to Tuscaloosa to face No. 3 Alabama.

Sony Entertainment: Nick Chubb is the man in Georgia, and rightfully so, with an SEC-high 309 rushing yards on the season, including 189 in Week 2 against Vanderbilt. That said, the Bulldogs’ Sony Michel might be the most dynamic, almost certainly the most entertaining, running back in the conference. Michel has 97 yards on the season 18 carries, but is a home run threat just about every time he touches the ball, including a barreling 31-yard touchdown against the Commodores in Week 2. Kids today refer to that as being a “beast.”

If The Florida Heat Doesn’t Kill You … Jim McElwain Might: Jim McElwain means business at Florida. Just ask running back Kelvin Taylor, who felt the first-year Gators coach’s wrath after being flagged for making a throat-slashing gesture. The fire in McElwain’s belly has worked so far, as the Gators moved to 2-0 on the season with a (not always pretty) 31-24 win. Florida still needs to learn to close opponents out and needs to get healthy and return DB Vernon Hargreaves III to the field. In Hargreaves absence, East Carolina threw for 346 yards in the air, including 333 by Pirates’ quarterback Blake Kemp.

Watch as McElwain blows up on Taylor…