So here we are a second time around. It was almost as bad of a week for my predictions as it was for the SEC. Granted, because I’m working bold, I don’t expect to hit 100 percent.

But it was a rough week. While there’s enough cupcake playing this week to launch a bakery, it won’t help my odds on bold predictions.

But still, there’s nowhere to go but up.

Right non-Bama/Georgia/A&M/Carolina SEC teams?

1. Western Kentucky will pass for more yards on Alabama than any SEC opponent this year: Don’t get me wrong. Western is not winning this game, not even coming close. But Jeff Brohm’s offense will make some plays and put up some points in Tuscaloosa. Alabama still wins by 30 or so, but Western will at least have a prettier box score than most Bama opponents.

2. Tennessee will rebound in a big way, win by 17: The game at Bristol will be an odd spectacle, but one thing looks sure: Tennessee can’t repeat week one’s performance as the world’s biggest hen (laying one hellacious giant egg). It says here in my book of wisdom that the Vols get stuff right, and win by 17. Somebody went even bolder …

3. Low-scoring lightning does not strike twice for South Carolina: Granted, I called for a Gamecock loss last week. I also predicted the under to perform well in USC/Vandy, and thus count myself only half wrong. Here’s a two-parter then, because Mississippi State is favored — the under prevails again this week, and Carolina doesn’t pull out another win. Dan Mullen doesn’t have Dak Prescott under center, but he’ll come up with enough offense to flummox Will Muschamp.

4. John Franklin III wins the Auburn QB job this week: I’ve never been on the Sean White bus. The Jeremy Johnson bus burned up somewhere on the back highways of Alabama in early 2015. The John Franklin III bus is running this weekend, and Gus Malzahn is pinning his job and the rest of the 2016 season on it.

5. Fournette goes for 200, but Jacksonville State stays fairly close: I’m not thinking that Cam Cameron is a genius. I am thinking that having already watched one game be flushed down the toilet by Brandon Harris, he learns to not do that. Fournette will be out Fournette-ing this weekend (yes, it’s a verb, kids), but Jacksonville State has more talent than half of the FBS foes that the SEC plays this weekend, and will hang in the game well into the third quarter.

6. Wofford takes the SEC’s biggest butt-kicking: Hugh Freeze won’t get mad, he’ll get even. Unfortunately for the Wofford Terriers, Florida State is back in Tallahassee. Expect a 60-point differential in this one, and Chad Kelly will have a stupid stat line. The Rebels will do whatever they need to do to get up for Alabama next weekend.

7. Trayveon Williams and Keith Ford EACH put up 100 yards of total offense for A&M: Poor Prairie View. It’s not their fault that they’re playing this for-pay-lottery matchup. They also couldn’t anticipate A&M changing from Quarterback U into a more balanced but explosive offense. That backfield is almost as good as those receivers. You’ll see it Saturday.

8. Arkansas will lead in the second half, but will lose to TCU: This won’t be a bad loss, and I like playing the game. The Razorbacks will grow up a lot against a good opponent, even when they don’t pull off the upset. Will be watching to see if Arkansas again manages a total of zero 20+ yard offensive plays — I’ll say they put up five, but still lose.

9. Nick Chubb will average 10+ yards per carry, but still won’t lead the SEC in rushing in Week 2: He’s still a Heisman candidate, and given the way the East looks — and West foes Ole Miss and Auburn look — he can be forgiven for resting some in this one. But the best Bulldog will get his yards and get out early. Meanwhile, the Jacob Eason train is rolling out of the station with another big day.

10. Florida will beat Kentucky for the 30th time in a row — but they won’t cover the spread, and they’ll be outrushed: See, this is how I roll. I said something that almost nobody disagrees with, but then back it up with two things that seem a little crazy. I’m not at all sold on this Gators offense, and I think Kentucky’s answer to their horrific defensive woes, at least in part, is relying on their ground game to better control clock. So that’s a 3-parter — Florida wins, but by 10 or fewer, and UK outrushes them.

11. Missouri will beat Eastern Michigan, but won’t score 30 points: The Tigers had a ton of Week 1 yardage, but it was empty yardage. Their special teams were bad, their offense couldn’t cash in in meaningful opportunities, and their only touchdown came in garbage time. Even Eastern Michigan can’t change a bad offense. This game will be the ugliest in Week 2, a dismal 24-7 type of game.

12. Vanderbilt loses: Yeah, it’s a home game. In a half-empty stadium a handful of miles from the other school’s campus. When people look back at their SEC predictions by, say, mid-October, they’ll wonder why on earth they had Vandy No. 4 in the East. The coach’s kid for MTSU with the huge passing stats (Brent Stockstill) will put up enough offense to leave Vandy wondering where it went wrong.