ESPN’s ‘Bottom 10’ rankings take shot at the entire SEC East division

Outside of the state of Georgia, it’s been a rough year for the SEC East.

Though the Bulldogs are currently 4-0 and looking like the second-best team in the entire SEC, the other six programs aren’t doing so well.

Even Florida, at 2-0 in division play, just had nine players charged with felonies. Meanwhile, one of the other top teams in the division — Tennessee — is in the middle of deciding whether or not coach Butch Jones deserves to keep his job.

Because of all the turmoil in the East, ESPN’s weekly “Bottom 10” rankings decided to throw the whole division in the No. 5 spot, between powerhouses like FAU and UTEP:

Vandy lost to Bama by 59 points; Mizzou lost to Auburn by 37; Kentucky fell to Florida for the 31st time in a row by blowing a 13-point, fourth-quarter lead. Then Florida had nine players tagged in a fraud case. And the team that had just lost to Kentucky last week, South Carolina, had to kick a late field goal to win 17-16 over Louisiana Tech, a team that came in the day ranked 94th in the nation in points allowed. Am I missing anyone? Oh yeah, Tennessee message boards have been filled with eleventy-billion #FireButch complaints after being in this spot solo last week and then narrowly escaping UMass.

Georgia can take an even bigger step toward a division title on Saturday afternoon as the Bulldogs head to Knoxville to face the Tennessee Volunteers.

If the current trends continue, though, the Bottom 10 rankings may have to refrain from lumping the Dawgs in with the rest of the division.

Adam Spencer

Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.