Bowl Season is mostly over for the SEC with New Year’s Day in the books. In addition to Jan. 10’s national championship showdown between Alabama and Georgia, LSU will also play in the Texas Bowl on Jan. 4. For the other 11 conference teams, it’s on to the 2022 season.

ESPN’s Football Power Index has updated its rankings following the New Year’s Day bowl games. Here’s where the 14 SEC teams check in:

  • Georgia – No. 1
  • Alabama – No. 2
  • Texas A&M – No. 15
  • Ole Miss – No. 16
  • Auburn – No. 20
  • Tennessee – No. 24
  • Arkansas – No. 27
  • Kentucky – No. 28
  • Florida – No. 34
  • Mississippi State – No. 35
  • LSU – No. 36
  • South Carolina – No. 68
  • Missouri – No. 78
  • Vanderbilt – No. 121

ESPN explains the FPI is a simulation-based predictive rating system that produces numbers similar to Las Vegas sportsbooks’ power rankings:

The Football Power Index (FPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward for the rest of the season. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Projected results are based on 20,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date, and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily.

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FPI is a predictive rating system designed to measure team strength and project performance going forward. The ultimate goal of FPI is not to rank teams 1 through 128; rather, it is to correctly predict games and season outcomes. If Vegas ever published the power rankings it uses to set its lines, they would likely look quite a lot like FPI.