Week 10 in the SEC saw No. 1 Georgia continue to separate itself from the pack, as the Dawgs throttled Eli Drinkwitz and Missouri 43-6. Analysts keep opining that Georgia needs more than Stetson Bennett IV to win a national title. I disagree. Miami cruised to a national championship with Ken Dorsey. It helped to have multiple future All-Pros on the Canes’ defense. This is a similar situation — and outside of Ohio State, there’s not an offense on a Playoff contender that is scary. The result? Get your 1980 jokes in while you can.

Elsewhere in the SEC: calling Florida a dumpster fire is offensive to dumpster fires,  Texas A &M losing 2 games this season will be one of 2021’s great mysteries, Bo Nix went back to being, well, Bo Nix, Tennessee is on the cusp of bowl eligibility after a gritty, good win in Lexington,  Matt Corral is nails, and Arkansas is just getting started under Sam Pittman.

As for the Top 10 list, 10 weeks of football has provided a bit of clarity, though there are a number of changes this week. Remember, this is a list that rewards productivity, not NFL Draft potential, which explains the omission of guys like Kaiir Elam, who will be a first-round draft pick, or Evan Neal, who should go in the top 10 next spring but just led an offensive line that gained 6 — yes 6 — yards against a middling LSU team playing for a lame-duck coach.

Last week’s list is here. I know y’all could do this better than me and fully understand ranking the top 10 players in the country’s best conference is as easy as your comments make it out to be.

Honorable mentions (limit 2 per school): Evan Neal, OT (Alabama); Jameson Williams, WR (Alabama); Ricky Stromberg, C (Arkansas); Treylon Burks, WR (Arkansas); Zakoby McClain, LB (Auburn); Smoke Monday, S (Auburn); Zachary Carter, DL (Florida); Rashad Torrence II, S (Florida); Quay Walker, LB (Georgia); Brock Bowers, TE (Georgia); Darian Kinnard, OT (Kentucky); Josh Paschal, DL (Kentucky); BJ Ojulari, Edge (LSU); Will Rogers III, QB (Mississippi State); Jett Johnson, LB (Mississippi State); Tyler Badie, RB (Missouri); Michael Maietti, C (Missouri), Chance Campbell, LB (Ole Miss); SamWilliams, DE (Ole Miss); Jaylan Foster, DB (South Carolina); Kingsley Enagbare, DL (South Carolina); Kenyon Green, OT (Texas A&M); Antonio Johnson, CB (Texas A&M); Jeremy Banks, LB (Tennesssee); Velus Jones Jr., WR (Tennessee); Ethan Barr, LB (Vanderbilt).

10. Roger McCreary, CB (Auburn)

McCreary started the season as a guy on All-SEC lists but rated somewhere behind Derek Stingley Jr of LSU, Kaiir Elam of Florida and Josh Jobe of Alabama. This is why we play the games.

McCreary now grades out higher in the SEC than all of these guys, and by some distance, per Pro Football Focus.

The senior leads the SEC in passes defended with 9, has a pair of interceptions, and is rocketing up NFL Draft boards thanks to his blend of physicality and football IQ.

9. Damone Clark, LB (LSU)

Clark was all over the field Saturday night for against Alabama, posting 8 tackles, a sack, and 3 tackles for loss in leading a Herculean LSU defensive effort that limited Alabama to just 20 points and 6 yards rushing. Tigers fans are used to dominant performances from Clark, who has quietly put together one of the best statistical seasons in the SEC this season: leading the SEC in tackles by 20 with 107, forcing 2 fumbles, collecting 2 sacks, 2 passes defended and ranking 2nd on the team in tackles for loss. This isn’t a great LSU defense, but Clark has held the thing together and LSU is playing its best football of the season over the past month.

8. Hendon Hooker, QB (Tennessee)

Hooker hasn’t changed the fortunes of Tennessee football by himself, but he’s a big reason so many are buying futures in the program’s trajectory under Josh Heupel. Hooker’s lastest trick? A 357-total yard, 4-touchdown performance against a Kentucky defense that entered the game in the top 20 nationally. Hooker averaged 11.4 yards per snap in earning SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors. On the season, he has now thrown 21 touchdown passes against only 2 interceptions and he’s added 457 yards with his legs, along with 4 touchdowns. The Vols are just a different offense when he’s under center. If he’s not named 3rd-team All-SEC, voters got it wrong.

7. DeMarvin Leal, DL (Texas A&M)

Leal has been in and out of this list all season, but the All-American has been dominating games of late. As Leal goes, so goes Mike Elko’s defense. In the past 3 games — wins over then-No. 1 Alabama, Missouri and No. 13 Auburn — Leal posted 19 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack and 10 quarterback pressures.

It’s Leal’s versatility and ability to play inside or on the edge and on all 3 downs that makes him so unique: He’s a positionless front-7 player in a defensive scheme that thrives in creating mismatches. A perfect scheme for a perfect player.

6. Bryce Young, QB (Alabama)

Wait? He’s human? He appeared to be Saturday night against LSU, coughing up 2 fumbles (losing 1) and holding the ball too long on multiple occasions (LSU collected 4 sacks). Of course, he still threw for 302 yards and 2 touchdowns and this strike to Jameson Williams proved to be just enough to put the game out of reach in the second half.

5. Wan’Dale Robinson, WR (Kentucky)

Robinson did everything in his power to help Big Blue avoid the upset against Tennessee Saturday night. He caught a season-high 13 passes for a season-high 166 yards, scored a touchdown, was a consistent threat downfield and was an astonishing 8-for-10 on targets in the second half. He’s the Wildcats’ best playmaker, and he’s doing it even though everyone knows the football is coming to him.

That’s All-American caliber stuff, as are his SEC-leading 71 receptions and his SEC second-best 811 yards receiving.

4. Matt Corral, QB (Ole Miss)

Corral is as tough as it gets, and Ole Miss has become a reflection of his leadership. Playing through a leg injury for the second consecutive week, Corral gutted it out against a quality Liberty team, throwing for 327 yards and a touchdown while containing his natural urges to take off and run the football.

After the game, Corral received well-deserved social media praise from his head coach. His leadership, along with his 2,755 passing yards, 528 yards rushing and 26 total touchdowns have him well-situated for a Heisman ceremony invitation.

3. Jordan Davis, DT (Georgia)

A bit of a quieter game for Davis, at least on defense. But this week, with the running game struggling early, Kirby Smart sent the big fella out on the field in a jumbo run package. The result was what you’d expect:

Davis isn’t fair. Neither is the Georgia defense.

2. Nakobe Dean, LB (Georgia)

Dean drops a spot after a 1-tackle performance against Missouri. It was a season-low for Georgia’s star linebacker, though Dean continues to grade out as Georgia’s best defender and the No. 2 linebacker in the country, per Pro Football Focus. A CBS showcase game against resurgent Tennessee and the elusive Hendon Hooker is next.

1. Will Anderson, LB (Alabama)

The tug of war at the top of this list has been fun and this week, Anderson is holding the large part of the rope. His performance against LSU was the stuff of legend: 12 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 6 quarterback pressures. Anderson now leads the SEC with 21.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks in just 9 games.

Anderson appeared on my Bednarik Award ballot last week, and should, along with Jordan Davis, receive serious Heisman consideration as well.