SEC Week 5 might have made everything about the league even more complicated. It looked like about half of the league could end up 5-5. In any case, we’re looking around the SEC and predicting how everybody will finish this crazy 2020 regular season.

Alabama: 10-0

Halfway through and nobody has gotten terribly close to Alabama. That said, give yourself a bonus point if you thought Ole Miss would be the Tide’s toughest matchup so far.

Arkansas: 4-6

It’s a tough slate remaining for the Razorbacks, starting with a trip to Texas A&M on Saturday, but we can’t pretend not to be impressed so far. The Hogs are 2-2. If they play like they have, they could even end up at .500.

Auburn: 5-5

Auburn might be the most fortunate 3-2 team in the country. The next 3 games are key —  all are thoroughly winnable, but given that Auburn hasn’t exactly run away from anybody, we’ll project them to drop 1 of the 3, and thus end up at .500.

Florida: 7-3

Florida feels like a solid No. 2 team in the East, but given how crowded its schedule is after the COVID shifting from the league office, it’ll be a challenging stretch run for the Gators. A win over Georgia would change things substantially.

Georgia: 9-1

Similarly, Georgia’s trajectory depends very much on the game with Florida. If that one is a win, they’re in great shape for a 9-1 mark and a shot at the CFP, pending the rematch with Alabama in the SEC Championship Game.

Kentucky: 4-6

The offense let the Wildcats down against Mizzou, and the defense did against Ole Miss. Those are the kind of games Kentucky had to win to post a winning SEC season.

LSU: 5-5

A very nice win for the Tigers, but their schedule remains back-loaded. This looked like a team that could end up 6-4 and 3rd in the SEC, but until they prove to be more consistent, it’s hard to predict that.

Mississippi State: 2-8

State was off, but watching some of the weaker teams on their remaining schedule play well makes us think there’s probably only 1 more win to be grabbed in here. Finishing 3-7 isn’t a reach, but anything more than that feels like it would be at this point.

Ole Miss: 4-6

Unlike State, the Rebels’ schedule gets lighter down the stretch, with several winnable games remaining. They looked good enough against Auburn to make us think they’ll grab a couple more close games.

Missouri: 4-6

Other than Florida and Georgia, the 2-2 Tigers don’t have many daunting games left. If they split the remaining games, they’ll end up here.

South Carolina: 3-7

Not an encouraging week for the Gamecocks, and given their issues with stopping the run, the second half of this season looks like it could be pretty painful. Ole Miss in the second week of November looks like a chance to get back on track … or see the season slip away.

Tennessee: 4-6

After the bye week, UT gets Arkansas. If they beat the Hogs, they can still salvage a fairly decent season. But if they don’t, 3-7 is very much their likely finish. It certainly doesn’t bode well for the program that a game with Arkansas ends up being a pivotal referendum on the state of Jeremy Pruitt’s program.

Texas A&M: 8-2

The West looks a little more scrambled than it did, but A&M seems like they should be above the pack. Another loss probably happens, but the Aggies are in excellent shape for the stretch run in the West.

Vanderbilt: 0-10

No reason to suddenly get optimistic about Vandy. The 13th-best team in the SEC seems miles ahead of them.