Week 3 was the first really weird week of the SEC football season. You know, one of the ones where you wake up Sunday morning and wonder exactly what happened to your team. Indeed, it was strange all around.

Perhaps more than anything, the SEC’s parity was on display.

A Kentucky team that everyone thought had looked lethargic in the first two weeks downed supposedly red-hot South Carolina on the road. Missouri’s big, bad offense that put up 815 yards in Week 1 couldn’t muster a touchdown against Purdue. Tennessee basically punted inside Florida’s 10-yard-line twice before losing on a 63-yard Hail Mary. Alabama only won by 18 points.

Oh, and Mississippi State obliterated LSU by 30 — because everyone totally saw that coming.

Some of the performances over the weekend were terrible, but others were equally as impressive. Once again, we ranked the best ones. Players, teams, head coaches and coordinators were eligible for consideration.

Here are the most impressive SEC performances from Week 3:

10. Armani Watts

From an individual standpoint, it would be tough to find many SEC defenders who impacted their team positively as much as Watts did for Texas A&M on Saturday. The senior safety, long known as a hard-hitting ball hawk, picked off two Louisiana passes and returned them for a total of 15 yards. He also racked up eight tackles (two for losses), second on the team in that category. Watts is tied for first in the SEC with two interceptions.

9. Auburn offense (sort of)

First, the Tigers fumbled five times and lost four of them, so let’s get that out of the way. Auburn had a difficult time hanging on to the football, which is part of the reason it only put up 24 points in the win over Mercer. However, four different players had a fumble. Sure, Kamryn Pettway lost one, but he also rushed for three touchdowns and 128 yards. Jarrett Stidham didn’t have a touchdown pass, but he threw for 364 yards and hit an astounding 32 of his 37 pass attempts (86.5 percent). All in all, the Tigers put up 510 yards of offense. There were a lot of missed scoring opportunities, but statistically it was a good day.

8. Alabama offense

The Crimson Tide offense was just shy of the 500-yard mark on Saturday against Colorado State, as it amassed 487. The key part of Alabama’s performance was the pure efficiency and balance. Jalen Hurts was 12-of-17 with two touchdown passes and no interceptions. On the ground, he added another 103 yards to lead Alabama’s rushing effort. Carries were split nearly evenly among Hurts and running backs Bo Scarbrough and Damien Harris. All three ran for a touchdown. Overall, the Tide passed for 248 yards and rushed for 239. Nick Saban will take a smooth, nothing-fancy performance like that every time.

7. Kellen Mond

The Aggies have long been cycling through quarterbacks, and if they could ever find stability at the position, A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin’s seat might not be considered hot. Mond made his first career start Sept. 9 against Nicholls State, and in just his second he was quite impressive. The true freshman started the game 6-for-7 and never really slowed despite an interception. He finished 21-of-34 with 301 passing yards and three touchdowns. No, Louisiana doesn’t have an elite defense. But Mond provided a sigh of relief for the Aggies in the second half.

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6. Nick Chubb

Just before the 2017 season, Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said he thought Chubb was beginning to look like his former self. Three weeks into the season, it’s easy to see why. Chubb gained 131 yards on 16 carries Saturday and finally broke a couple of big runs. He had two rushing touchdowns against Samford, just like he did in Week 1 vs. Appalachian State when he rushed for 96 yards. Chubb is currently sixth among SEC players in rushing, but the important thing is, he seems to be getting better each week.

5. Feleipe Franks/Tyrie Cleveland

It was just that one play — the 63-yard, game-winning Hail Mary — that will be talked about with this performance. And Florida fans are probably fine with that, because it will go down in Gator football lore. That play alone would be good enough to get the quarterback/receiver duo in the Top 5 of this list. But Franks and Cleveland connected on four other passes. Franks finished the day with 212 passing yards and two TDs. Cleveland had five catches for 93 yards. The Gators’ offense, as a whole, finally showed some life. That could be huge for Florida.

4. Mark Stoops

Kentucky's four-game winning streak against South Carolina is its longest in series history.

South Carolina just doesn’t beat Mark Stoops. Deal with it. Since Stoops arrived at Kentucky in 2013, he’s 4-1 against the Gamecocks. That lone loss came in his first season on the road. Since then, he’s 4-for-4. Kentucky handled the Gamecocks 23-13 Saturday after struggling somewhat in its first two games against inferior opponents, Southern Miss and Eastern Kentucky. Coming into the 2017 season, many thought Kentucky could contend for the SEC East, but then sort of went back on that notion. The Wildcats — and Stoops — finally earned some well-deserved respect.

3. John Kelly

Tennessee’s loss to Florida could be attributed to a few factors — poor coaching in the red zone, three missed field goals, dropped passes and interceptions, etc. — but don’t attribute it to anything Kelly did. The Volunteers’ No. 1 running back rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown, averaging 7.4 yards per carry. Additionally, he led Tennessee in receiving with six catches for 96 yards. Kelly, quite literally, was the offense. He’s leading the SEC in multiple rushing categories with 349 yards and five touchdowns.

2. Vanderbilt

If you want to keep sleeping on Vanderbilt and Derek Mason, that’s fine. But it is apparent that the Commodores have gotten better and better under Mason. It has been obvious year-to-year, but it almost seems like it’s week-to-week now. Vandy is 3-0 for the first time since 2011, and it’s coming off a marquee, early-season victory over 18th-ranked Kansas State. The defense halted Bill Snyder’s Wildcats on Saturday, allowing 277 yards. Base it on resume alone, and Vanderbilt has probably been the SEC East’s most impressive team through three weeks. That resume could be enhanced significantly when the Commodores host Alabama this Saturday.

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1. Dan Mullen/Mississippi State

If you took an alternate spread of Mississippi State covering over four touchdowns against LSU, congratulations on becoming a millionaire. But if you were like most people, you were probably completely shocked by what the Bulldogs did to the Tigers on Saturday. It was a night game in Starkville for a team with momentum, so you had to think State had a chance. But 37-7? LSU appeared to be totally outclassed. A big reason for that was coordinator Todd Grantham’s defense, which held LSU to 270 yards. Props to Dan Mullen for hiring Grantham in the off-season. Obviously, folks will point to the fact that State finally beat the Tigers in Starkville for the first time since 1999. But this was a big win for Mullen individually. Coming in, Mullen was just 1-7 as a head coach against LSU.