Week 13 (aka Cupcake Week) held its fair share of easily digestible sweet treats for many SEC schools. But we also had two meaningful league games and a little clarification for our weekly power rankings. After SEC Week 13, here’s how we assess the squads of the SEC.

14. Arkansas (2-9, lost to LSU 56-20)

Yes, Arkansas covered possibly the largest SEC point spread ever. But that’s about the sum total of all good news for the Razorbacks. This game was 56-6 a minute into the fourth quarter, and LSU could have run it up easily. Arkansas allowed 260 rushing yards … on 16 carries.

13. Vanderbilt (3-8, beat East Tennessee St. 38-0)

Vandy held a horrible FCS team to 105 total yards and no points. The Commodores also had solid offensive balance and vaguely resembled the Vandy team we expected to see. It only took 11 games.

12. South Carolina (4-7, off this week)

South Carolina might not actually be the third-worst team in the SEC. This spot and the three ahead of it are a toss-up right now. But the Gamecocks’ last effort was pretty putrid so they’re sticking put.

11. Mississippi (4-7, off this week)

See the above comments on South Carolina and repeat, though the Rebels were less bad in their last game, which is why they stay here.

10. Missouri (5-6, lost to Tennessee 24-20)

It was somewhere beyond surprising that Missouri was a favorite in this game. The Tigers were outgained 526-280 by Tennessee, doing nothing to change our conviction that this is the biggest nose dive in the league. If they lose to Arkansas, we might rank them 14th next week.

9. Mississippi State (5-6, beat Abilene Christian 45-7)

A combination of Missouri no longer looking like a decent football team and MSU taking care of business moves the Bulldogs back up a spot. Win the Egg Bowl, keep this spot, or move up one or two. Lose it, and drop back a spot or two.

8. Kentucky (6-5, beat UT-Martin 50-7)

Kentucky continues to bludgeon bad teams with an offense that’s as run-heavy as your typical service academy. At this point, have to wonder how Kentucky’s first five games would’ve gone had the Wildcats just run this stuff from Day 1.

7. Tennessee (6-5, beat Missouri 24-20)

This game was appropriate as Tennessee is the mirror opposite of Missouri. The Vols came back from dead over the last four games and should be rewarded with a decent bowl game for their troubles.

6. Texas A&M (7-4, lost to Georgia 19-13)

In some ways, this was an excellent performance by the Aggies. Kellen Mond outplayed Jake Fromm, they won the total yardage battle 274-260 and they held Georgia to 19 points. But it was a loss, so they’ll stay behind Auburn, though ahead of the many wildly inferior teams behind them.

5. Auburn (8-3, beat Samford 52-0)

Auburn dominated a bad Samford team, which really doesn’t prove much of anything. Hard to move the Tigers up or down based on that, but also hard to imagine them dropping more than one spot even if Alabama crushes them.

4. Florida (9-2, off this week)

No reason to move the Gators, and the under-the-radar good work from Dan Mullen that’ll lead them to a 10-win season.

3. Georgia (10-1, beat Texas A&M 19-13)

We pushed Georgia ahead of Alabama last week, but it doesn’t stick. Georgia’s offense has just not been “next level” enough to earn that second spot. It’s almost impossible to imagine the Bulldogs scoring enough to beat LSU, or anybody in the CFP.

2. Alabama (10-1, beat Western Carolina 66-3)

What we learned was that Alabama looks about the same with whoever at quarterback … against Western Carolina. How the Crimson Tide look against Auburn may well determine their CFP fate.

1. LSU (11-0, beat Arkansas 56-20)

Still the most explosive team in the nation, still our Number 1 until somebody shows us otherwise.