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I’d take Jalen Hurts and Nick Fitzgerald on my team any day. If you wouldn’t do the same, I don’t know if we can be friends.

Picking between them wouldn’t be very fun, either.

But that’s what I’ll be asked to do every week with these rankings. It’s splitting hairs, really. Both are good enough to be No. 1. The question is whether someone can run away with the top spot.

Here are my Week 5 SEC Quarterback Rankings:

14. Quinten Dormady, Tennessee

Woof. The shuffling of quarterbacks in Knoxville yielded a nail-biter win against 0-4 UMass. Dormady was oddly replaced by Jarrett Guarantano in attempt to jump-start a lackluster offense. It didn’t work. Dormady has that job by default for the time being, but it hasn’t been pretty. The past two weeks probably made Tennessee fans wish they would just run the Wildcat with John Kelly all game. Saturday was that ugly. Fortunately for the Vols, not many people were there to see it.

13. Kellen Mond, Texas A&M

Now that was the Kellen Mond we heard about on the recruiting trail. Against what looked like an improved Arkansas defense, Mond made no shortage of big plays. He should’ve had a long touchdown run that was blown by a horrific out-of-bounds call. Still, he racked up a very Nick-Fitzgerald-like line of 227 passing yards, 2 passing TDs, 1 INT and 109 rushing yards. He benefitted from some huge yards after catch plays, but what’s wrong with getting the ball to Christian Kirk and watching him run wild? Absolutely nothing. Mond got a nice reminder of that Saturday.

12. Danny Etling, LSU

Let’s be clear. The Tigers didn’t struggle each of the past two weeks entirely because of Etling. The fact that Myles Brennan came in and looked decent certainly didn’t help the senior quarterback. That will only complicate things.

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But behind a shaky offensive line, Etling hasn’t thrown an interception, and he’s only been sacked six times in four games. And believe it or not, he’s averaging 9.39 yards per attempt. Is a quarterback change really what will take LSU to that next level?

11. Feleipe Del Rio, Florida

No, that’s not a typo. If the Gators are going to use Feleipe Franks and Luke Del Rio like that, we may as well save some time and just combine them into one. Del Rio led the game-winning drive on Saturday and was named the starter for Week 5, but Franks essentially got benched because Florida punted twice. Against a good Kentucky defense on the road, Franks only threw five incompletions and he didn’t turn the ball over. Jim McElwain’s quarterback situation is unconventional to say the least, but somehow, the Gators are 2-0 in SEC play.

10. Kyle Shurmur, Vanderbilt

Water, meet level. It was a come-back-to-earth game for Shurmur and the Commodores, who were smacked every which way by Alabama. Shurmur kissed his SEC-leading QBR goodbye in a game that won’t show up on his highlight reel. Unfortunately for Shurmur, things won’t get much easier with matchups against Florida and Georgia up next.

9. Drew Lock, Missouri

Lock and the Missouri offense couldn’t do much against an SEC defense. Imagine that? Obviously the Auburn loss was not entirely on Lock, but he certainly didn’t change his reputation. Down 51-7 in the fourth quarter, Lock padded the stats with a 75-yard drive and a touchdown pass, which made his numbers (216 passing yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT) look better than they were. Missouri is now averaging 10 points per game against Power 5 teams in 2017. Yikes.

8. Jarrett Stidham, Auburn

Through no fault of his own, the Tigers didn’t need Stidham to do much against Missouri’s swiss cheese defense. Auburn’s ground game did the heavy lifting in a much-needed blowout victory.

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What’s the most concerning stat about Stidham through four games? He’s taken 15 sacks and only thrown three touchdown passes. That’s a dangerous ratio heading into a matchup against a Mississippi State defense that gets after the quarterback.

7. Jake Fromm, Georgia

Is there any room left on the Fromm bandwagon? If so, I’d like a seat, please. Against one of the best defenses Georgia will see all season, Fromm was all sorts of good. He perfectly executed a little flea flicker from the jump, which was huge for his confidence. Want some impressive stats for the true freshman? In his first four games, he only threw one interception and he only took two sacks. That was all while completing 62 percent of his passes and leading Georgia to its best ranking of the Kirby Smart era. Fromm and the Bulldogs are for real.

6. Stephen Johnson, Kentucky

I nearly put Johnson at No. 5 this week after yet another solid effort against a good defense. Johnson had three passing touchdowns and put the Wildcats in position to make some history. If not for some inept defensive miscues (how does that happen twice?!), we’re talking about Johnson leading an undefeated Kentucky team that’s off to its first 2-0 start in SEC play in 40 years. Don’t let the crushing loss take away that fact that through four games, Johnson has 64 percent accuracy and a 5-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio.

5. Austin Allen, Arkansas

Allen wasn’t perfect, but he was a whole lot better Saturday than he was two weeks ago against TCU. The Hogs finally got some big plays going, and while Allen might not have lit up Texas A&M (12-of-25, 229 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT), he at least showed that the offense wasn’t in a complete free fall.

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The loss of Jared Cornelius will hurt, especially after how well he played Saturday. Will Allen revert back to that TCU showing?

4. Shea Patterson, Ole Miss

A bye week for Patterson came at the perfect time. He took some big shots against Cal, which found a way to contain the sophomore quarterback. Patterson leads the SEC in passing yards having only played three games, but he still needs to prove it against elite competition. Fortunately (or unfortunately) for him, he’ll get a chance to do that against Alabama on Saturday.

3. Jake Bentley, South Carolina

Yes, I know. If not for that last drive, we’re talking about a quarterback who lost to Louisiana Tech. At home. Instead, we’re talking about a quarterback who willed his team to a come-from-behind victory without his best offensive weapon. Bentley did it with his arm and his legs to prevent the Gamecocks from a complete tailspin. With the game on the line, there are still very few SEC signal-callers whom I’d rather have than Bentley.

2. Nick Fitzgerald, Mississippi State

Well, maybe I jumped the gun. Fitzgerald fell to No. 2 after a frustrating offensive performance at Georgia. The road Bulldogs couldn’t get anything rolling in the passing game against a Georgia defense that looked stronger and faster. Fitzgerald will inevitably have better days, and his stock shouldn’t plummet. But Saturday was a reminder that he and the MSU offense aren’t quite on that level yet.

1. Jalen Hurts, Alabama

So you know how a few (maybe a couple) people were talking about Vanderbilt knocking off Alabama? I wasn’t one of those people, but I sort of felt like I was after taking Hurts off the No. 1 spot in these rankings last week. Well, Alabama shut up those couple people, and Hurts shut me up.

The SEC Offensive Player of the Year might not have had impressive numbers, but he was calm, cool and collected on the road (sort of). He made all the right decisions and his day was done after the first possession of the second half. His spot back atop these rankings is safe for the time being.