The top of the class of SEC Week 10 was an odd group — Alabama and Georgia, sure, they are there. But Missouri and Auburn? Yep, they’re in there, too. But the good news is that you don’t have to sort it out, because that’s what we do. Well, that, and then we grade all the teams of the SEC, honor the best and dishonor the worst work of SEC Week 10.

SEC West

Alabama: A

They did what they do. 576 total yards, holding LSU to 196 yards, demonstrating again why they are the best college football team in the land and that the margin isn’t even close. It’s like Alabama took all that they had done before and superimposed a dynamic passing attack on top. Now if they could only make an extra point.

Mississippi State: A-

The last two games have shown the Bulldogs that were hoped for by those who picked them to upend Alabama in the West. They both outrushed (289 yards) and outpassed (243 yards) Louisiana Tech’s total offense numbers (238 yards), and they held the Techsters to a field goal while imposing their will. It would mean even more if they’d done it to an actually good team.

Auburn: B+

They would get an A for grit and for taking this game down the stretch. But it’s hard to put a team outright at the top of the class when they rush 21 times for 19 yards, get outgained by 143 yards and probably should have lost the game in the first place.

Texas A&M: B-

This is one that Jimbo Fisher will probably watch on tape 100 times between now and next year’s game with Auburn. This is the kind of loss that he’ll eliminate in a hurry. A&M did plenty of good things — passing for 220, rushing for 201 … but they found a way to lose.

LSU: C-

Look, no shame. Alabama really is that good. But LSU had to bring its A game to have a shot Saturday night, and they weren’t even close to doing that.

Ole Miss: C-

Terrible, terrible defensive performance. South Carolina isn’t bad, but the Rebels turned Jake Bentley into Aaron Rodgers on Saturday. They allowed a 100-yard rusher and two 100 yard-receivers. Running up more than 600 yards themselves counts for little without any stops.

Arkansas: Incomplete

Nothing to complain about this week.

SEC East

Georgia: A

The phrase “most complete game” was being batted around by a lot of Bulldogs fans late Saturday. Georgia controlled the line of scrimmage on a Kentucky team that hasn’t let people do that this year. They also held the Wildcats to 2.4 yards per carry.

Missouri: A

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No way not to give the Tigers credit. They bounce back from a tough, tough loss to Kentucky, go into the Swamp, outrush and outpass Florida and generally impose their will on the Gators. Rushing for 221 yards was impressive, but so was holding Florida to 3-for-15 on third downs.

South Carolina: B

On the one hand, great offensive game plan, putting up 48 points, rolling up more than 500 yards of offense. On the other hand, giving up more than 600 yards and 44 points won’t beat many teams that don’t have Ole Miss on their uniforms.

Kentucky: C-

Much like LSU, the Wildcats getting beat wasn’t the surprise. For a team that based its success on running and stopping the run, the Wildcats did a rotten job on both fronts. If they get outrushed again 331-84, it won’t be the last loss UK takes this year.

Florida: C-

Just a disinterested effort from the Gators, who may have really had their spirits broken by Georgia. Florida sleepwalked through an ugly game, giving up 11 of 18 third-down conversions while missing on third or fourth down 14 times themselves. Feleipe Franks has had a brutal couple of weeks.

Tennessee: C-

Well, they did win, unlike the other teams that gained C- grades. But they had 10 first downs, 20 rushing yards and 192 total yards against a Charlotte team that isn’t exactly the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers (the 4-5 49ers gave up 45 points to Appalachian State and 49 to UMass). The defense did a good job, so there is that.

Vanderbilt: Incomplete

A week of rest for the Commodores.

Honor Roll

Offense

Georgia

Facing one of the SEC’s toughest defenses, the Bulldogs rushed for 331 yards and never trailed.

South Carolina

Maybe we should have picked Alabama, but Carolina’s offense HAD to be great to pull off their win in Oxford. It was — 48 points, 363 passing yards and a fourth-quarter comeback win.

Defense

Alabama

Holding LSU to 25 carries for 12 yards? Or to 196 total yards? Or pitching the shutout? Just ridiculous.

Tennessee

When your offense gives you absolutely nothing, you just dig in, hold the opponent to 244 yards and a field goal and take the ugly win.

Special Teams

South Carolina

The Gamecocks won by four, and the game-opening kick return score from Deebo Samuel was key. Kickers and punters were solid, too.

Tennessee

Not a great effort all around, but Marquez Callaway’s 82-yard punt return was the only thing that kept this from being a 7-3 game.

Detention

Offense

Tennessee

It’s one thing for Alabama or Georgia to stall your offense; it’s another for Charlotte to hold you to 10 first downs and 192 total yards.

Florida

The passing game was completely broken, and while the first stat sheet shows 323 yards, only the appearance of Kyle Trask and some conservative Missouri defensive tactics made it look that good.

Defense

Ole Miss

The Mississippi offense handed over a 10-point lead with 14:15 to play and watched it disappear. SEC defenses have made Jake Bentley look fairly pedestrian this year, but not the Rebels, who turned him into Joe Montana.

LSU

Yeah, they “held” Alabama to 29 points, but giving up 576 total yards was just never going to leave the Tigers in position to win this game. Both the Tide passing and running games each easily eclipsed the Tigers’ total offense, and Alabama held the ball for more than 35 minutes.

Special Teams

Alabama

They missed two more extra points. It’s one of life’s funniest little ironies — the unbeatable team with kickers who can’t make extra points.

Texas A&M

We’ve given the Aggies plenty of credit this year, but a missed field goal and a poor punt/coverage decision late were pivotal parts of this late collapse of a loss.