SEC Report Cards this week is live from College Station, where we’re still waiting on a flag to appear, the teams to return and an eighth overtime to start. A&M-LSU is one for the all-time lists … but there was plenty more going down on Rivalry Week. Fortunately, here we are, grading the week that was, singling out the best and worst of SEC Week 13.

SEC West

Alabama: A

Coming off a couple of fairly uninspiring weeks, the Tide stumbled through the first half and then crushed Auburn in a second half that showed how dominant they really are.

Mississippi State: A

A year after a tough Egg Bowl loss, State finished strong by crushing the Rebels. Among the many fun stats, the State defense held Ole Miss to 0-for-11 on third downs. 309 yards rushing for State is another impressive stat.

Texas A&M: A-

The scoreboard looked like a pinball machine that was broken. A&M battled back from the brink of defeat so many times. Granted, they had more than a few lucky moments of officiating in there, but the Aggies earned their victory over LSU. It was a game to remember, not just for A&M but for the entire SEC.

LSU: B-

They really didn’t play badly. But LSU had so many opportunities to finish this game. And they never cashed in on any of them. Premature Gatorade dump on Coach O gets an F. Fighting to get the game through seven overtimes earned back most of our respect.

Auburn: C-

The offense was what we thought it was, long on razzle-dazzle, short on results. Defensively, they were solid on the run but got killed by the pass, particularly in the third quarter when Alabama opened up the game.

Mississippi: F

Losing wasn’t a surprise. Not showing up on offense and getting the ball rammed down their throat was simply embarrassing. Matt Luke has generally been very good at getting his team to block out the noise and do what they do. They didn’t do much of anything this week.

Arkansas: F

Much like Mississippi, Arkansas was a limited team that failed in pretty much all areas. Rushing for 1.3 yards per carry and gaining 187 yards wasn’t a good sign. They nearly gave up more yards both passing (227) and rushing (181) than they gained in total.

East

Georgia: A

How good was the Bulldogs offense? Well, they were 2-for-6 on third down. Or you might say they gained 447 yards and scored 45 points and reached third down only six times. Sheesh.

Vanderbilt: A

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Not only did Vandy thump their in-state rivals, but Kyle Shurmur had a video game kind of passing day: 31-for-35, 367 yards. It was a good day to be a Commodore.

Missouri: A

Drew Lock had an excellent final home game, the defense pounded Arkansas into submission and the Tigers again looked like perhaps the hottest team in the SEC.

Florida: A

The Gators looked superior in every way to the Seminoles, rushing for 282 yards and passing for 254. They held FSU to 1-for-14 on third downs.

Kentucky: A

This was a morbid Louisville team, but the Wildcats set a new record for worst beatdown of the Cardinals in their current stadium as they racked up more than 600 total yards.

South Carolina: C

Losing to Clemson was hardly shameful, and the Gamecocks offense did everything it could to keep the game competitive. Jake Bentley passed for 510 yards. Clemson’s offense simply dominated in all phases of the game.

Tennessee: F

Total systems failure in a game they couldn’t afford to lose by 25. The Tennessee offense was lost, the defense looked stuck in mud and the Vols got embarrassed.

Honor Roll

Offense

Alabama

We could list them every week. 377 passing yards just demonstrates what we’ve all known. Alabama was the best and then turned their amps to 11.

Kentucky

Yes, Louisville’s defense was awful, but 56 points and 601 yards are cause for celebration in Lexington.

Defense

Mississippi State

They held Ole Miss to 1.3 yards per carry, 189 total yards and an 0-for-11 mark on third downs.

Missouri

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Shutouts matter. The Tigers gave up two plays longer than 17 yards and also forced 2 turnovers. Arkansas ended up with 187 total yards on 64 plays.

Special Teams

Auburn

The Tigers’ second-quarter blocked punt led to a score that briefly made us wonder about the Iron Bowl. Granted, it went south from there, but it was a big play.

Texas A&M

Great game for the kickers, and a recovery of a fumbled LSU punt was a key play in the game.

Detention

Offense

Mississippi

Whoever the quarterback was, it made little difference in Oxford. The Rebels showed more fight on a play that didn’t count at the end of the third quarter than in the entire rest of the game.

Tennessee

The Vols offense looked like it took a stick to a knife fight. They were 13-for-33 passing for 139 yards, and one 75-yard Ty Chandler run away from looking completely ridiculous in the ground game.

Defense

LSU

This was less about numbers than about not getting the stop that would have given the Tigers a victory. The last-play-of-regulation TD, the third-and-a-bunch score in overtime number 7 and the wide-open two-point conversion to win are all examples of the bad defensive football that ultimately lost the game.

South Carolina

Yes, Clemson is very, very good. But if you’d told Will Muschamp that his offense would gain 600 yards and put up 35 points, he’d have felt pretty good. When he watched his defense give up 744 yards (351 on the ground, 393 in the air), he had to feel sick.

Special Teams

LSU

Cole Tracy’s 50-yard field goal in overtime was absolutely clutch, as he has been all season … but the muffed A&M punt by Jonathan Giles was a pivotal moment in the game.

Alabama

Even when kicker Joseph Bulovas has a good game, the punt protection fails and basically hands the opponent a touchdown. Alabama has terrific speed in the return game but poor attention to detail on pretty much all aspects of the kicking game.