College football rankings drive the conversation between games. The Coaches Poll, AP Poll and College Football Playoff selection committee rankings focus on the top 25 teams in the country. Las Vegas oddsmakers have power rankings for all 134 FBS teams.

Vegas rankings tend to differ from the traditional polls. The smartest folks in the desert are only concerned with how teams would fare against others on a neutral field, as opposed to the records, resumes and preseason rankings that influence top 25 polls.

Phil Steele, widely recognized as a leading college football expert, has connections to oddsmakers at the Las Vegas SuperBook and other casinos. Steele has published weekly in-season Vegas Power Ratings since his time at ESPN. He is independent these days but continues to publish the Vegas numbers in weekly updates on his website during the season.

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Steele reminds fans that Vegas rankings do not always reflect prior results on the field. South Carolina defeated Kentucky in Lexington earlier this year, but Vegas Ratings still have the Wildcats just above the Gamecocks. And in a notable difference with the AP Top 25, Georgia is atop the Vegas Ratings with Texas at No. 3.

Here’s where all 16 SEC teams stand in the Vegas Power Rankings for Week 5:

  • No. 1 Georgia (135.67 Vegas Rating)
  • No. 3 Texas (133.74)
  • No. 4 Alabama (131.30)
  • No. 5 Ole Miss (128.75)
  • No. 7 Tennessee (128.13)
  • No. 14 Texas A&M (120.01)
  • No. 15 Mizzou (119.62)
  • No. 16 LSU (119.45)
  • No. 18 Oklahoma (118.65)
  • No. 23 Arkansas (116.79)
  • No. 29 Kentucky (115.18)
  • No. 30 South Carolina (115.03)
  • No. 33 Auburn (113.78)
  • No. 35 Florida (113.17)
  • No. 71 Vanderbilt (104.59)
  • No. 86 Mississippi State (101.10)