Week 7 featured a meeting between two SEC East frontrunners in Missouri and Georgia, a cross-divisional showdown between Florida and LSU, and three non-conference games. South Carolina was on a bye, but the other six East teams went 4-2 on Saturday, with one of those two losses coming against a fellow East squad (Mizzou’s loss to Georgia).

Here’s what we learned about every SEC East team following an exciting weekend of college football in the South.

Florida Gators
Week 6 result: Lost to LSU 30-27
What we learned: Unfortunately for Gators fans, we learned this Florida team has no chance at a successful season in 2014. Florida may reach a bowl game (which is more than last year’s team can say), and it may hang around in the SEC East race for a few more weeks, but Saturday’s loss to LSU sealed this team’s fate. Everything lined up perfectly for the Gators to score a much-needed win heading into the second half of the season — they were at home, facing a fellow faltering powerhouse in LSU, and finally had an opporunity to leave all of last week’s drama behind them. Instead, the Gators somehow found a way to lose a game they controlled late in the fourth quarter. If Florida can’t win games like Saturday’s showdown with LSU, how will it fare against SEC East favorite Georgia? Or against Florida State at the end of the year? UF looks like a 6-5 team, and paired with all the trouble surrounding the program off the field, that won’t be good enough to save Will Muschamp’s job.

Georgia Bulldogs
Week 6 result: Defeated Missouri 34-0
What we learned: Saturday taught us that Georgia is more than a one-man team. The Bulldogs appeared to be in trouble when it was announced Thursday that Heisman favorite Todd Gurley was suspended indefinitely for receiving illegal benefits, but the Dawgs seemed just fine without him in a 34-0 rout of the Missouri Tigers in Columbia. Mizzou entered the game as the only SEC East team without a conference loss, but Georgia blew the Tigers’ doors off in a lopsided affair from start to finish. The Dawgs now own the tiebreaker with Mizzou and are in the driver’s seat in the East, especially if they can beat Kentucky later this season. Even without Gurley, it appears Georgia is still the best team in the East, which is a testament to the team’s depth and resiliency in overcoming the distraction created by his suspension.

Kentucky Wildcats
Week 6 result: Defeated Louisiana-Monroe 48-14
What we learned: Defeating a team like Louisiana-Monroe didn’t really teach us anything about Kentucky, but it did reaffirm the Wildcats’ standing in the thick of the SEC East race. UK is now tied atop the division with Georgia and Missouri, and it has games remaining against both teams in the second half of the year. The Cats have blown out all three of their non-conference opponents so far this season, and even their lone loss to Florida came on the road in triple-overtime. Kentucky is a realistic threat in the division, and while Saturday’s in didn’t teach us that, it did reestablish the point.

Missouri Tigers
Week 6 results: Lost to Georgia 34-0
What we learned: Missouri taught us all that despite its record it is actually just an average football team. The Tigers lost to Indiana at home, were given a gift of a win by South Carolina, struggled with the likes of Toledo in the non-conference portion of the schedule and now add a 34-0 home loss to Georgia to the list. Mizzou was considered a favorite in the East along with UGA, but it was clear on Saturday which team is a true contender and which team is not. This is not last year’s Missouri team, and this year’s squad is flawed in a number of areas. The East’s mediocrity may allow the Tigers to hang around for a few more weeks, but this team is not a real contender to win the division. Saturday’s embarrassing loss proved that, and now the Tigers must regroup to try and make something out of nothing in the second half of the season.

South Carolina Gamecocks
Week 6 results: Bye week
What we learned: The Gamecocks were fortunate to have the week off last week, allowing them to regroup from a tough loss to Kentucky two weeks ago. South Carolina will return to action next week against Furman, and will return to SEC play on Oct. 25 with a road trip to face Auburn.

Tennessee Volunteers
Week 6 results: Defeated Chattanooga 45-10
What we learned: Tennessee had no trouble taking down Chattanooga in Neyland Stadium Saturday, but the win did not teach us anything about the Vols we didn’t already know. Tennessee proved in close losses to Georgia and Florida that it’s capable of competing in the SEC, but it also proved its young roster hasn’t learned how to finish off victories just yet. Tennessee fans are waiting to see if the team can turn a corner against quality SEC opponents, but Saturday’s win over an FCS foe gave those fans no insight as to how much this team gained from a 10-9 loss to the Gators. Vols fans will have to wait for next week’s game against Ole Miss to see how far along their team actually is in its rebuilding process.

Vanderbilt Commodores
Week 6 results: Defeated Charleston Southern 21-20
What we learned: Saturday’s one-point win over FCS opponent Charleston Southern provided us all with some perspective on just how bad this Vanderbilt team actually is. We knew Vandy would regress from its back to back nine-win seasons following the departure of head coach James Franklin and a number of the team’s best players, but this season has been more than just a regression. The bottom has fallen out on the Commodores, who lost at home by 30 to Temple, won by three at home against UMass then won by just one measly point at home against Charleston Southern. Even against the weakest opponents Vandy could find it has struggled to win games, and the road won’t get any easier going forward. A win is a win, and Vanderbilt ought to be grateful to have two so far this year, but struggling that much against an FCS school shows this Vandy team is, if anything, worse than we thought.