The BCS may be a thing of the past, but the rankings are still around.

Professor Ken Massey’s rankings system was a big part of the BCS, and those rankings are still around to this day. Plus, they’re pretty high on a number of SEC teams.

As you can see below, a whopping nine SEC teams crack the top 20 of Massey’s rankings heading into the 2019 season:

  • No. 2 — Alabama
  • No. 3 — Georgia
  • No. 4 — LSU
  • No. 8 — Florida
  • No. 9 — Texas A&M
  • No. 10 — Auburn
  • No. 11 — Mississippi State
  • No. 18 — Mizzou
  • No. 19 — Kentucky
  • No. 34 — South Carolina
  • No. 49 — Vanderbilt
  • No. 53 — Tennessee
  • No. 58 — Ole Miss
  • No. 88 — Arkansas

Of course, that system is no longer used, but it doesn’t mean people won’t see it. The SEC features a number of great squads this year, so it wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see a bunch ranked in the top 25 by season’s end.