SEC
Where every SEC team stands in updated Week 7 Vegas Power Rankings
Las Vegas casinos aren’t in the business of losing money. It’s always surprising to see how many times oddsmakers nail a line for a big college football game.
College football guru Phil Steele released his Vegas Power Rankings ahead of Week 7. The Vegas rankings are based on which team would be favored to win at a neutral site in a game that takes place today.
So, here’s where each SEC squad stands in the 1-130 ranking of all 130 FBS programs:
- No. 1 — Georgia
- No. 2 — Alabama
- No. 7 — Florida
- No. 12 — Ole Miss
- No. 15 — Arkansas
- No. 17 — Texas A&M
- No. 18 — Kentucky
- No. 20 — Auburn
- No. 33 — LSU
- No. 35 — Mississippi State
- No. 36 — Tennessee
- No. 78 — Mizzou
- No. 81 — South Carolina
- No. 121 — Vanderbilt
We’ll see how these rankings change based on this weekend’s action.
I expect LSU to drop significantly after this week.
That is an odd place at #33 all things considered. But these rankings are good for a laugh or to express indignation. Maybe it should be called the Indignation Power Rankings, the IPR.
I’d call it the PYMWYMIPR.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Power Ranking.
A bit long, but this is basically the odds makers just taking the data of how people are actually betting using “The Wisdom Of Crowds” logic.
Granted, the crowd is just as biased as any other source of power rankings…
Yes, but instead of 60ish media members or 60ish coaches making a ranking, these rankings give a good indication on how the mass general public view teams.
So right now, UGA would be about a 4 point favorite on a neutral field against Bama. Bama has only been an underdog once in the past decade and that was against UGA in 2015.