There's another exciting week of SEC football on its way. With six conference games lined up for Saturday, there’s no shortage of entertainment.
Georgia
Georgia travels to Nashville for a noon kickoff in an SEC East brawl. Not only will Georgia win this game and control the East, but also both Nick Chubb and Sony Michel will rush for 100 yards each. It’s hard to believe, but Jake Fromm won’t have a good game. Vanderbilt is sixth in the country in pass defense, allowing only 143.2 passing yards per game. Georgia will be forced to run the ball against a very weak run defense. The loss of Zach Cunningham for the Commodores has certainly been felt as they rank 107th in the country in rushing defense. With the Commodores giving up an average of 204.6 rushing yards per game, it’s easy to see how Georgia’s dynamic duo will have its fair share of production.
Ole Miss
Ole Miss will travel to Jordan-Hare Stadium to face a hungry Auburn team. Auburn will win this game because of Jarrett Stidham, who will outperform Auburn's Shea Patterson simply because Auburn is hungrier. Early on in the season, people had their doubts about Stidham because he wasn’t playing like the big Baylor quarterback he was supposed to be. However, in the past two games against SEC opponents, he threw for a total of 482 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. From those two games also comes an impressive almost 79 percent completion rate. Meanwhile, the Rebels are coming off two straight losses, one being a road loss against Cal. They will struggle to recoup against a team that wants to show it can win the SEC as much as Alabama.
LSU
LSU will have to travel to Gainesville to face the top team in the East: Florida. This game will mark a key win for Florida and continue the controversy behind the skill of head coach Ed Orgeron at LSU. LSU started out strong with two big wins over lesser opponents but slipped badly to Mississippi State and Troy. The Troy game should’ve been a wake-up call for the program. LSU is a team that should be second in the SEC West. The Tigers should be contending for a national title. Yes, they have a new coach, but they have the talent to contend in the SEC. Their performance this season has been horrible, and this game against a very good Florida team will be the last straw. I doubt Coach Orgeron stays there with a 3-3 record and an 0-2 SEC record.
Arkansas
Arkansas will be heading to Williams-Brice Stadium to face an angry South Carolina team. South Carolina will head into this home game frustrated and hungry, especially after a rough loss to Texas A&M. The Gamecocks will lose this game for multiple reasons. Arkansas has a very talented quarterback in Austin Allen. It also has the 46th best defense in the country. South Carolina has struggled recently on offense because of multiple injuries between star receiver Deebo Samuel and the offensive line. The Gamecocks have also struggled with offense due to the lack of a run game and questionable calls. If both of these factors continue, I don’t see the Gamecocks putting up more than 20 points.
Alabama
The Crimson Tide will face The 12th Man in an evening brawl between the first and third best teams in the SEC West. Alabama will win this game by more than 40 points. This seems ridiculous, but at this point I don’t see any team that can even come close to competing with Alabama, except maybe Clemson. Nick Saban is arguably the best coach in college football history because he knows how to prepare his team. The reason he is this good is not only because of the talent on his team, but also because of the way he teaches his players to never underestimate any team. He dominates in SEC competition and will continue to do so. The Tide have won their two SEC games this year by a total score of 125-3. There is no way Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin can prepare for that.
Missouri
Missouri will travel to Commonwealth Stadium to face the dark horse of the SEC East: Kentucky. Missouri will win this game, and Drew Lock will throw five touchdowns. Missouri is not as bad of a team as everyone thinks. The Tigers have had a tough schedule. They won against a healthy South Carolina team. They lost to a surprisingly talented Purdue team. They also lost to a top 15 team — Auburn. Kentucky is good this year but could enter this game overconfident. Kentucky quarterback Drew Lock is very capable of scoring as we’ve seen from his Week 1 performance of seven touchdowns.