SEC Power rankings following tumultuous week one: Balance of power shifting in nation's top conference
Week one has come and gone in the SEC, and there were a lot of revealing results around the footprint. There were some top matchups and some not-so-top matchups, but we learned a little bit more about every squad here.
So how do the power rankings shake out after this week's action? Let's take a look.
SEC power rankings after week 1 - 16: Kentucky
The Wildcats had about as poor of a start as you could have anticipated— while still winning, I mean. Zach Calzada, at least in the first game in blue and white, didn't exactly look like an entirely different guy than the one that A&M fans were calling to replace back in 2021.
He took a safety early on in the game but eventually led the 'Cats to a win. Most of the work, though, didn't come from his arm— he was 10/23 for 85 yards and one INT— but from the run game. Dante Dowdell had a huge 79-yard run to end up leading the team with 129 total yards, but it was NMSU transfer Seth McGowan who was the workhorse.
It was just sort of an ugly game. The Kentucky defense didn't give up much at all to Toledo down to down, but their offense couldn't take advantage. It could be a pretty long season up in Lexington.