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Power ranking the SEC after week 6: Traditional powers continue rise, but A&M still has top spot stranglehold

Here's how the SEC power rankings shook out after an upset-filled week six.
ByGraham Harmon|
Oct 4, 2025; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies offensive lineman Ar'Maj Reed-Adams (55) hoists wide receiver Mario Craver (1) in celebrations after he scored touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images
Oct 4, 2025; College Station, Texas, USA; Texas A&M Aggies offensive lineman Ar'Maj Reed-Adams (55) hoists wide receiver Mario Craver (1) in celebrations after he scored touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Kyle Field. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images | Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images
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Power ranking the SEC after week 6 - 6: LSU

The Tigers— guess what?— also had a week off this past Saturday! They're still stinging down in Baton Rouge after the loss to Ole Miss in Oxford last week, and are regrouping ahead of a stretch that includes South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Texas A&M.

Brian Kelly's team needs to go 3-0 here to reclaim some momentum, and it's not the biggest ask in the world for them to do so. The trip to Vandy is a classic trap game, so they'll need to watch themselves on that one, but their game against A&M comes with the Aggies in the middle of a three-game road trip.

First things first, of course— they need to take care of a South Carolina team that they are much better than on paper. Of course, when your offense is as troubled as what we're seeing from Joe Sloan's unit, the margins will be a little less emphatic than what most Tiger fans want to see.

I'm not sure what's going on with Garrett Nussmeier's injury, but if he comes out and starts slinging it around, we'll know he's back to form. That's certainly appeared to be a factor thus far in the year (though the ability to run the ball has all but completely disappeared as well), so we'll need to see what happens when he faces off with Carolina this week.

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