Power ranking the SEC after week 7: New top team as UT, UGA, Bama falter

After a week filled with near misses and exciting finishes, here's how the SEC looks to shake out following week seven.

Oct 12, 2024; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA; South Carolina Gamecocks wide receiver Nyck Harbor (8) catches a pass for a touchdown as Alabama Crimson Tide defensive back Domani Jackson (1) defends during the second half at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Butch Dill-Imagn Images / Butch Dill-Imagn Images

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Power ranking the SEC after week 7: #10 - Arkansas

I’m still pretty cautious with where exactly I’m ranking the Hogs, but their arrow is firmly pointed upwards at this juncture. A huge home night game against LSU will be an exciting opportunity for Arkansas to snag another top-ten win after their big victory over Tennessee, and it’s really quite doable for Sam Pittman and company.

LSU themselves are coming off of a late-game, dramatic victory over Ole Miss. They’ve shown a susceptibility to the run game, which is where Arkansas excels, so that’s a matchup that’s in the Hogs’ favor.

However, the Tigers excel at passing the ball, which has been a rough spot for the Arkansas defense over the first part of the year. This is one that the Tigers should probably win, but the Razorbacks can make things scary.

From a big-picture perspective, though, the Hogs are looking like they could get to seven or eight wins—with the right breaks—in a year where they were just recently worrying about whether they could make a bowl. That could be good enough to buy Pittman another year, which seemed like long odds previously.

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