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SEC Power Rankings: Where all 16 teams stand after Week 3

Week 3 in the SEC was the first meaningful slate of conference games, and boy, did it ever live up to expectations. We had Kentucky going into Kyle Field and earning a statement victory. We had Florida and Auburn duking it out in a battle of first-year SEC head coaches. And, of course, we had Lane Kiffin making his return to Oxford. (Baller move by the Ole Miss fans not to storm the field after the win, by the way.) Needless to say, there were some big changes to our weekly power rankings to account for the weekend’s carnage.

SEC Football Players of the Week: Sep. 21

OFFENSIVE: Ole Miss’ Trinidad Chambliss, a 5th-year quarterback accounted for 365 yards of offense and three touchdowns in leading the Rebels to a thrilling win over No. 7 LSU in the Magnolia Bowl. DEFENSIVE: Kentucky’s Sam Greene, a senior linebacker from Washington, D.C., turned in multiple game-changing plays in the Wildcats’ 31-21 upset at No. 9/8 Texas A&M. SPECIAL TEAMS: Alabama’s Conor Talty, a senior place kicker from Chicago, Ill., continued his consistent kicking against Florida State, contributing a career-high 14 points in the game.

SEC college football preview 2026: Can the conference reclaim supremacy?

Paul Finebaum has watched the last three national championship games, and he saw the three trophies lifted by three different Big Ten teams. He then observed as the Big Ten had more players selected in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft than the SEC. Put it this way: The SEC has lost its championship edge. Its top-end talent advantage is gone, too. The pundit who doubles as one of the faces of SEC football has decided to simply acknowledge the new world order — at least, until proven otherwise.

#3 Georgia Dominates #9 Alabama 28-7, Wins SEC Championship

No. 3 Georgia delivered a dominant, wire-to-wire performance Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, smothering No. 9 Alabama 28–7 to win the SEC Championship and secure a spot in the College Football Playoff. Quarterback Gunner Stockton played with veteran poise, guiding a balanced Georgia attack that mixed efficient passing with a punishing ground game. Time and again, Stockton extended drives with accurate throws on third down and timely scrambles, keeping Alabama’s defense on the field and the Crimson Tide offense watching from the sideline.