Week 10 SEC conference power rankings
The conclusion of Week 9 means that there is only one more full month in November of SEC football for the 2024 regular season. A handful of top-25 matchups in Week 9 saw three potential SEC Championship Game contenders emerge victorious over the weekend.
Top three remains the same in the post-Week 9 SEC football power rankings
Texas football survived an upset bid from the No. 25 Vanderbilt Commodores in Nashville. No. 14 ranked Texas A&M convincingly defeated the No. 8 LSU Tigers at Kyle Field in College Station by double digits after dual-threat quarterback Marcel Reed led the Aggies to five straight scoring drives in the second half of that game.
These two weeks between late October and early November can define the early stages of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff conversation for the rankings announced next Tuesday night.
Here are the post-Week 9 updated SEC power rankings, coming one week before the first release of the rankings for the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff bracket.
Week 9 Result: 26-14 loss @ Ole Miss. OU. . . . 464. 4-4 (1-4 SEC). . 16.
Last week: 16 (--)
The running game struggles continued for the Oklahoma Sooners, while the passing game improved in a 12-point loss to the Ole Miss Rebels on the road in Week 9. Jackson Arnold sparked the Oklahoma offense through the air, throwing for 182 yards, two passing touchdowns, and no interceptions.
Oklahoma has the chance this upcoming weekend to end its three-game losing streak and get one game closer to reaching bowl eligibility against FCS Maine.