Alabama
LSU
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Name a team in another conference that can crack the Top 5.
Tennessee could lose to Akron tonight and you think they would survive vs Bama? I am thinking Alabama would be favored by 3 TD's.
Oklahoma and FSU are pretenders. I'm more impressed with Clemson.
As already stated Alabama is a completely different discussion because they are on a totally different level. Sure they can be beat but we’ll just set them to the side for the moment.
LSU: Defensively LSU deserves to be the 2nd ranked team in the country. You will be hard pressed to find another team capable of playing with their intensity. There are teams with equal or maybe overall better athletic talent in the linebacker and defensive line area like FSU but when you add the safeties and corners into the equation LSU has the edge. LSU’s problem will be on offense. It’s not that they are a bad offense because they aren’t but the offense is not on par with the defense like a Alabama team. If LSU finds themselves in a game where they have to pull one out on offense they might be in trouble.
South Carolina: Good but not great defense, potential but not consistent offense. South Carolina is a very good team but do you really think if you put them in the Pac 12, Big 10 (12) or Big 12 they could run the table? Perhaps but I’m not buying it.
Georgia: They are good but come on, they still have to win the ONLY 2 real games on their schedule in South Carolina and Florida and sorry Dawg fans they lose one and maybe both.
Florida: Surprising start to the season and a lot of potential here. This coaching staff appears to have the ability to make adjustments at halftime and turn the momentum and ultimately the game around in the 2nd half. Let’s be real though the Texas A&M game is really the only real test they have faced to this point and the Aggies were one of the worst 2nd half teams in the nation last year and are new to the SEC so while that win was GREAT for morale it doesn’t mean so much in the grand scheme of things. I love my Gators but unless they beat LSU in 2 weeks they don’t deserve to be in this conversation or thought of as one of the best teams in the land.
Now, if Pavy’s intent here was to suggest these 5 teams Round Robin the Top 5 teams from any other conference, would they stand tall? The answer to that is absolutely YES!
Alabama
LSU
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Name a team in another conference that can crack the Top 5.