Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Moral Victory! SEC Power Rankings + Predictions + Bowl Projections

Today we look at the new Moral Victory! power rankings, as well as the best and worst scenarios for each team. (At least we don’t have to travel to a bowl and freeze our butts off this year.) And we predict where each team will finish. Outside of Vanderbilt, every SEC team still has bowl hopes, and almost every team except Miss State and Kentucky could end up playing on New Year’s Day.

1. ALABAMA: 9-0 (6-0)
Remaining games: at Miss State, UTC, at Auburn, vs. Florida
Best case: 13-0 (9-0); BCS National Championship Game
Worst case: 11-2 (7-2); Sugar Bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 12-1 (8-1); Sugar Bowl

2. FLORIDA: 9-0 (7-0)
Remaining games: at South Carolina, Florida International, Florida State, vs. Alabama
Best case: 13-0 (9-0); BCS National Championship Game
Worst case: 11-2 (11-2); Sugar Bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 13-0 (9-0); BCS National Championship Game

3. LSU: 7-2 (4-2)
Remaining games: La Tech, at Ole Miss, Arkansas
Best case: 10-2 (6-2); Capital One Bowl
Worst case: 8-4 (4-4); Independence Bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 10-2 (6-2); Capital One Bowl

4. TENNESSEE: 5-4 (2-3)
Remaining games: at Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, at Kentucky
Best case: 8-4 (5-3); Capital One Bowl
Worst case: 6-6 (3-5); Papajohns.com Bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 8-4 (5-3); Cotton Bowl

5. GEORGIA: 5-4 (3-3)
Remaining games: Auburn, Kentucky, at Ga Tech
Best case: 8-4 (5-3); Capital One Bowl
Worst case: 5-7 (3-5); no bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 7-5 (5-3); Outback Bowl

6. ARKANSAS: 5-4 (2-4)
Remaining games: Troy, Miss State, at LSU
Best case: 8-4 (4-4); Cotton Bowl
Worst case: 6-6 (2-6); no bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 7-5 (3-5); Independence Bowl

7. AUBURN: 7-3 (3-3)
Remaining games: at Georgia, Alabama
Best case: 9-3 (5-3); Capital One Bowl
Worst case: 7-5 (3-5); Independence Bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: Chick-Fil-A Bowl

8. OLE MISS: 6-3 (2-3)
Remaining games: Tennessee, LSU, at Miss State
Best case: 9-3 (5-3); Capital One Bowl
Worst case: 6-6 (2-6); no bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 7-5 (3-5); Liberty Bowl

9. S CAROLINA: 6-4 (3-4)
Remaining games: Florida, Clemson
Best case: 8-4 (4-4); Outback Bowl
Worst case: 6-6 (3-5); no bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 7-5 (3-5); Music City Bowl

10. MISS STATE: 4-5 (2-3)
Remaining games: Alabama, at Arkansas, Ole Miss
Best case: 6-6 (4-4); Liberty Bowl
Worst case: 4-8 (2-6); no bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 4-8 (2-6); no bowl

11. KENTUCKY: 5-4 (1-4)
Remaining games: at Vanderbilt, at Georgia, Tennessee
Best case: 8-4 (4-4); Chick-Fil-A Bowl
Worst case: 5-7 (1-7); no bowl
Moral Victory! Prediction: 6-6 (2-6); Papajohns.com Bowl

12. VANDERBILT: 2-8 (0-6)
Remaining games: Kentucky, at Tennessee
Best case: 4-8 (2-6)
Worst case: 2-10 (0-8)
Moral Victory! Prediction: 2-10 (0-8)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

How come Bama is #1 if you predict UF to be 13-0 and Bama to be 12-1 (which infers UF beats Bama in SEC championship game)?

DIMON KENDRICK-HOLMES said...

The rankings are based on teams performances so far this season. Alabama has been No. 1 in the MV! power ratings since its win over Va Tech the opening week but we're still predicting UF to win it all.

Anonymous said...

Gotcha, thanks

DIMON KENDRICK-HOLMES said...

Yes, I tried to incorporate the past, present and future into one power ranking post. When your team stinks, you've got to generate some excitement somehow.