SEC Football: High-Low for SEC Teams in Final AP Ranking
You can find the final AP Top 25 Rankings anywhere, but we play high or low for the SEC football teams here at Southbound and Down.
If you haven’t seen them posted all over social media already, the AP Poll released their final Top 25 Rankings today. We’re not interested in just relaying a bland posting of the rankings, though. We’re more interested in playing high or low for the SEC teams in the rankings.
Just in case you are unfamiliar with how high or low works, it is actually quite simple. We post the rankings and decide whether that particular SEC team received their appropriate ranking or now. For some teams it is a no brainer (Alabama being number one), for others the question gets a little murky (should Florida even be ranked?).
Now that we’re all up to speed, let’s get the rankings. As always, the SEC teams will be listed in bold.
AP Top 25 Final Ranking
1.Alabama
High or Low: As mentioned before this one isn’t even a question. The Tide represented SEC football well in the College Football Playoff and won the 2015 National Championship. An SEC football championship, a national championship and a Heisman? Yup. The Tide are sitting right where they
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2. Clemson (ACC)
3. Stanford (Pac-12)
4. Ohio State (Big 10)
5. Oklahoma (Big 12)
6. Michigan State (Big 10)
7. TCU (Big 12)
8. Houston (American)
9. Iowa (Big 10)
10. Ole Miss
High or Low: It is easy to discount the Rebels due to their 2 or their 3 losses coming against Memphis (unforgivable) and Arkansas (4th and 25 insanity). But I’m going to go low here because both Iowa and Michigan State both got exposed in bowl season and would struggle mightily with the Rebels.
11. Notre Dame (Independent)
12. Michigan (Big 10)
13. Baylor (Big 12)
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14. Florida State (ACC)
15. North Carolina (ACC)
16. LSU
High or Low: Low but not by much. Sure LSU had a 3 game skid against Alabama, Arkansas and Ole Miss. But you’re telling me 5 teams (excluding Ole Miss) had 3 “better” losses than LSU? I ain’t buying it. The ACC isn’t SEC football. Most voters likely only saw the 9 wins and weren’t competent enough to remember LSU’s season opener being canceled. Get outta here.
17. Utah (Pac-12)
18. Navy (The American)
19. Oregon (Pac-12)
20. Oklahoma State (Big 12)
21. Wisconsin (Big 10)
22. Tennessee
High or Low: I understand the Vols had 4 losses and failed to register a quality win until bowl season. But beating a Northwestern team that belonged in a New Year’s Six game by a score of 45-6 should’ve helped Tennessee crack the top 20. Then again, Northwestern is at 23. I’ll say it’s a push for the Vols.
23. Northwestern
24. Western Kentucky
25. Florida
High or Low: The Gators without Will Grier did win a few games but they’re not a top 25 team with Treon Harris. To end their season, they needed overtime to beat Florida Atlantic, failed to score offensively against Florida State, got whacked by Alabama and were dominated by Michigan in their bowl. Sorry Gator nation and SEC football fans, Florida shouldn’t even be ranked at this point.
More sec: SEC Football: Final Power Rankings
Of note: Georgia (10 wins) and Mississippi State (9) both could have easily replaced Florida or made the rankings elsewhere. Looking at you Western Kentucky.