SEC Football: What we learned from Week 4 of the season

Each week of the season has taught us more about the Southeastern Conference, and this past week was no different.

We entered the weekend with five undefeated SEC football teams, and we leave the weekend with just two. Kentucky lost to Florida in heartbreaking fashion for their first loss of the season. While Georgia and Alabama each destroyed undefeated opponents Mississippi State and Vanderbilt for their first losses of the season.

So here’s what we learned after week 4 of the SEC football season.

The SEC is Alabama, Georgia, and everyone else

After four weeks of the season, there are just two undefeated teams remaining in the SEC, the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs.

There was a lot of talk last week about the Vanderbilt defense and how they could potentially upset the Crimson Tide, well, Alabama crushed that pretty quickly. They gave the Commodores one of the worst beatings in SEC history, with a 59-0 win in Nashville. They outgained Vanderbilt 677-78 while rushing for 496 yards.

The hype was building about Georgia, but we wanted to see what they would do against an opponent like Mississippi State. Well, the Bulldogs answered that with a dominant 31-3 win. Along with the Dawgs’ dominant defense, true freshman quarterback Jake Fromm is coming into his own. He went 9-for-12 for 201 yards and 2 touchdowns while earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors.

Texas A&M and Arkansas need to play on primetime every year

Texas A&M and Arkansas might not be where they want to be as football programs right now. Each coach was on the seat coming into the season, and it’s only gotten hotter in the first month of the season. But when you put these two teams together, man! They give us some great football games.

For the third time in four years, the game went to overtime, but like all of those games, the Aggies came out on top. The two teams combined for 93 points on Saturday and since the Aggies joined the SEC, these two teams have averaged a combined 70 points per game.

Arkansas swept the 3-game series between these teams from 2009-2011, but after Texas A&M joined the SEC in 2012, they’re 6-0 against the Razorbacks.

Vanderbilt is rated perfectly

Vanderbilt is not overrated. Vanderbilt is not underrated. The Commodores are right where they should be. To quote the great Dennis Green: “They are who we thought they were!”

There was a lot of talk last week about how underrated Vanderbilt was and that with their “dominant defense” they might give Alabama a game. Well, we saw how that worked out. After a 59-0 loss to the Crimson Tide, the Commodores are licking their wounds.

However, I’m not going to jump on Vanderbilt and call them overrated. They are a solid football team. They’re probably somewhere from the 8th-10th best team in the SEC. It’s not where they used to be, and it’s not where they want to be, but it’s right where they belong.

Kentucky may never beat Florida again

As you heard all week last week, Florida had beaten Kentucky 30 years in a row. Well, now it’s 31 in a row. Florida overcame a 27-14 fourth quarter deficit to beat the Wildcats 28-27.

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From 1987 to 2013, Florida outscored Kentucky by an average score of 41.6-16.4, but the Wildcats have gotten much closer. Three of the last four matchups have been decided by six points or less.

So it sounds like Kentucky is getting closer and it’s only a matter of time till they get the Gators off their back. The only problem is, how long can we expect Florida to be this vulnerable? Over the last eight years, Florida has only won double-digit games twice. If Kentucky couldn’t beat Florida this season, I’m not sure if it’s ever going to happen. It’s only a matter of time till the Gators get back to their winning ways and leave the Wildcats in their rear-view mirror.

Week 5 of the SEC football season is on deck, and I’m sure it’ll teach us some things we thought we already knew about the Southeastern Conference.