SEC Football: Milroe, Dart rise in Week 9 QB Power Rankings

While there were only four SEC football vs. SEC football matchups in Week 8 and five teams had byes, we still have some movement in our Week 9 SEC Quarterback Power Rankings.

Milroe, Dart rise in Week 9 SEC football quarterback power rankings

14. Payton Thorne/Robby Ashford (Auburn)

Previous Ranking: 14

Auburn had a solidly efficient game through the air in Week 8, but it didn’t produce much yardage as the Tigers fell to Ole Miss 28-21. Payton Thorne went 9/13 for 100 yards passing, 34 yards rushing, 1 passing TD, and 1 INT. Robby Ashford was 3/4 passing for 22 pass yards, 27 rush yards, 0 TD’s, and 1 INT.

Currently on the season, Thorne has a 61.5% completion percentage (80/130 passing), 845 passing yards, 259 rushing yards, 7 total TD’s (5 passing, 2 rushing), and 5 INT’s. Ashford has a 53.8% completion percentage (14/26 passing), 145 passing yards, 180 rushing yards, 7 total TD’s (2 passing, 5 rushing), and 1 INT.

Auburn will hope to get their passing game going this weekend against Mississippi State (led by either Mike Wright or Will Rogers) at 3:30 pm Eastern.

13. Ken Seals/AJ Swann (Vanderbilt)

Previous Ranking: 13

In a busy week of SEC football bye weeks, Vanderbilt is our first team coming off of their bye week. Seals still has a 61.9% completion percentage (65/105 passing), 836 passing yards, 9 total TD’s (8 passing, 1 rushing), and 2 INT’s on the year.

AJ Swann also still has a 53.8% completion percentage (93/173 passing), 1,290 passing yards, 12 total TD’s (11 passing, 1 rushing), and 7 INT’s as he still recovers from injury.

Vanderbilt must win out to get bowl-eligible and the road to that starts on Saturday at 7:30 pm Eastern against Jaxson Dart and Ole Miss.