We're No. 10!

 

Told you we'd move up.  

But ha, ha, No. 9 Texas. They lost to unranked, 1-3 Florida (Florida!) and dropped out of the AP Top 25 altogether. The Longhorns (3-2) are learning that life in the SEC isn't the cakewalk they thought it was and a whole lot more unpredictable than the Big 12. Anyway, the preseason No. 1 pick - the team ESPN and all the sportswriters were predicting would run the table, go undefeated, and win the National Championship - isn't even ranked anymore. The unranked Texas Longhorns. I like the sound of that.

You know who else is now unranked? Preseason No. 2 Penn State, who flew out to California ranked No. 7, lost to UCLA and former Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava, and now find themselves 3-2 and unranked as well. It's almost like the preseason pollsters had no idea WTF they were talking about with their picks and just bought into all of the PR hype generated by the Texas and Penn St. meme machines.

Anyway, two Top 10 programs falling out of the rankings leaves room for the Georgia Bulldogs to move up two spots from No. 12 to No. 10. We're two spots ahead of new No. 12 Tennessee, who we beat back on September 13, and two behind No. 8 Alabama, who beat us on September 27. FWIW, the Tide beat Vandy yesterday, 30-14, spoiling the Commodores five-game unbeaten streak and dropping them to No. 20 in this week's poll.   

What else? No. 2 Oregon (5-0) and No. 3 Miami (5-0) switched positions after Miami, holders of the lineal championship belt and Georgia's two championship rings, beat No. 18 Florida State (what, like it's hard?) and Oregon was idle on a bye week. FSU, despite now being 3-2 like unranked Texas and Penn State, are still in the Top 25, albeit barely hanging on at No. 25.  

For all the doubters out there, even without Texas in the rankings, five of the Top 10 teams and nine of the Top 20 teams are SEC. Yes, it really does mean more.

Next week, No. 10 Georgia plays unranked Auburn (3-2), who we beat, 31-13, last year, and then on Oct. 18, we host Old Miss (5-0), who held steady at No. 4 on their bye week. Last year, the Bulldogs lost to Ole Miss, 28-10, so they have some payback coming.