SEC Coaching Board - Week 2

1 Meyer
Florida
Florida beat up on their in-state rival, but need to get some cheap scores in the fourth quarter to make the score look better. UF dominated the game on defense, but the offense still revolves around Tebow and Harvin. If Meyer can't find a way to open up the offense, then the Gators won't have a shot at the SEC, much less the national title.

2 Saban
Alabama
Saban didn't allow for a letdown game after the huge win over Clemson, but the Bama offense was horrible against lowly Tulane. The Tide D and special teams were able to win. I didn't expect Saban to allow for this sluggish home opener, but the Tide schedule does allow for some sleepwalking, at least until the SEC schedule kicks in. Saban will have his team unbeaten and ready to play against Georgia in two weeks.

3 Miles
LSU
LSU didn't play this weekend, as the Tigers had to postpone yet another game due to a hurricane. There is talk that this up-coming weekend's game may be postponed as well, and even if it's not, this just figures to be one more distraction for Miles' team before the showdown with Auburn in two weeks.

4 Richt
Georgia
Richt's team dominated last season's MAC champs, and the game was never in doubt. CMU is a pretty good team offensively, and the Dawgs held them to 17 points. Georgia's horrible slate begins with S.C. on Saturday (which is going to be a tougher game than people will be giving it credit for). Richt will have this team unbeaten for the late Sept. match-up against 'Bama.

5 Tuberville
Auburn The move to the spread started to show potential, but it was the Auburn defense that remains the staple. Obviously Tuberville can't make the running backs hold on to the ball, and Tubs is known for pulling backs who tend to fumble. The Tigers have plenty of running backs to take up the slack. Auburn will avenge that 2007 loss to MSU on Saturday, and be unbeaten with Miles coming to town on Sept. 20.

6 Spurrier
S.Carolina
I debated on dropping Spurrier below Nutt (and had the Rebels held on for the win at Wake, I would have), but I couldn't justify moving Nutt up two spots with a loss, no matter how meaningful it was. So Spurrier is barely hanging on to the No. 6 spot. The Cocks are down 0-1 in conference play, and still have Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, and LSU to play. The SEC championship game is obviously moot at this point, but a 7-5 season and a bowl game are still attainable. That means a win over at least one of the above teams (and Clemson). This season will test Spurrier's resolve.

7 Nutt
Ole Miss
Nutt moves up after the loss, and while I hate the moral victory, the two-point loss on Saturday at Wake would not have happened under Oregeron. Nutt has the team believing it can win, and the Rebels almost pulled out one of the biggest upsets of the season. The Rebels may not be a match in the SEC, but I still think there's a shot of them making it into the top 3 of the West.

8 Fulmer
Tennessee
Fulmer falls and the Vols didn't even play. I just had more time to think about that horrendous first half at the Rose Bowl. He was totally out-coached.

9 Brooks
Kentucky
As long as the Cats don't pull a Maryland (and quite fankly, what state school sucks as bad as Maryland? ... Oh wait, Virginia), they should be unbeaten going into the Bama game. Notice that Brooks isn't sending him to the fifth smallest stadium in Tennessee.

10 Petrino
Arkansas
Arkansas is awful. I was expecting them to be competitive, but they have narrowly escaped Western Illinois and LaMonroe. The Hogs may not win an SEC game this season.

11 Croom
Miss State
Croom's team got back in the win column, and have Auburn up on Saturday. A second win over the Tigers would make that LaTech debacle a distant memory, and set MSU for another run at a bowl game, and would send Croom way up in these rankings. That win won't happen, and Croom is going to begin to feel the heat of the bottom of the SEC.

12 Johnson
Vanderbilt
What a win by Bobby J, but I still am not about to move him up. I want to see what his team does against the rest of their SEC slate. Beating up USC this season doesn't seem like it's going to be that much to write home about. (Of course, I guess if you're a Vandy fan, every win is something to write home about.)