[Cactus Jack]

With three games in the books, here's how things break down:

1. Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss (3-0)
4. Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Missouri, Texas A&M (2-1)
11. Vanderbilt (1-2)
12. Oklahoma, Arkansas, LSU, Texas, South Carolina (0-3)


Wondering if the folks in Fayetteville are getting antsy with Calipari or if it takes until next year for them to realize that he's recycling some of his catchphrases?

In all seriousness, I'd expect the standings to start to take better shape as more games are played. This week will be an important one for many of the teams currently tied for 4th (and no, I'm not going into the tiebreakers this early in the season-- we're leaving it at a 7-way tie for 4th right now).

Think that we're all waiting on Ole Miss to fall out of the top 3. A good team, but not on par with a Florida, Tennessee, or Kentucky.

Missouri is outplaying their proection so far, but they have an ugly loss to Auburn and their wins are over South Carolina and LSU. Expect them to drop into the bottom half pretty quickly. Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Vanderbilt are the teams that Mizzou gets twice, so they have a shot at ending up with a decent conference record.

Predicting that South Carolina winds up at the bottom and that Vanderbilt, LSU, and Texas are probably amongst the bottom six or so teams. 

Haven't been sold on Oklahoma-- think they can beat a good team on a given night, but have seen them as a paper tiger so far and that's starting to catch up with them.