Well, the first 3 weeks of the college football season are over with. I think it's time for a blog. This will be solely about the SEC. However, I will mention other teams outside of the SEC. Before I begin, I feel it's worth mentioning that as of today, there are five SEC teams in the AP top ten. That's half! Impressed? If not, you should be. Don't worry, I'll mention that there are three Big 12 teams, too. Now, I will review ALL twelve teams, in alphabetical order.

Alabama Crimson Tide (3-0)
Alabama started this season with the usual high expectations, despite losing most of their big play makers from a season ago. However, they started out by destroying the ninth ranked Clemson Tigers. As you can imagine, the Alabama faithful had plenty to talk about after that game and rightfully so. I still don't get why it was at a neutral site, though. Why not play a home-away series? Anyway, after this big win, their focus turned to the Tulane Green Wave (Anyone catch that the Crimson Tide was playing the Green Wave? Isn't that hilarious?). Only winning 20-6, the game was a lot closer than the score indicates. Alabama had two special teams TDs. Not one offensive or defensive TD. Had the special teams not been a factor, Tulane could have won this game. Perhaps they were still high on the Clemson win. After a poor showing in the Tulane game, they get the FCS power, Western Kentucky. As expected, they obliterate the Hilltoppers, 41-7. This gives Alabama a 3-0 record to start the season. Sound familiar?

Arkansas Razorbacks (2-0)
Probably one of the worst 2-0 teams in the country (Sorry Arkansas). Seriously though, you almost got upset by Western Illinois and Louisiana-Monroe. Well, you're 2-0 now, but look at their next four games: Alabama at home, at Texas, Florida at home, and at Auburn. They'll be 2-4 after that brutal month-long stretch. Explain how that offense is so high-powered, yet only managed to beat Western Illinois by 4 and LA-Monroe by 1? Not much to say about Arkansas, right now. I haven't seen a bad loss or a good win, yet.

Auburn Tigers (3-0)
To be fair, Auburn could be the worst 3-0 team in the country. I don't really believe that to be because their defense is nasty. They've only allowed three third-down conversions in three games. The offense is as inconsistent as an offense can be. I guess it's true what they say. "Defense wins championships." However, this team needs to actually win one to prove the theory. I think they're capable to do that, if their offense can get some consistency. The first game showed the offensive problems, but it was the first game. After the second game against a very good, underrated Southern Mississippi team, many Auburn fans were sold that it was just a first-game thing. However, their brutal 3-2 win at Mississippi State proved otherwise. They have LSU and Tennessee coming to Auburn in the next two weeks. They need that offense to win those two games. The defense will definitely keep them close enough to win.

Florida Gators (2-0)
Florida is being led by the Heisman Trophy winner, Tim Tebow. Enough said. Tim Tebow is that good. They man-handled Hawaii and beat an underrated Miami (FL) team. Like all big teams, though, they're taking an off-week RIGHT before a big game (that irritates me). They head to Tennessee, but the rest of their schedule, other than Georgia and LSU, looks to be easy. There is no Auburn or Alabama. They have Florida State, but that team has certainly dropped off in recent years. However, Florida's defense is proving to be better than first believed. This is particularly dangerous because their offense is stacked. However, despite Florida being so good, they lost big games last year with the Heisman Trophy winner. If they can beat Tennessee, that will set the tone for how they do against LSU and Georgia. You can't say they're good against the run or pass yet because they've yet to play a team like Georgia, both good running the ball and passing it. One more thing: Tebow has one more year left!

Georgia Bulldogs (3-0)
Once again, the level of SEC teams playing each other is insane. Georgia is seen dominating Georgia Southern and Central Michigan, but only pulls out a 7-point win at South Carolina (A team that lost to Vanderbilt). Georgia's Matt Stafford is a legitimate Heisman candidate, as well as his teammate, Knowshon Moreno. However, they'll be tested in another conference as they take on Arizona State at Sun Devil Stadium. If they run away with this game, it'll further tell everyone how tough SEC play is when they face other SEC teams. I think Georgia runs away with this game, too. Arizona State was upset by UNLV this past week. After Arizona State, though, they have Alabama and Tennessee visiting. They have a brutal 6-week stretch. Vanderbilt stuck in the middle, may be a trap game. After Vandy, they get to go to LSU and have Florida in Jacksonville. Ouch!

Kentucky Wildcats (3-0)
An easy first four games can be to blame for Kentucky being off to a great start. Actually, they have one of the easiest schedules in the SEC, but that means nothing. After they take on Western Kentucky, they get to go to Tuscaloosa and take on the Crimson Tide. Honestly, this team has a good chance of going 7-5 this year. All of the big games are spread out. That allows them to prepare for them better. I don't think it will help much, but it may a little. Maybe they pull of an upset somewhere in there. They looked pretty good against Louisville, but a bit off against Middle Tennessee (they are FBS, trust me). The Alabama game will be where I can judge them better. If they can keep up with Alabama, they could have a nice season.

LSU Tigers (2-0)
I haven't really learned anything about LSU, yet. The Troy game was postponed and they played FCS Appalachian State and Sun Belt North Texas. You can't take those two games and make a clear judgment of how they will do against Auburn this coming week. With that said, this upcoming game against Auburn, I think will go Auburn's way because there are a lot of uncertainties about the new LSU team. They haven't faced a defense like this. This series usually goes back and forth anyway, so it's Auburn's turn to win. Like Kentucky, all of their big games are seperated by a weaker team in the prior week. This could help them or hurt the momentum from a win. Each game could be considered a trap game. There are a lot of things that could go wrong. I think the Troy game being postponed was a good thing for LSU. This gives them an extra week to prepare for this nasty Auburn defense.

Mississippi Rebels (2-1)
Ole Miss is a team to watch out for. Their only loss is to a very talented Wake Forest team on the rise. They could have won that game, too. They have quite a few big games to look forward to, but all, but one is away. They host Auburn while visiting Florida, Alabama, and LSU. With these first three games, their defense hasn't been that great, but their offense has looked pretty good. However, the SEC play will bring out the best in them. Don't ask me why it's like that. It just is. They may have a better QB than has been advertised at Jevan Snead, the Texas transfer. However, he's never faced SEC competition and I think he'll struggle at first against Vanderbilt. After that, he should be fine. Maybe not great, but he'll do ok. They'll need him to be great, though.

Mississippi State Bulldogs (1-2)
Watching the game against Auburn, you'd never think that this team was now 1-2, with the other loss against Louisiana Tech. However, they are and that offense was worse than Auburn's. Trust me, that says a lot. I'm not sure if Mississippi State's defense was just that good or if it was because they were playing Auburn's offense. In any case, this should give that defense confidence when they head to Atlanta to play Georgia Tech. After playing a defense like Auburn, their offense should come away with something. Now that they've played one of the best defenses, perhaps they'll feel able to perform against everyone else. After that, they head to LSU. Yet another brutal schedule for an SEC team. Mississippi State performs well against the SEC, as of late. They may end up with a 6-6 record, but they'll earn every win they have.

South Carolina Gamecocks (1-2)
This team opened the season with North Carolina State and then went on to face Vanderbilt in their house, as well as Georgia at home. The two losses are against Vandy and Georgia, but they held their own in both games, losing by 7 each time. South Carolina's defense has been praised and rightfully so, despite the two losses. They've only allowed an average of 95 passing yards in three games. As I said before, one of those games was against Georgia. With Wofford and UAB next, they should get two wins and a better look at what they should be doing to win more games. I know Spurrier is furious right now, but late in the season they should have figured it out and win a big game, like Clemson to close maybe. Don't worry Gamecocks, things will get better.

Tennessee Volunteers (1-1)
Tennessee started out the year playing UCLA. They threw the game away in the second quarter by missing two late field goals. I'll give you that UCLA played brilliantly against them in the second half, but Tennessee gave that game away. It sucks, but that's the way it goes. Tennessee's defense has only allowed 68.5 rushing yards in two games. I won't be totally sold on their defense until they get done with Florida and Auburn in the next few weeks. Then again, playing good defense against Auburn may be inevitable. I'll also salute Tennessee for not scheduling one FCS team on their schedule. However, you can't call UAB and Wyoming good competition. I think every SEC team should be scheduling FBS teams only, but sometimes their schedule is so tough that they need an easy win. I'm sorry, but it's true.

Vanderbilt Commodores (3-0)
Seriously, Vanderbilt is 3-0. The three wins were no cake walk either. They beat Miami (OH), South Carolina, and Rice. They won't be undefeated for long, but they could potentially be a 7-win team! Vanderbilt, a 7-win team! Yeah, I said it. The private school of the SEC. They're off to a great start and their confidence will be more than ever against the top of the SEC. They get Auburn on the 4th of October. Georgia follows two weeks later. With Ole Miss, Mississippi State, and Duke in between, they can win three of those five easily. Vanderbilt will be going bowling this year. I really believe that a 6-win season is the worse they can do, now. All they really need to work on is passing the ball and stopping the pass. If they can do that, seven wins is easy. If they pull of an upset, they can win eight.