With seven SEC football teams not in action on Saturday, this is an abbreviated edition of SEC Power Rankings. The weekly reminder is "each week's rankings are a snapshot of 'now' and not a prediction of how teams will finish the season. They are not the product of a computer model and are unabashedly subjective."
A couple of reports about the Alabama win over Vanderbilt were that the Crimson Tide survived the game. That makes a good headline, but to me it underscores two things. The Commodores are a legitimately ranked team, and Alabama has continued to improve.