At the exact midpoint of the SEC football regular season, some clarity is emerging. How many great teams are there in the SEC? I concur with Peter Burns that there are two: the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas A&M Aggies. Burns also categorized the SEC as having eight other "good teams."
Before seeing the tweet from Burns, I had already completed a Week 7 SEC Football Power Rankings. Coincidentally, it closely tracks with Burns' opinion and concludes that the SEC has three tiers of teams.
A reminder to each week's SEC Power Rankings: "Each week's rankings are a snapshot of 'now' and not a prediction of how teams will finish the season.