Like Ole Miss football all 13 other SEC teams were kicking off the opening weekend of their 2018 seasons. Beginning Thursday night and running thru Sunday all 14 SEC teams had their kickoffs and with the lone exception of Tennessee were all successful. While most teams chose to fill up on their share of cupcakes, some SEC teams sought out higher rated opponents.
When it comes to our week-one power rankings the strength of opponent is obviously taken into consideration. There were five SEC teams which played opponents from Power-5 conferences which in most cases were higher ranked opponents.