Not only are there some stellar out-of-conference matchups to help gauge the conference against the rest of the college football world, the three SEC West coaches on the hottest seats in the conference—Auburn's Gus Malzahn, LSU's Les Miles and Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin—all play critical games that could determine their careers at their respective schools.
Malzahn and Miles will square off on Sept. 24 on the Plains in the second SEC game of the season for each.
How will that game impact the loser? Who's on the hotter seat? Those questions and more are addressed in this week's edition of SEC Q&A.