Road teams reigned supreme in Week 10 of SEC football, winning five of the eight pairings and prompting a shakeup in the midsection of the conference power rankings.
Three of the five SEC games won by the visiting team were matchups involving a pair of top-25 teams, and in all three, the higher-ranked team (Georgia over Ole Miss, Alabama over LSU, and Texas over Missouri) came out the victor.
The other two road winners were Vanderbilt at Mississippi State and Oklahoma at Florida.
In all, eight teams changed places this week as a result of the weekend action, while the two teams at the top -- Georgia and Alabama -- and the bottom third of the weekly SEC Power Rankings remain unchanged.
Eight SEC teams are ranked this week in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the Coaches Poll. Missouri fell out of the top 25 after suffering a 34-20 loss to visiting Texas.
Here is how things look in the SEC Power Rankings after the Week 10 action, with advances (+), declines (-), and no change (--) indicated next to each team's season record.
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Georgia not only retains the No. 1 spot in the SEC Power Rankings, but moved to the top spot in the country this week after a dominant 42-7 thrashing of 10th-ranked Ole Miss. The Bulldogs' remaining schedule includes Missouri in Athens this weekend, followed by a road game at South Carolina and the annual in-state rivalry game at home with Georgia Tech to close out the regular season.
The reigning conference champions currently have a one-game lead over Alabama and Kentucky in conference standings to earn a spot in what will be the final SEC Championship Game.
Alabama stays put this week at No. 2 behind Georgia after a big 31-13 win over the weekend at LSU. LSU had won four of the last six meetings before Saturday.
The Crimson Tide stays on the road again this week at Vanderbilt, then finishes out the regular season with back-to-back home games against Chattanooga and the rivalry game with Auburn.
Texas and Missouri met for the first time since 2017 this past weekend, one of four SEC games involving a pair of ranked teams. The Longhorns prevailed on the road, 34-20, defeating the Tigers for the 17th time in the last 19 meetings.
Texas has games remaining at LSU this weekend, at home against Arkansas on Nov. 21, and at Texas A&M on the Friday after Thanksgiving to close out the regular season.
Kentucky's six-game winning streak, including five straight SEC wins, came to an end on Saturday with a 34-6 road loss at Tennessee. The Wildcats are just a game back of Georgia and remain in contention to play in the final SEC Championship Game if they can run the table against Florida, Missouri, and Louisville to finish out the regular season. The games vs. Florida and Louisville are at Kentucky.
Tennessee won at home over the weekend for the fifth time in six games this season, defeating a surprising Kentucky team that had won its last six games. The Volunteers came away with a 34-6 victory and now get set to face Texas A&M before finishing out the regular season at home against LSU and at Vanderbilt.
Tennessee still has a mathematical chance to make the SEC Championship Game, but the Volunteers must win all three of their remaining games, and Alabama and Kentucky, which hold a half-game advantage over Tennessee as well as the tiebreaker over the Volunteers, must lose one of their final two conference games.
Ole Miss lost to top-ranked Georgia 42-7 on Saturday. It was the first loss at home for the Rebels after 16 consecutive home wins. Ole Miss had also won the last three meetings against Georgia at home in Oxford.
The Rebels travel to Norman, Oklahoma, this weekend for a game with the Sooners, whom they have never lost to. Ole Miss is 2-0 all-time against Oklahoma. The Rebels finish out the regular season with a pair of home games against Wofford and Mississippi State.
LSU played its sixth ranked opponent this season, dropping a 31-13 decision at home to No. 9 Alabama. It was the Tigers' fourth straight loss to the Crimson Tide.
LSU, No. 24 this week in the AP Top 25 (22 in the Coaches Poll), will try to rebound this week, hosting No. 8 Texas in a night game at Tiger Stadium. The two teams have played just twice this century, with Texas winning 35-20 in 2003 in the Cotton Bowl and LSU winning 45-38 in a 2019 game played in Austin. After the top-25 showdown with Texas, LSU goes to Tennessee, then to Arkansas on Nov. 28 to finish out the regular season.
Surging South Carolina picked up its fourth straight conference win on Saturday, holding off Texas A&M 17-9 behind a gutsy second-half performance by hobbled Gamecock quarterback LaNorris Sellers, who injured his ankle in the first half of the game.
South Carolina, which is up to No. 20 in this week's Associated Press poll (24 in the Coaches Poll), travels to Arkansas this weekend before finishing out the regular season at home against Georgia and at Clemson over Thanksgiving weekend.
Missouri lost for the first time at home this season, falling 34-20 to Texas in a game with several controversial calls by the officials. Now, the Tigers must go face top-ranked Georgia there before closing out the 2026 regular season, hosting Kentucky and old Big 12 foe Oklahoma on back-to-back weekends.
Oklahoma continued its pattern this season of following up a loss with a win, making its first-ever trip to play Florida at The Swamp in Gainesville and coming away with a dominant 23-7 win. It marked the fourth consecutive time this season the Sooners have followed a loss with a victory the next game.
The Florida game was the debut of interim offensive coordinator Jason Witten, who replaced Ben Arbuckle at the beginning of last week. Oklahoma's remaining games are against Ole Miss this weekend in Norman, followed by the season home finale vs. Texas A&M and at Missouri on the final weekend of the regular season.
Florida and Oklahoma traded places in the conference power rankings this week, with the Gators dropping down a spot after losing at home to the Sooners over the weekend. The loss at home marked the first time in 48 games that Florida has lost to a team playing its first game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, otherwise known as The Swamp.
The Gators, who started out the season with four consecutive wins but have lost four of their last five, are at Kentucky this weekend and then finish up against Vanderbilt and in-state rival Florida State. Vanderbilt is the only remaining home game for the Gators.
Auburn won its third SEC game of the season on Saturday, besting Arkansas for a 26-23 home win. The three SEC wins this season match the Tigers' conference wins for the previous two seasons combined. Auburn is at Mississippi State on Saturday and stays home in the state of Alabama for its final two games: at home against Samford on Nov. 21 and the annual rivalry game with Alabama, this year in Tuscaloosa.
Mississippi State, without starting quarterback Kamario Taylor for the remainder of the season, suffered its fifth consecutive loss on Saturday, falling at home on homecoming weekend to Vanderbilt, 25-23. It was Vanderbilt's first conference win this season.
Mississippi State started out the season 4-0, but has not won a game since. The Bulldogs have Auburn this weekend, then Tennessee Tech. Both of those games are in Starkville. They finish out the season on the road against in-state rival Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl.
Texas A&M suffered its third loss in the last four outings this past weekend, losing 17-9 at South Carolina. The Aggies totaled 457 yards of total offense but were only able to score nine points. They are in danger of winning five or fewer games for just the second time in the last 19 seasons. A&M's remaining games are Tennessee this weekend, at Oklahoma, and at home vs. Texas to close out the season.
Arkansas fell short at Auburn on Saturday, losing 26-23 on a game-winning field goal with 33 seconds remaining in the game. Auburn had tied the game, 23-23, on a 23-yard touchdown pass with 1:54 remaining. The Razorbacks host South Carolina this weekend before finishing out at Texas and back home to entertain LSU on the final weekend of the regular season.
Vanderbilt recorded its first conference win of the season over the weekend, knocking off Mississippi State 25-23 on the road. It marked the Commodores' first win in Starkville since 1971.
The reason they remain in the basement in the conference power rankings despite the win on Saturday is their head-to-head loss at home to Arkansas earlier in the season.
Vandy's remaining schedule is a tough one. Alabama comes calling this weekend, then it's on the road to play Florida next weekend, and back home to face Tennessee on the final weekend of the season.
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