On Saturday, college football's greatest conference held its weekly implosion festival and, as always, nobody left sober.
Start with the headliner: No. 1 Georgia — riding a 53-game winning streak against unranked opponents and apparently reading too much of its own fan-fiction — hosted Auburn in Athens and lost 27-24 on a last-second 34-yard field goal by kicker Alex McPherson. First-year Auburn coach Alex Golesh, who dragged quarterback Byrum Brown with him from South Florida, watched Brown rush for 115 yards against a Georgia defense that was supposed to eat him alive. Gunner Stockton threw two picks. The Tigers forced three turnovers total. Golesh yelled "War Damn Eagle" on the field and his son Bear was reportedly out there celebrating too, which is objectively wholesome and I resent it. Auburn hadn't won in Athens since 2005. Georgia, now 5-1, is the third different No. 1 team to go down this season — joining Texas (Week 6, to Oklahoma) and Ohio State before that. At this point, whoever gets the top ranking next week should probably file a police report in advance.
About those Longhorns: Texas didn't just watch Georgia lose to an unranked team on Saturday. They ALSO lost to an unranked team on Saturday, falling 27-24 at home to Florida under first-year coach Jon Sumrall. That is the Longhorns' second loss this season by the exact score of 27-24 — they fell the same way to Oklahoma in Week 6. Same. Score. Twice. To two different unranked opponents. Texas fans spent the entire offseason telling everyone this was their year. Their year is apparently "going 0-for-2 against teams that weren't ranked."
Alabama fans, meanwhile, are writing eulogies. The Crimson Tide walked into Neyland Stadium and walked out of it down 26-10 to Tennessee — their second straight loss after starting 5-0. Alabama has scored 27 total points across back-to-back defeats. Fans hit X before the fourth quarter was over to demand Kalen DeBoer's head. "Nobody prepares their team worse for a big game than Kalen DeBoer," one user posted. Completely ignoring, of course, that DeBoer signed a seven-year, $87.5 million extension this spring and Alabama would owe approximately $78 million to cut him loose. Fire away, fellas. Fire away.
In the least-discussed genuinely wild storyline of the weekend: Kentucky is 6-1 and tied for first in the SEC. Will Stein's Wildcats went into Norman, dropped four interceptions on Oklahoma, and left with a W. Oklahoma fans — sensing they could not simply lose with dignity — booed former Sooner receiver Nic Anderson while he limped off the field injured. Classless. Very on-brand for a program that is currently somewhere between an identity crisis and a full meltdown.
And Lane Kiffin, who per a Reddit NLP toxicity analysis published last week is officially the most hated person across all 16 SEC subreddits, went out and blanked Mississippi State 31-0. His LSU Tigers are now sneaking back into the CFP conversation. He warned everyone before the weekend: "You can win every game on the schedule, and we can lose every game on the schedule." That wasn't a quote. That was a weather forecast.
There are no undefeated SEC teams left in conference play. Vanderbilt still has zero conference wins. Arkansas celebrated its first SEC victory of the season — over Vanderbilt — like it had just won a bowl game. The SEC is so beautifully, irreparably broken that a 9-3 team might make the playoff. Get comfortable. There are seven weeks left.
