After which there have been two. Simply not the 2 we thought at the beginning of the season.
No. 1 Georgia and No. 11 Kentucky are the final remaining unbeatens within the Southeastern Convention after Alabama’s gorgeous loss to Texas A&M.
After Saturday, there will likely be one because the Bulldogs host the Wildcats in what ought to be a decisive sport within the race for the SEC East title. Georgia has been dominating the league thus far, profitable its 4 SEC matchups by a mean of 37.5 factors.
Kentucky has been the shock of the season within the convention with its defeats of Florida and LSU. Ought to the Wildcats pull off one other stunner, solely two wins in opposition to a remaining league schedule of Mississippi State, Tennessee and Vanderbilt would safe their first journey to the SEC title sport.
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There aren’t any different video games between ranked opponents, nonetheless that does not imply this week has just one matchup price watching.
Within the Massive 12, there’s No. 12 Oklahoma State at Texas and Baylor steps out of convention to host No. 20 Brigham Younger.
No. 22 Arizona State travels to Utah in what’s shaping as much as the decisive sport within the Pac-12 South. The SEC has a number of attention-grabbing matchups with No. 14 Mississippi visiting out of the blue harmful Tennessee and No. 19 Arkansas welcoming Auburn in a major sport within the West division.
Daring predictions
Within the loopy world of school soccer, there are at all times surprises and sudden outcomes. A few of our consultants provide their forecasts for some unlikely occasions this weekend.
Scooby Axson
One workforce that has been hiding within the shadows has been Oklahoma State. Whereas many prime preseason groups have fallen prey to being upset, the Cowboys have been inching their means in the direction of the highest 10 and would solidify their standing with a win over Texas on Saturday. The often explosive offense underneath Mike Gundy has been pretty pedestrian this season, rating subsequent to final in scoring within the Massive 12 (solely Kansas is worse). Whereas the Longhorns protection is nothing to put in writing residence about, it ought to make sufficient stops in path to a victory, sending one other convention foe to a loss that has them staring up at Oklahoma.
Jace Evans
In three seasons at Central Florida, Josh Heupel’s offense completed no decrease than eighth in factors per sport. He’s stored that momentum rolling in his first season at Tennessee because the Volunteers rank seventh in FBS after dropping 62 factors and 45 factors in opposition to SEC foes. Sure, these groups have been Missouri and South Carolina, respectively, however nonetheless! Tennessee being 4-2 at this level after the chaos of the previous few years is nothing to sneeze at, they usually have an opportunity at sending a significant message Saturday because the Lane Prepare arrives at Neyland Stadium. Former Vols coach Lane Kiffin has the Ole Miss offense buzzing as soon as once more. Sadly for the No. 14 Rebels, their protection is barely marginally higher than the putrid efficiency it put up in 2020. Tennessee will pull off a shocking upset in a shootout in entrance of what ought to be a hostile residence crowd.
Paul Myerberg
Texas A&M follows up final week’s upset of Alabama by shedding in a shootout at Missouri. The Tigers have been a catastrophe on protection however have but to attain fewer than 28 factors of their first six video games. Dropping to Missouri could be a devastating setback for a workforce trying to construct off the win in opposition to the Crimson Tide and be an element within the New 12 months’s Six bowl race.
Erick Smith
Michigan State has cruised by six opponents to start out the season and are one of many season’s greatest surprises. Dealing with success for the Spartans, who final posted greater than seven wins in 2017, may be their greatest problem this week as a substitute of their journey to Indiana. Are they peeking forward to a showdown in opposition to Michigan the next Saturday? They might depart Bloomington upset if they don’t seem to be absolutely centered on the Hoosiers. Indiana may not have beginning quarterback Michael Penx Jr., nevertheless it does have skilled backup Jack Tuttle obtainable, if wanted. The Hoosiers protection ought to be capable of decelerate Michigan State, which units this up as a detailed, hard-fought Massive Ten sport that goes to the wire.
Eddie Timanus
What occurs when an irresistible power meets a movable object? We’ll discover out when Mississippi visits Tennessee.
Certain, the Vols’ trustworthy will likely be somewhat fired up when Lane Kiffin walks out on to the sphere. However the actual fireworks will begin when the Tennessee operating sport that’s churning out over 250 yards a sport meets the Rebels’ floor protection that ranks 108th within the nation.
Ole Miss will rating various factors as effectively, after all, however the Vols will management the ball longer and are available away with the largest win up to now of the Josh Heupel period.
This text initially appeared on USA TODAY: Faculty soccer picks: Predictions for Prime 25 NCAA video games in Week 7