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SEC power rankings after Week 6: Arch Manning's Texas leads the rally while Alabama plummets

The college football season is in full swing as the calendar approaches the halfway mark with teams entering Week 7. The SEC has been playing great football over the first six weeks of the season, as the 16 teams have a combined 58-26 record, including an impressive 40-8 mark in non-conference games.

There are nine SEC teams ranked in the latest rendition of the AP Top 25 Poll, with five of them in the top nine in the nation. Three additional programs were among the others receiving votes, meaning that 12 of the conference's 16 teams received some recognition from voters.

The No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns lead the way after moving up in the rankings despite having a Week 6 bye. After defeating the Georgia Bulldogs in an early candidate for Game of the Year in Week 5, the No. 7-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide suffered a rough upset loss that moved them out of the top spot.

Of the SEC's 16 teams, 10 faced a conference opponent, with five others having a bye week. The expanded postseason field of 12 teams will likely lead to several teams from the conference reaching the College Football Playoff. Take a look at the SEC's power rankings after Week 6 below.

SEC power rankings after Week 6

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  1. No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns (5-0, 1-0) - Bye week
  2. No. 5-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1) - 31-13 W vs. Auburn Tigers
  3. No. 7-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (4-1, 1-1) - 40-35 L at Vanderbilt Commodores
  4. No. 8-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (4-1, 1-1) - 19-14 L at Arkansas Razorbacks
  5. No. 9-ranked Ole Miss Tigers (5-1, 1-1) - 27-3 W at South Carolina Gamecocks
  6. No. 13-ranked LSU Tigers (4-1, 1-0) - Bye week
  7. No. 15-ranked Texas A&M Aggies (5-1, 3-0) - 41-10 W vs. then-No. 9-ranked Missouri Tigers
  8. No. 18-ranked Oklahoma Sooners (4-1, 1-1) - Bye week
  9. No. 21-ranked Missouri Tigers (4-1, 1-1) - 41-10 L at then-No. 25-ranked Texas A&M Aggies
  10. Arkansas Razorbacks (4-2, 2-1) - 19-14 W vs. then-No. 4-ranked Tennessee Volunteers
  11. Vanderbilt Commodores (3-2, 1-1) - 40-35 W vs. then-No. 1-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide
  12. Florida Gators (3-2, 1-1) - 24-13 W vs. UCF Knights
  13. Kentucky Wildcats (3-2, 1-2) - Bye week
  14. South Carolina Gamecocks (3-2, 1-2) - 27-3 L vs. then-No. 12-ranked Ole Miss Tigers
  15. Auburn Tigers (2-4, 0-3) - 31-13 L at then-No. 5-ranked Georgia Bulldogs
  16. Mississippi State Bulldogs (1-4, 0-2) - Bye week

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