September is in the rearview mirror, the regular season is one-third of the way over. Now it’s the heart of the season, as the calendar rolls to October. The Southeastern Conference had seven intra-conference games and some early positioning in the race for Atlanta has taken shape. Ole Miss won a shootout over LSU, and Kentucky dominated Florida. The Wildcats and Missouri join Georgia as the league’s lone undefeated teams. The PAC-12 is deep and talented, including Washington State, Oregon State and Utah, who aren’t listed below.
1. Texas – The Longhorns put together a terrific performance and stormed past Kansas 40-14 this past Saturday.