The game of the weekend in the Southeastern Conference led to a shakeup at the top of the Heat Check and gave the defending conference champions a two-game lead on the rest of the field. For some reason AP voters aren’t blown away by Louisiana State. The Tigers are No. 18, the lowest ranking for any high-major team with four or fewer losses, but they’ve climbed to the top in this weekly rundown of the SEC field.
Left for dead in December, there’s another team on the rise from Columbia. Sorry, Tiger fans. That would be Columbia, S.