S-E-C, S-E-C, S-E... dang it, Arkansas! We know you're just trying to make Mizzou feel better about Indiana last year, but this is ridiculous.
Power rankings are a complete fabrication for the first few weeks of the season, because there isn't enough data and it's easy to construe the limited game results we have in ways that will look silly at the end of the season. Nevertheless, it's fun and provides another opportunity for some intra-SEC trash talk.
Methodology note: This week, due to travel complications and internet connections moving slower than a speeding wildebeest, I brought in semi-professional opinion-haver and Rocky Top Talk's own Lady Vols' basketball expert, Chris Pendley.