Author: Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY NETWORK

Alabama will not play for the SEC title or in the College Football Playoff. QB Bryce Young is only reason this Tide team was even in the conversation.

There was no chance of Kentucky keeping up with Tennessee. UK is a basketball school, after all. Now, bring on Georgia. UT looks ready for the champs.

Tennessee secured its first win over Alabama since 2006 and should receive real consideration as the best team in the country, Blake Toppmeyer writes.

The success of Lane Kiffin, Mark Stoops should attract interest from other schools. Why leave a good thing, especially with a bigger playoff coming?

Quarterback Hendon Hooker powered Tennessee to just its second win in 18 matchups with the SEC East rival Florida Gators.

Appalachian State student broadcaster Jeffrey Marcin’s impromptu delivery and unbridled joy resulted in the radio call of the college football season.

LSU football made a fiery entrance into the Superdome and then Brian Kelly’s debut against Florida State went up in smoke.

Brian Kelly might still be getting his bearings in the Bayou, but he’s no stranger to expectations. No need to temper expectations in Year 1.

The window for preseason musings closes Saturday when Vanderbilt clashes with Hawaii. Here are some final last-minute ponderings about SEC football.

In his first World Series of Poker Circuit event, former Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt placed high. “He was actually pretty relentless.”