Alabama still the team to beat in the SEC

Football power poll for the SEC entering the first week of the 2017 college football season.

1. Alabama

2. Auburn

3. Texas A&M

4. Georgia

5. LSU

6. Florida

7. Tennessee

8. Arkansas

9. Mississippi State

10. South Carolina

11. Kentucky

12. Vanderbilt

13. Missouri

14. Mississippi

This week’s games

Thursday

Florida A&M at Arkansas, 8 p.m.

Saturday

Missouri State at Missouri, Noon

N.C. State vs. South Carolina, 3 p.m.

Michigan at Florida, 3:30 p.m.

Kentucky at Southern Miss, 4 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Mississippi State, 4 p.m.

Appalachian State at Georgia, 6:15 p.m.

Georgia Southern at Auburn, 7:30 p.m.

South Alabama at Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.

Florida State vs. Alabama, 8 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Middle Tennessee, 8 p.m.

LSU vs. BYU, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday

Texas A&M at UCLA, 7:30 p.m.

Monday

Georgia Tech vs. Tennessee, 8 p.m.

This story was originally published August 28, 2017 at 2:23 PM with the headline "Alabama still the team to beat in the SEC."