This is an opinion column. We’ve said it before and why not one final time this college football season? Wow. What an incredible ride through a completely new world this has been. This journey ends Monday night with two northern invaders deciding a champion in the heart of SEC country.

T here was a massive shake-up in the top five of the Power Rankings this week, with the gauntlet that is the SEC claiming two more victims in Florida and Alabama. Tuesday night be

So where does Florida rank among its fellow confernece peers? The staff at 247Sports has been addressing this question on a weekly basis with their SEC college basketball poll, in which the Gators moved up to a tie for second place with the Alabama Crimson Tide — up three spots from the previous poll.

Iowa State rose one spot to No. 2, reaching its highest ranking in program history, followed by Duke, Alabama and Florida. The Blue Devils and Gators each claimed a first-place vote.

The new AP poll is out, and the Auburn Tigers are No. 1 on the list for the second time in program history. The first time was for three weeks in January and February of 2022. Auburn jumped Tennessee for the No. 1 spot after the Volunteers lost 73-43 to Florida on Tuesday in Gainesville. Tennessee had be No. 1 for five weeks.

Kentucky is cooking, having dealt Florida its first loss of the season two weeks ago before pulling off hard-nosed wins against ranked conference opponents in Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Wildcats’ loss at Georgia on Jan. 7 was a bummer, but the response was electric — 16-of-32 shooting on treys and 95 total points in a frenzied Starkville.

Auburn has plenty of ... Can anyone slow down the Alabama offense? It doesn't look very fun to try. The Vols looked about as bad as possible against Florida on Tuesday... but losing by 1 or ...