The penultimate week of the college football season is almost always the worst of the entire year due to the scheduled byes the SEC throws in at the end of the season. I am so excited for the SEC to finally implement its nine-game conference schedule so we don’t have to sit through Texas A&M vs. Samford at the absolute climax of college football.

Before anyone gets angry, I’m perfectly fine with teams throwing cupcakes on their schedule. I just don’t want to see those cupcakes when every other power conference is deep in the heart of their league slates. And honestly, the SEC better put up a better fight against the Big Ten this bowl season — if they struggle again, the whole “SEC gauntlet” narrative is really going to start losing its luster.

Rant aside, let’s get to the picks for the

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