Week 7 was par for the course for the SEC — 4 of the 6 games ended up as upsets, and many of the things we thought we knew a week ago … well, they’re not holding up so well.

But that’s the beauty of predicting the SEC after every week. Let’s build on what we do know, and see how the league shapes up moving ahead.

Here’s how we think every SEC will finish the regular season.

West

Alabama: 11-1

Well, there was the hiccup that seemed to be coming. Could there be another? Sure, but Mississippi State isn’t too scary. At Ole Miss has cause for some concern, but the Rebels aren’t the Vols. We’ll stick at 11-1, but 10-2 is certainly not out of the question now.

Arkansas: 8-4

The Razorbacks came back from a disastrous week by flexing their offensive muscle in the win over BYU. A (relatively) healthy KJ Jefferson made a massive difference. At this point, we can’t predict a win over Ole Miss, but the Hogs might win the rest of their games (home against LSU looks like the toughest).

Auburn: 4-8

Auburn’s offense showed significant improvement, at least on the ground, but it still led to a 2-score loss to Ole Miss. At 3-4, we think Auburn will beat Western Kentucky, but then lose the rest of their games. Arkansas and A&M are both winnable home games, but at the moment, we’d pick against the Tigers.

LSU: 7-5

The Tigers picked up an impressive win, but playing Ole Miss and Alabama in their next 2 games will probably bring on a dose of reality. Unless they pull an upset, LSU would then be 5-4 with games at Arkansas and A&M sandwiching a home game with UAB. We’ll take them over UAB, but those other games, while winnable, would take a grade A effort. As it stands, we’ll say the Tigers pull off one or the other.

Mississippi State: 7-5

A tough loss at Kentucky takes the Bulldogs down a peg, with next week’s game at Alabama likely to continue the trend. We’ll take the Bulldogs over Auburn and East Tennessee State, but Georgia and Ole Miss both look challenging, particularly with the latter game in Oxford.

Ole Miss: 10-2

The Rebels were kind of meh in victory, but if they can win at LSU and at A&M in the next 2 weeks, the Rebels have a bye week ahead of hosting Alabama. Pull the upset there and Ole Miss is the West’s darling. As things stand, the Rebels feel like they’ll stumble someplace along the line, whether in one of those road games, or at Arkansas in November … or even in the Egg Bowl. The overall caliber of opponent from here out is tougher than the Rebels have seen yet, so we’ll stick at 10-2.

Texas A&M: 8-4

A&M’s schedule softens up considerably down the stretch, but they do still play Ole Miss and host LSU to end the regular season. As things stand, we’d project them with a tough road loss against Ole Miss, but likely to win out otherwise.

East

Florida: 6-6

Assuming the UGA game is a loss (which certainly seems likely), Florida needs a split against A&M (in College Station), South Carolina, Vandy (in Nashville) and Florida State (at Tallahassee). For the moment, Vandy seems like a near-certain win, and either Carolina or Florida State is probably a 6th win. But Florida is too inconsistent to project a 7th victory at this point.

Georgia: 12-0

Tennessee comes to Athens. That’s still the story here.

Kentucky: 8-4

The Wildcats got a big win over Mississippi State and seemed to have healed their ground woes. Visiting Tennessee and hosting Georgia still look very tough, but the Wildcats should be on solid ground to win 8 games, and if they run like they did against MSU, they could wrangle up a 9th someplace.

Missouri: 5-7

The Tigers are about to play Vandy, South Carolina and Kentucky, with the first and last of the trio at home. A Nov. 12 game at Tennessee looks like a loss, and New Mexico State figures to be a win. At this point, we’d take Mizzou to beat Vandy and either Carolina or Arkansas, but not both. That’s only 5 wins, unfortunately.

South Carolina: 6-6

Unless the Gamecocks upset Texas A&M (which is not out of the question), they need to win 2 of 3 from Missouri, Vandy, and Florida to reach bowl eligibility. Tennessee and Clemson look like certain losses. We’d make them a mild favorite over Mizzou, and thus project a 6th win.

Tennessee: 11-1

The Vols’ only remote shots at a challenge are Kentucky at home, Georgia on the road, and Carolina on the road in November. The Vols figure to be solid 2-score favorites over the Wildcats and Gamecocks but still have some showing to do to persuade us to pick them to go 12-0. Still, talking this way in mid-October is noteworthy for this resurgent program.

Vanderbilt: 3-9

Wake us up when it’s over.