A&M is not 7th or 8th by a long shot
I'm not sure there is a long shot between 2nd and 7th or 8th. Not sure if this is just a year where there isn't a dominant team or if all the transfers are just making teams inconsistent and a lot of early wins/losses are not going to be that indicative of who is really good at the end of the season, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of separation. Everybody either has a terrible loss, or lacks a great win.
Missou's best win is against Vanderbilt and lost by 31 to A&M.
Vandy has a loss to a 2-3 Georgia State.
Bama has the win against UGA and a win against a 4-2 Wisconsin that may end up being pretty decent, but they have a loss to Vandy and squeaked by a 3-3 USCe.
USC has a very respectable loss to LSU by 3 at home and a 2 pt loss to Bama on the road, but they got blown out by Ole Miss (although USCe did blow out UK, who beat Ole Miss).
LSU has a loss to USC, which may end up not looking like too bad of a loss, but their only good win so far is Ole Miss.
UGA's only loss isn't bad, but they don't have a great win unless you count beating Clemson, who hasn't played a good team other than UGA yet.
I think we'll have a good idea of who is who at the end of this month. Lots of matchups the next two weeks that will give some clarity as to which wins/losses were flukes and/or over or under rated.