Auburn is currently in SEC driver's seat

The SEC schedule is now a third of the way complete after Saturday’s action across the conference. Kentucky is two back in the loss column of the No. 1 team but there might not be any catching Bruce Pearl’s bunch,

No Johni Broome? No problem.

The Tigers went on the road and took down ranked Georgia in a 70-68 victory on Saturday afternoon at Stegeman Coliseum. Projection models are currently calling for the Tigers to run away from the field in the SEC.

Could Pearl bring home his fourth SEC regular season title in 2025? The Tigers are the heavy favorites (-250 at FanDuel).

Current standings

1. Auburn (5-0)
2. Ole Miss (4-1)
3. Alabama (4-1)
4. Missouri (4-1)
5. Kentucky (3-2)
6. Florida (3-2)
7. Mississippi State (3-2)
8. Vanderbilt (3-2)
9. Texas A&M (3-2)
10. Tennessee (3-2)
11. Georgia (2-3)
12. Texas (1-4)
13. Oklahoma (1-4)
14. LSU (1-4)
15. Arkansas (0-5)
16. South Carolina (0-5)

Projected SEC standings

Using KenPom‘s projections, this is what the SEC Tournament field would look like today. I had to use overall ranking for some tiebreakers. Kentucky would begin the tournament on Thursday night at the bottom of the bracket to face the winner of Vanderbilt-LSU.

A third meeting with Tennessee could take place on Friday night in Nashville if chalk holds.

1. Auburn (15-3)
2. Florida (12-6)
3. Tennessee (12-6)
4. Alabama (12-6)
5. Ole Miss (11-7)
6. Kentucky (10-8)
7. Missouri (10-8)
8. Mississippi State (10-8)
9. Texas A&M (10-8)
10. Georgia (8-10)
11. Vanderbilt (7-11)
12. Texas (7-11)
13. Oklahoma (6-12)
14. LSU (5-13)
15. Arkansas (5-13)
16. South Carolina (3-15)

A reminder that there will be four games on Wednesday in Nashville due to the latest conference expansion. That means that the No. 9 and No. 10 seeds will have to win a play-in game to get to Thursday.

The projections are currently calling for a four-way tie at 10-8. Kentucky would win that tiebreaker thanks to head-to-head wins over Mississippi State and Texas A&M.