The NFL equivalent here is the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ole Miss has three very easy games ahead of them - Arkansas, Auburn and Vanderbilt - so don’t expect them to stay in fourth place for long. 16 in the AP poll thanks to two upsets against ranked teams.

Technically, they’re in fourth place right now with their 1-1 conference record, but nobody predicted they’d be sitting at No.

Prior to the start of the college football season, Ole Miss was projected to finish fourth in the SEC West. Another fun fact in this comparison is that both teams are led by quarterbacks whose first names start with Jalen (Milroe for Alabama and Hurts for the Eagles). Still, that doesn’t mean that either Alabama or Philadelphia won’t be able to contend for a conference championship, with loads of talent littered on both sides of the ball. The 49ers get the nod over the Eagles (despite both being 4-0) due to the sheer amount that they’ve won by. Both sides are seemingly the second-best teams in the SEC and the NFL, respectively. The Crimson Tide-Eagles comparison is more of a literal one. It’s therefore no surprise that both teams are undefeated and are frontrunners for their respective trophies. Each team has more than enough assets to compensate, with solid offenses anchored by players like Deebo Samuel and Brock Bowers and top-tier defenses to boot. Neither team has an insane quarterback, not to slight either Carson Beck or Brock Purdy, but that doesn’t matter this year, just as it didn’t last year. Everything about these two teams is good, if not great. This was probably the easiest comparison to make. This week, the Hustler goes right back to making comparisons, this time using a professional lens of NFL teams, now that the league is a quarter-of-the-way through its season. Ole Miss completed an immaculate comeback bid against LSU, Kentucky easily handled Florida, and Arkansas lost yet another home game. 14, but the middle teams have certainly shaken up. Georgia remains steadfast on top, and Vanderbilt remains stuck in spot no. The pecking order in the SEC is continuing to take shape as Saturdays move away from out-of-conference cupcakes to in-conference battles.

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