On a highly anticipated opening Saturday with several critical matchups, the overall lasting expression for fans of college football's traditionally top conference is one of astonishment and confusion.

The SEC saw a staggering five teams lose nonconference openers, an unheard-of mark for a league that owns eight of the last 10 national championships. Six teams lost in total, but Vanderbilt's defeat came at the hands of fellow conference foe South Carolina.

It is not like the entire league played the nation's best. Southern Mississippi outscored Kentucky, 44-35, Mississippi State shanked a field goal to fall, 21-20, against South Alabama and Missouri continued its 2015 ineptitude with a 26...

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