Andy Pigskin

Andrew Schutte, 23-years-young, and proud college football junkie. I'm your typical southern transplant from the Midwest. I spent 21 years in Indiana -- three of them spent attending Ball State University -- before migrating to Orlando, FL.

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Ranking the SEC’s uniforms

The SEC has yet to follow suit of the other four Power conferences in uniform alternatives. Personally, I like that. Programs nowadays seem more focused on style rather than performance.

With that said, it’s still fun to see a good alternate every now and again. After all, it does capture the interest of fans and potential recruits.

Below is my ranking of the best uniforms of the conference. As a bonus, I have included the best and worst options for each team. The only rule: I had to consider each team’s alternatives and determine a ranking based on their entire uniform collection rather than a single option.

Keep in mind that this is opinionated, so my ranking will likely vary from others.

Enjoy:

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1. Florida

Best: Orange-blue-white Worst: All orange

The Gators’ uniforms are the perfect balance between style and tradition. The design is simple enough, but the blue and orange color scheme adds that extra ‘flash’ on the field.

(Photo: Dak Dillon/USA Today)

2. Missouri

Best: Black-yellow-black Worst: Anthracite-white-anthracite

Only Mizzou can make black and yellow look this good (sorry Pittsburgh). The matte black helmets are sleek, while the bright yellow jerseys bring the ‘pop’.

(Photo: BleacherReport.com)

3. Georgia

Best: Red-black-gray Worst: Silver-red-red

Georgia’s “Black out” alternates boosted it’s ranking. I’m not alone in wishing these clean black jerseys would make more frequent appearances.

(Photo: Thomas Campbell/USA TODAY Sports)

4. Texas A&M

Best: White-maroon-white Worst: Traditional maroon-maroon-white

Personally, I find most of A&M’s uniform combos to be intimidating.

(P.S. Keep the throwbacks in the past where they belong. Sincerely, College Football fans nationwide).

5. Kentucky

Best: Blue-black-blue Worst: Black chrome-black-black

Black and blue, how can you go wrong?

6. Arkansas

Best: All white Worst: All anthracite

One of the cleanest looks in the SEC, if not all of college football (talking about the all whites, of course). These are right up there with Texas’ away uniforms.

7. Ole Miss

Best: Navy-red-gray Worst: Navy-gray-gray

The Rebels’ ranking is probably higher than it should be. But, I couldn’t help but feel more patriotic after seeing the Navy-red-gray scheme.

Just don’t get carried away with the gray again, please.

8. South Carolina

Best: White-white-garnet Worst: White-gray-black camouflage

Garnet and black. Again, it’s an intimidating look.

The camouflage? Leave it to the G.I.s, please.

9. Alabama

Best: Crimson-crimson-white Worst: Crimson-white-white

The Crimson Tide certainly sport the most traditional look in college football.

Not bad for a program that has never had an alternate uniform.

10. Auburn

Best: All white Worst: White-navy-navy

It’s a clean look, just too simple for my liking. Luckily the Tigers’ play on the gridiron trumps their style.

11. LSU

Best: White-purple-white Worst: Yellow-white-yellow

I have yet to see a sub-par LSU alternative. Which is why it puzzles me that the Tigers only wear the yellow-white-yellow option.

12. Tennessee

Best: All white Worst: White-gray-gray

Some teams can pull off the gray. Others.. can’t.

The all whites look fresh, though.

13. Mississippi State

Best: Maroon-white-white (Egg Bowl alternates) Worst: Gold chrome-maroon-maroon

The Egg Bowl uniforms are the best alternates I’ve ever seen for Mississippi State. Perhaps the Bulldogs should consider those to be the standard going forward?

14. Vanderbilt

Best: All black (”Anchor Down” alternates) Worst: Gold-gold-white

You can only do so much with gold and black -- Vandy nailed it with the all black “Anchor Down” unis, though.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #1

QB Trevone Boykin, TCU

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In his freshman season, Boykin put up astronomical numbers: 3,901 yards and 33 touchdowns (145.9 QBR).

Imagine what Year 2 will be like in the Doug Meacham/Sonny Combie offensive scheme.

Let’s be perfectly clear: that Ole Miss defense that Boykin dismantled with ease was one -- if not the -- best in the country in 2014, which will produce numerous NFL starters.

Boykin will be the highest fantasy point-earning player of the 2015 season. The end.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #2

QB J.T. Barrett, Ohio State

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Think about this just a moment: Ohio State could potentially have a player who was in for 485 total plays last season (out of 1,099; 44 percent), who accounted for 3,772 yards (49 percent of the Buckeyes’ total) and 45 TDs (54 percent) sitting on the bench.

Currently, it’s between Barrett and the hero of last year’s national championship run, Cardale Jones.

Tough decision, Urban.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #3

RB Nick Chubb, Georgia

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You say Todd Gurley, I say Nick Chubb.

By the end of the 2014 season, it was clear (to me, at least) who was the best running back at Georgia. Sure, Gurley was a Heisman frontrunner after the first month of the year. But, his NCAA violations and injuries put a halt to an otherwise remarkable season.

His backup , however, wasn’t too shabby.

Chubb took over halfway through the season and still managed to put up big numbers: 1,547 yards and 14 touchdowns.

Chubb’s combination of power, speed, and athleticism hasn’t been seen in the SEC (or college football) since the days of Herschel and Bo.

Expect a monstrous 2015 from the sophomore trotter.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #4

RB Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State

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Let’s forget about the quarterbacks for just a moment; Elliott was undoubtedly Ohio State’s most valuable player over the final month of the season when the Buckeyes faced elimination games week after week.

The numbers (1,878 yards, 18 TDs) are nothing short of impressive; his Elliott’s power and fluidity made life easier for Cardale Jones in the three biggest games of the season.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #5

CB Vernon Hargreaves III, Florida

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Hargreaves is a pure lockdown corner and a physically impressive tackler. He’s the type of player who lives for the ‘big moment’ -- and thrives in it.

He’s the top-rated defensive player in the countdown because, in this pass-happy age of offenses, he’s the one guy who can negate all of that offensive success on one side of the field.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #6

DE Joey Bosa, Ohio State

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Joey Bosa’s stats since he arrived at Ohio State: 21 sacks and 34 tackles for loss. Needless to say, Bosa lets his play on the gridiron do the talking for him.

For a defense that had been beaten up the previous two seasons, #97 gives the Buckeye D just the identity it’s been lacking.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #7

QB Cardale Jones, Ohio State

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Three games -- three games is all it took for the third-string quarterback to prove himself. The question is, how will Urban Meyer choose who gets the starting nod? If Jones is that good in three games -- the powerful, accurate arm, the decision-making, the ability to run and not only pick up yards, but punish defenders -- what happens given a full season?

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #8

DE Myles Garrett, Texas A&M

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Amidst the talk of offense, a new stadium, and a $5 million a year coach, the development of a freshman defensive end -- who had a better year in the SEC than former star Jadeveon Clowney in his first season -- was highly overlooked.

Garrett is a terror off the edge who requires a double team almost immediately. In 2014, Garrett logged 11.5 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, and disrupted even more plays on a weekly basis.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #9

QB Deshaun Watson, Clemson

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Deshaun Watson may be the future of college football (yes, he’s that good). He has the talent and the charisma to be one of the best the sport has ever seen.

Watson -- barring another injury -- has the ability to be in the thick of the Heisman discussion as well as become a contender for a national championship with Clemson.

Yes, you read that correctly -- with Clemson.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #10

LB Scooby Wright III, Arizona

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Had I not seen Scooby Wright’s last two games of the 2014 season, I’d feel a lot better about placing him this high.

Somehow, Wright managed 24 tackles -- three for loss -- against Oregon and Boise State (the two biggest games of the year). Yet, he was virtually invisible in both outings.

Nonetheless, #33 is still the most punishing linebacker in the country, averaging over seven solo tackles and a sack per game.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #11

WR Rashard Higgins, Colorado State

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Admit it, you have no clue who Rashard Higgins is.

Peruse YouTube or do a Google search and take a look at what he accomplished in 2014. You’ll realize that had Higgins played at Alabama, he’d be Amari Cooper’s equivalent.

Truthfully, he may even be better than Cooper.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #12

QB Cody Kessler, USC

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So, there’s a quarterback in the Pac-12 who tossed 39 touchdowns, hit 70 percent of his targets, and had only five interceptions all season. And he might as well have been playing at Fresno State.

We can no longer ignore Kessler’s accomplishments in his breakout season at USC. He passed up going to the Draft, so he’ll be returning this fall with a ton of talent all around.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #13

DE Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State

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Calhoun’s on-field production didn’t match what he did in 2013, but that’s what happens when teams run away from you and roll pockets -- and blocking schemes -- toward you, giving you zero chance of affecting the quarterback. That doesn’t mean that Calhoun wasn’t (and isn’t) a force off the edge; #89 still managed eight sacks and 12.5 tackles for loss in 2014.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #14

WR Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss

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With Treadwell, the Rebels were a perfect 6-0 (working on 7-0) and playing for a spot in the inaugural College Football Playoff. Without him, they were 3-4 and a complete disaster on offense.

Treadwell is a dynamic player who can make tough catches and turn routine plays into his very own highlight reel.

It’s unfortunate that his season-ending leg injury had to occur right when he was turning the offense from a mundane to magical.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #15

RB Derrick Henry, Alabama

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To this day I wonder why Alabama refused to run Henry against Ohio State in the College Football Playoff when the Bucks had no answer for him. Then again, I’m still not certain why the Crimson Tide’s bruiser spent the majority of his freshman season on the bench.

I’m typically not one to question the great Nick Saban, but if you have a running back who averages six yards per carry and teams can’t tackle him, you feed him the football. All. Game. Long.

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Top CFB fantasy prospects: #16

OT Spencer Drango, Baylor

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The arrival of all of the elite skill players has been key to the Bears’ recent success. Yet, the foundation of what’s important offensively continues to be built around star offensive lineman that Baylor either couldn’t recruit or struggled developing.

That is, before Art Briles came along.

Drango is the latest superstar in the making under Briles; he’s a massive anchor at left tackle that’s equally imposing as a run or pass blocker.

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