Ranking the top 10 SEC quarterbacks at the end of the regular season

We’re skipping the traditional intro for this piece this week for obvious reasons — all but two of the gentlemen on this list didn’t play — and because, really, there’s only one thing we have to discuss following last Saturday’s SEC Championship Game.

Here’s how things stand in the SEC for our weekly ranking of the QBs at the conclusion of the regular season:

10. PERRY ORTH, SOUTH CAROLINA

Last week: Idle
Season: 143-261, 1,929 yards, 12 TDs, 9 INTs

9. TREON HARRIS, FLORIDA

We’ve all been there at one time or another, folks. Florida’s defense was tremendous in the final six weeks of the season and if they could have gotten anything — seriously, anything — out of the QB position, they’d probably be both SEC champs and in contention for the national title. Treon Harris has been struggling for a month now, and it was more of the same in the 29-15 loss to Alabama.

Last week: 9-24, 165 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 11 carries, minus-4 yards
Season: 111-214, 1,530 yards, 9 TDs, 5 INTs; 84 carries, 189 yards, 0 TDs

8. BRANDON HARRIS, LSU

Last week: Idle
Season: 135-254, 1,904 yards, 12 TDs, 5 INTs; 64 carries, 185 yards, 3 TDs

7. GREYSON LAMBERT, GEORGIA

Last week: Idle
Season: 152-236, 1,844 yards, 11 TDs, 2 INTs

6. KYLE ALLEN, TEXAS A&M

Last week: Idle
Season: 160-283, 2,210 yards, 17 TDs, 7 INTs

5. JOSH DOBBS, TENNESSEE

Last week: Idle
Season: 191-319, 2,125 yards, 15 TDs, 5 INTs; 134 carries, 623 yards, 9 TDs

4. JAKE COKER, ALABAMA

Jake Coker is now two “game manager” victories away from the national championship. To be clear, his performance against Florida was nothing spectacular, and two of his biggest completions — the touchdown to Ardarius Stewart and the bomb to Calvin Ridley that set up another TD — were receptions only because Alabama’s receivers made superior plays on the football.

That said, this is worth noting: From the point at which Antonio Callaway’s punt return gave Florida the lead, Alabama’s next seven possessions finished field goal, touchdown, end of half, field goal, touchdown, missed FG, touchdown. And it’s worth noting the final possession of the game ended without a TD only because Nick Saban elected not to run another play. Is it true Alabama was playing a defense whose back was aching from carrying its offense through the final month? Sure it is. But it’s still one of the better defensive units in college football, and that sequence is impressive.

Coker, to his credit, is making the plays that he needs to make. He’s doing what’s asked of him and, really, what’s wrong with that?

Last week: 18-26, 204 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT; 8 carries, 23 yards
Season: 222-338, 2,489 yards, 17 TDs, 8 INTs

3. BRANDON ALLEN, ARKANSAS

Last week: Idle
Season: 224-344, 3,125 yards, 29 TDs, 7 INTs

2. DAK PRESCOTT, MISSISSIPPI STATE

Last week: Idle
Season: 291-435, 3,413 yards, 25 TDs, 4 INTs; 148 carries, 541 yards, 10 TDs

1. CHAD KELLY, OLE MISS

Last week: Idle
Season: 277-425, 3,740 yards, 27 TDs, 12 INTs; 97 carries, 427 yards, 10 TDs

Will Heath

Will Heath is a contributing writer for Saturday Down South. He covers SEC football.