SEC Football: Takeaways from Around the Conference in Week 5

SEC football fans were treated to a pair of close games in a weekend of blowouts, but there was still plenty to take from the weekend for each team. While the LSU Tigers were undoubtedly the biggest winners of the week, they weren’t the only ones. Several SEC football teams made progress they can be proud of.

Although that is the case, it wasn’t a good weekend for every SEC football team. Many teams in the conference went backwards. College football is a fickle sport and these teams cannot afford to momentum again next weekend. Their players are hoping for an NFL dream, their coaches are hoping for future employment.

While teams either usually gain or lose momentum, there is also the possibility to stall or maintain. Whether it be an expected victory or disappointing performance that still led to a win, it happens. Les Miles would have had his Tigers in this category a lot, though it looks like that won’t be the case with Oregon.

Here we take a look at which SEC football teams gained momentum, lost momentum and stayed put.