TNR 2/4/26 - Hour 1 | WAY TOO EARLY SEC Power Ratings & Bama Hoops v. Texas A&M Preview

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Brandon Marcello's too early SEC Football power ratings The Alabama Crimson Tide is coming off an embarrassing loss at The Florida Gators Sunday. After Alabama Basketball was dominated in every phase of the game by Florida Basketball, the Crimson Tide fell out of the Top 25 for the first time in 42 consecutive polls, the 5th longest streak in the nation. Bama (-7.5) is back tonight facing the Texas A&M Aggies at 6PM on the SEC Network. This is the first time new Texas A&M Basketball coach, and Alabama native, Bucky McMillan will face the Crimson Tide. This is Texas A&M’s first real test as the SEC’s front runner in basketball. The Auburn Tigers have the midweek bye. Up Next for Auburn: Alabama Saturday at 3PM on ESPN. SEC Network's Ron Slay joins the show! PLUS, Tyler's Viewing Menu presented by Michelson Laser Vision! FOLLOW TNR ON RUMBLE: https://rumble.com/c/c-7759604 FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560 WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/ MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480 SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/ Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive 267,216 Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive Follow everyone from the show on Twitter: Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor Scott Forester: / scottforestertv Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR Sponsor the show: sales@nextroundlive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jim Dunaway, Lance Taylor, Ryan Brown, live from the Birmingham Racecourse Casino Studios.
0:10.0	The next round, presented by Bud Light, is on now.
0:18.0	All right, live show now on a Wednesday.
0:31.0	We'll get to Texas A&M, Alabama basketball in Tuscaloosa and make an early Kalshi play on that coming up in the first segment.
0:32.2	More on that in a moment.
0:37.1	We'll hear from Nate and Bucky, and I expect Bucky to have a pretty good crowd in Tuscaloosa tonight.
0:41.4	But we started a little college football before we get to the Super Bowl and all that in the show.
0:49.7	Our buddy Brandon Marcello, CBSports.com, friend of the show, has put out his power ratings,
0:52.2	his way too early power ratings for SEC football.
0:54.8	Now, without looking at that, I want you guys to sort of work through the process
0:57.9	of where you think Alabama, eventually,
1:00.2	Auburn, but where do you think Alabama is
1:03.0	in the power ranking?
1:05.0	So let's workshop it and just show it out here.
1:08.5	I'm going to pull out my little sticky notes here.
1:10.6	You're going to do dry race board. I'm just going to keep up with what I say. We know Texas is going to be in front. Texas is a, is, is a, we'll put Alabama, we'll call it the Alabama line. Okay. Who's above the Alabama line? Yeah, and no particular order. Texas is going to be above it. This is his power ranking 2026, not like for the upcoming season. Texas, Georgia. Yeah, Georgia is definitely going to be in front. I think Ole Miss, based on Trinidad Chamblis, is going to be in front of Alabama going into a season. And I think A&M will as well. Okay, Ole Miss was getting close to the Alabama line for me. Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I would agree. It's really close. What's those two circles that intersect? The Venn diagram. The Venn diagram? Alabama in the Venn diagram is the overlapping part. To me, Ole Miss falls into that circle. you say A&M? I got Texas, Georgia, Ole Miss, A&M, LSU. I think that's who Brandon will have in front of them. That's the only ones I'm willing to. Yeah, I do think that Oklahoma and Tennessee are going to be in the Alabama realm. But I don't think they'll be in front of Alabama. Yeah, I agree with all those. You got LSU above? Above Bama. I've got five teams above Brandon Marcello's Alabama line, Texas, Georgia, Ole Miss, A&M, and LHU. I think you're dead on. I think those are the five teams that will be in front. And then in any, you know, not so certain order, I think it is Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma.
2:36.5	I am going to say that Alabama is the next team, though.
2:40.2	Okay. Is that fair? Do you think the way you've laid it out there?
2:43.7	I mean, because the way you're projecting it there, that is not a college football
2:50.1	playoff scenario. It is not. And I think the majority of people will not have Alabama in the college football playoff scenario.
2:50.9	It is not.
2:51.7	And I think the majority of people will not have Alabama in the college football
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