I've watch Bama, Georgia, and Vanderbilt a couple times each . I guess A&M is the best, but I haven't seen them since the opening of the year. Alabama and Georgia appear to be improving into form. Vanderbilt is very good IMO, but Alabama handled them, at Vandy. So I think other than A&M, Alabama and Georgia are solid and could be tough outs.

I think the leagues are pretty even. The Big ten pulled at least even and maybe ahead a couple years ago, in the top of the league. Maybe our worst, are worse. But some former names in the SEC are way down too.

Hard to know until the put it on the field. 

Now that everybody else, besides the SEC and Ohio State (and Michigan?), pays players richly, the playing field is a lot different!  SEC monopoly is no more.