What? How did you come up with that number? Even the media polls (which you have already admitted are grossly biased per contracts and whatever else) don't even manage that. Not even close. 9? You have Ole Miss in there, who exists in the rankings solely by beating an overanked Alabama, coming close against a laughable Auburn at #3, and an equally laughable Miss State at #4. 7-6 Arkansas is a top 20 team? 8-5 LSU? 8-5 Auburn? All top 20 huh? Are you using Sagarin rankings or what?
Here's what I think: I think you've created this narrative and held onto it for so long that you're too prideful to simply change your answer when faced with something that goes against it, such as the SEC's piss poor bowl performance. So now that it's all falling apart you make spreadsheets about Vegas spreads or whatever to try to convince people what you're saying still holds water, but it just doesn't pass the eyeball test.