All for Tennessee Official Men’s Basketball SEC Power Rankings for Jan. 23: A Clear Top 2

Mark Fox’s team had gotten on a roll in SEC play, winning three of four with a four-point loss to the Florida Gators the only blemish on their record. That continued into last week as the Dawgs topped off the Vanderbilt Commodores.

But what followed was unacceptable.

In addition to Florida not looking like as impressive of a loss anymore, the Dawgs dropped a bad one to the Texas A&M Aggies. Sure, it was a one-point loss on the road, but it was enough to drop them to No. 7 in our SEC Power Rankings.

Of course, to be fair, there was a clock malfunction that makes all the difference in the world in this game. But it shouldn’t have come down to that.

Anyway, the Dawgs’ balanced attack led by the most underrated player in the SEC in Yante Maten is still in good shape. At 12-7 and 4-3 in the SEC, this team is currently No. 45 in the RPI rankings and has the No. 31 ranked strength of schedule, a number that will only go up.

However, they still have work to do, and as a result, they can’t get complacent.

That work is attainable this week with two home games. One of them is on Saturday against the Texas Longhorns, which should be a win. But before that, the Bulldogs have a big SEC game against a team one spot ahead of them in our SEC Power Rankings. We go to them next.