All for Tennessee Women’s Basketball Jan. 25 SEC Power Rankings: Lady Vols Slip

The Texas A&M Aggies appeared to be the clear-cut third best team in the SEC, which is why we had them there in our SEC Power Rankings until last week.

However, a very close loss on the road to the red-hot Missouri Tigers was enough to knock them down a spot on our list this week.

At 15-5 and 5-2 in the conference, they are still playing good basketball, as they rebounded with a critical win over the LSU Tigers. But given the play of another team, we still had to drop them.

Gary Blair’s team is clearly in position to make its fifth straight NCAA Tournament with their No. 22 ranked spot in the RPI. They have the No. 30 ranked strength of schedule, but that’ll go up as SEC play continues.

The Aggies have an amazing offense with Danni Williams’s red-hot shooting, Khaalia Hillsman’s dominance under the basket, and Curtys Knox’s unique ability to set up the offense. That is a complete Big Three capable of upsetting anybody.

And now that capability will be put to the test as the gauntlet of their SEC schedule begins with an extremely tough game on the road against the Mississippi State Bulldogs this week. That could seriously boost their NCAA Tournament standings.

Then after a breather against the Florida Gators, they have more tests against Auburn, Alabama, at Tennessee, at LSU, Mississippi State again, and then South Carolina.

So no matter what, their schedule strength is going up. Will the same thing happen for their wins and NCAA Tournament seeding? We’ll find out.