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

Unlike the Vanderbilt Commodores, the Florida Gators were not giving anybody in the SEC a tough match-up through last week. That’s why we had them last in our SEC Power Rankings.

However, they actually got an SEC win this week, and it was an upset over the Georgia Bulldogs. On top of that, despite their 10-9 record and 1-5 SEC record, they are No. 60 in the RPI, nearly 60 spots ahead of Vanderbilt, because of their No. 32 ranked strength of schedule.

That’s enough to put them at No. 13 in these rankings.

Florida may have seriously found something in their win against Georgia, mainly on the defensive side. After all, they made a habit out of giving up 80 points to everybody they played, but the past two games, they held teams to under 70 points.

They even did that in a loss to Texas A&M, and when their offense stepped up the next game, they scored that crucial win.

Amanda Butler is figuring out how to get her team to gel after the permanent loss of Eleanna Christinaki. Ronni Williams, Haley Lorenzen, and Delicia Washington have all stepped up, and they can still run nine players.

With Tennessee and Texas A&M up next, they have a big test. But after that, they play the bottom half of the SEC in Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Alabama. So they can get on a run. And speaking of Ole Miss…