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

At 15-5, the Alabama Crimson Tide could have a strong case to be higher in these SEC Power Rankings despite their 3-4 conference record.

However, they are ranked No. 106 in the RPI because of their absolutely terrible No. 159 ranked strength of schedule. There is no excuse for them to have played that pathetic of a non-conference schedule.

Still, after a three-game losing streak that included one bad loss to Arkansas, the Tide got back on track with a solid victory over the Ole Miss Rebels this past weekend.

Kristy Curry is at least on track to have her first winning season in her fourth year as head coach of Alabama, but they have a lot of work to do to even kind of enter NCAA Tournament contention because of their terrible schedule.

It could start with decent offense.

With the wild exception of scoring 90 points against Ole Miss’s terrible defense the first time the two schools met, Alabama’s offense hasn’t cracked 60 in SEC play. Nobody is averaging even 12 points for the Tide, and they only have two players averaging double-figures.

To make a splash, they have to win their next three if we are going to even talk about them and the postseason. The Vanderbilt Commodores, Auburn Tigers, and LSU tigers are those three games. All are winnable, and they are must-wins for the Tide. Speaking of LSU…