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

The LSU Tigers only slightly dropped in our SEC Power Rankings this week despite losing both games last week.

Nikki Fargas’s team fell to the Kentucky Wildcats and Texas A&M Aggies. There’s no shame in either loss.

Despite being 14-6 and having a losing record in the SEC, the Tigers are still firmly in the NCAA Tournament right now because of their No. 27 ranking in the RPI, which is due to their No. 9 ranked strength of schedule. Raigyne Moncrief is a very physical and aggressive player for Fargas, and Chloe Jackson is doing a great job as well.

The two have made a dynamic duo in the SEC, but the problem is they are the only players that can generate any offense for the Lady Tigers.

And as a result, the offense tanks against good teams.

That has to change if these guys want to stay in the position they are in. A home game against the Arkansas Razorbacks this week should give them some breathing room, as they still haven’t lost to a team outside of the Top 25 in the RPI.

But then they face the Tennessee Vols on the road, the Alabama Crimson Tide at home, and the Ole Miss Rebels on the road.

That three-game stretch will determine where they stand in the conference because all three teams are right in their same tier. One of those teams is next in our SEC power rankings.