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All for Tennessee Official Men’s Basketball SEC Power Rankings for Jan. 30: Vols Shoot Up

By Caleb Calhoun

Jan 28, 2017; Knoxville, TN, USA; The Tennessee Volunteers bench reacts after a three pointer against the Kansas State Wildcats during the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee won 70 to 58. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 28, 2017; Knoxville, TN, USA; The Tennessee Volunteers bench reacts after a three pointer against the Kansas State Wildcats during the second half at Thompson-Boling Arena. Tennessee won 70 to 58. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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NCAA Basketball: Arkansas at Oklahoma State
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Just like lots of other teams in the SEC this past week, the Arkansas Razorbacks did not do anything bad enough to fall too hard. But they did not do anything impressive enough to move up the SEC Power Rankings.

And since some other teams did, they have fallen.

The Razorbacks squeaked by the Vanderbilt Commodores on the road last week, and then on Saturday, they got blown out by the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Now, since it was a blowout, they actually were bad enough to fall a bit in our SEC Power Rankings.

And despite their 16-5 record, 5-3 conference record, and fifth place spot in the conference standings, they are playing worse than what their record indicates at this moment.

Lucky for Mike Anderson, his team is still firmly in the NCAA Tournament right now with their No. 28 RPI ranking. Even with the No. 51 ranked strength of schedule, a 16-5 record is more than enough to overcome that.

However, they have to step their game up to stay on the bubble. Missouri, Vanderbilt, and LSU are three of the next four games. But before that, they have Alabama. And they have got to win that one.

Then they could be 20-5 getting ready for their stretch run.

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