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All for Tennessee Women’s Basketball SEC Power Rankings for Jan. 31: Lady Vols Rise

By Caleb Calhoun

Dec 4, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Lady Volunteers head coach Holly Warlick speaks with her team during the second half against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena. Baylor won 88 to 66. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 4, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Lady Volunteers head coach Holly Warlick speaks with her team during the second half against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena. Baylor won 88 to 66. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 1, 2017; Knoxville, TN, USA; Kentucky head coach Matthew Mitchell yells at his players during the first half against Tennessee at Thompson-Boling Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK
Jan 1, 2017; Knoxville, TN, USA; Kentucky head coach Matthew Mitchell yells at his players during the first half against Tennessee at Thompson-Boling Arena. Mandatory Credit: Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK /

You could make a case for the Kentucky Wildcats dropping below the Texas A&M Aggies since they had a less impressive win and a worse loss last week.

But they’ve been ahead of the Aggies for a while, and the team Kentucky lost to had beaten Texas A&M the week before. Also, they had a five-game winning streak before losing that game.

So right now, the two schools could be interchangeable in our SEC Power Rankings. But with 15 wins and three conference losses for both teams, the Wildcats have played the No. 4 ranked strength of schedule while the Aggies have played the No. 24 strength of schedule.

That minor tiebreaker warrants Kentucky being No. 5 in the SEC Power Rankings for now. However, there is still a long way to go.

If you want to talk about a night and day scenario, the Wildcats face the South Carolina Gamecocks first this week, and then they face the Vanderbilt Commodores. So assuming they do what they should this week, their change depends on what other teams do.

But they completely control if they are a sure rise by winning both games or a sure fall by losing both games.

Let’s now go to the red-hot team that just beat the Wildcats and the Aggies, since we were comparing the two.