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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 22, 2017; Knoxville, TN; Vanderbilt head coach Stephanie White talks with Commodores guard Rebekah Dahlman (1) during the game against against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, 91-63. Mandatory Credit: Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK
Jan 22, 2017; Knoxville, TN; Vanderbilt head coach Stephanie White talks with Commodores guard Rebekah Dahlman (1) during the game against against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, 91-63. Mandatory Credit: Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK /

Again, the reason putting the Georgia Bulldogs in last place in our SEC Power Rankings may be an overreaction is because Vanderbilt may not have done enough to move out of last place themselves.

This team is still playing .500 ball overall and is last place in the SEC at 1-8, they have already lost to the Dawgs, and they got blown out by the Florida Gators this past week.

However, they only lost to Georgia by two on the road when you look back at it, and that was weeks ago. This past week, they beat a team that is of a quality higher than or at least similar to two teams that have beat the Dawgs on this losing streak.

As a result, the Commodores did enough with a win to move up to next to last in our SEC power rankings.

Vanderbilt beat Alabama 87-80 to get that win before losing by 20 to the Gators. Still, their RPI is actually higher than Georgia’s as well, so maybe we are onto something here.

But don’t get your hopes up. Vanderbilt is not going anywhere.

Up next, they have Kentucky, Mississippi State, LSU, and South Carolina. So they’re about to fall even further, and they could easily fall to last place again in our SEC Power Rankings. That they won a game, at this point, is more of an indictment against the team they beat. That’s who we have next on our list.