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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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NCAA Basketball: Mississippi State at Alabama
NCAA Basketball: Mississippi State at Alabama /

When you lose to the worst team in the SEC, you deserve to drop significantly down the SEC Power Rankings. The Alabama Crimson Tide may be 15-7 overall, but they have the worst resume of anybody in the SEC.

After all, their RPI is ranked No. 120 despite their record due to their No. 132 ranked strength of schedule.

With that resume, they are lucky not to be at the bottom these SEC Power Rankings after losing to the worst team in the conference and having the lowest RPI in the conference.

But that loss was a close road loss, and we will maintain that, for right now at least, the Tide are playing better basketball than the Commodores.

So they get to be No. 12, near the bottom, of our rankings.

And while their schedule strength is set to improve soon, their wins may not. Their next two games are on the road against the Texas A&M Aggies and LSU Tigers, both of which are likely losses. Meanwhile, they have the Tennessee Lady Vols at home very soon too.

So this team is nowhere near any NCAA Tournament picture yet, and if they are going to play their way onto one, they have to win some very unlikely games.