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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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Dec 21, 2015; Hartford, CT, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Nikki Fargas watches from the sideline as they take on the Connecticut Huskies in the first half at XL Center. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 21, 2015; Hartford, CT, USA; LSU Tigers head coach Nikki Fargas watches from the sideline as they take on the Connecticut Huskies in the first half at XL Center. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports /

The LSU Tigers were one of the teams who did just barely enough to jump the Auburn Tigers, but it was close. Nikki Fargas’s team lost a game last week and only beat the Arkansas Razorbacks, so they shouldn’t get too much credit.

But beating Arkansas is still more impressive than beating the Alabama Crimson Tide, which was the Tigers’ only win last week, and while it may not have been as tough of a game, LSU looked a heck of a lot better in its loss to the Texas A&M Aggies on the road.

Taking that into account, you could really flip either team, especially with LSU one game behind Auburn. But they have a slightly better resume at this point from last week.

And their No. 8 ranked strength of schedule is better than the one Auburn has at No. 15.

So for right now, we have LSU at No. 7 in our SEC Power Rankings. But they have a chance to move up soon. This week, they travel to Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Lady Vols.

If they can get past that game, they’ll all of a sudden be in great shape. After all, following that are the Alabama Crimson Tide Ole Miss Rebels, and Vanderbilt Commodores.

So just by beating Tennessee, they would have a great chance to shoot up the rankings and get to 19 wins and play with house money.