All for Tennessee Men’s Basketball SEC Power Rankings for Feb. 7: Vols Slip a Bit

The Georgia Bulldogs did a very rare thing this week. They moved up in our SEC Power Rankings despite two straight losses last week.

However, those two losses were to two of the clear-cut top three teams in the conference, and both were extremely close.

Georgia’s two losses were both on the road, in overtime to the Kentucky Wildcats and by two to the South Carolina Gamecocks. All that shows is that Mark Fox’s team, at 13-10 and 4-6 in the conference, is clearly getting better.

So they deserved to move up.

The Dawgs are No. 54 in the RPI thanks to their No. 23 ranked strength of schedule with that record, so a few more wins guarantees them a spot in the NCAA Tournament as well.

But the schedule gets no easier.

Up next for them is the Florida Gators at home, so they can round out the elite of the conference. They also still have to face the Kentucky Wildcats down the road at home as well.

But those are two huge opportunities as well, and while the LSU Tigers, Auburn Tigers, and Mississippi State Bulldogs are all should-be wins at home, they also have three more road games where they need a couple of wins. Those are against the Arkansas Razorbacks, Alabama Crimson Tide, and the next team on this list.