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

We can’t figure out Avery Johnson’s team, so we seem to overreact with where we move them each week in our SEC Power Rankings.

But this is far and away the most inconsistent team in the conference.

Two weeks ago, the Alabama Crimson Tide looked awesome with wins over the Georgia Bulldogs and Mississippi State Bulldogs.

But then they were blown out by the Arkansas Razorbacks and lost again to the Auburn Tigers, who lost to Tennessee earlier in the week. And with Arkansas’s loss to Missouri, a collection of things forced Alabama down to No. 12 in this week’s rankings.

And that happens despite their No. 77 RPI ranking, their 13-9 schedule, and their co-fourth place spot in the SEC standings with their 6-4 record in the conference.

Alabama now has more work to do to show us exactly who they are. And this week, that will not be easy with a road game against the South Carolina Gamecocks and a very tough home match-up against the Kentucky Wildcats.

This week alone could knock them out of the NCAA Tournament race, even with the Missouri Tigers and LSU Tigers to follow as opponents after that. So they have a lot of work to do to get back on the bubble.