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

Perhaps we are being a bit unfair here. Mike Anderson’s team is still 17-6 overall and tied for fourth place in the SEC with a 6-4 record there.

The Arkansas Razorbacks also had a nice victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide last week, they have a No. 36 RPI ranking, and they’re still in strong contention for the NCAA Tournament.

Nope. Never mind. We’re not being unfair.

The Missouri Tigers are an awful team, and only dropping the Razorbacks three spots is generous. How do you lose to that team with so much to play for? That’s an embarrassment, and with two losses in their last three games, we feel no shame in dropping them to No. 8 in our SEC Power Rankings.

The good news for Arkansas is they are still in strong contention to reach the Big Dance, but they need some solid wins to cancel out that terrible loss.

Later this week they have the LSU Tigers on the road, and that should be a win, but now nothing is a given. Still, after that they have a chance for a quality win in a road game against the South Carolina Gamecocks.

But before that, they have a home date with a team rising in these rankings.