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All for Tennessee Women’s Basketball SEC Power Rankings for Feb. 8: Huge Drop for Lady Vols

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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Jan 22, 2017; Knoxville, TN; Vanderbilt head coach Stephanie White talks with Commodores guard Rebekah Dahlman (1) during the game against against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, 91-63. Mandatory Credit: Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK
Jan 22, 2017; Knoxville, TN; Vanderbilt head coach Stephanie White talks with Commodores guard Rebekah Dahlman (1) during the game against against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. Tennessee defeated Vanderbilt, 91-63. Mandatory Credit: Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via USA TODAY NETWORK /

Well that was fast. The Vanderbilt Commodores got to spend one week outside of the bottom of our SEC Power Rankings, but a loss to the Kentucky Wildcats knocked them back into this spot.

Okay, so to be fair, losing to Kentucky is not a reason to fall, especially if you’re as low as Vanderbilt is. And they fell despite putting up a huge fight at Kentucky and only losing by 8 points.

But they were already at No. 13, and the team below them, whom we will get to, had an amazing week.

So this was more about that team rising, but by default, Vanderbilt then had to fall.

Meanwhile, their No. 109 ranked RPI, last place standing in the SEC, and losing record combined are all enough to keep this team at the bottom.

It doesn’t get any easier either as this team tries to rebuild under first-year coach Stephanie White. Two of the Commodores’ next three games are on the road against the Mississippi State Bulldogs and South Carolina Gamecocks. Their other game is a home date against the very tough LSU Tigers.

So they are likely to fall off a cliff over the next week and a half unless they turn things around quickly.