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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 17, 2017; Oxford, MS, USA; A general view center court prior to the game between the Mississippi Rebels and the Tennessee Volunteers at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 17, 2017; Oxford, MS, USA; A general view center court prior to the game between the Mississippi Rebels and the Tennessee Volunteers at The Pavilion at Ole Miss. Mandatory Credit: Justin Ford-USA TODAY Sports /

They only played one game this past week, but it was enough to move them past the team they beat in our SEC Power Rankings.

The Ole Miss Rebels are currently just inside the Top 100 of the RPI at No. 96, and that’s due to their awful No. 117 ranked strength of schedule.

But unlike the Alabama Crimson Tide, they have four SEC wins, not three, and they just beat the Florida Gators in Gainesville, so we have no qualms about moving them ahead of the Gators and the Tide.

Still, this team remains a part of the bottom tier in our SEC Power Rankings, and they have a huge hill to climb if they want to get to their first NCAA Tournament under fourth-year head coach Matt Insell.

But three home games over the next week and a half could help their case, and the opponents will certainly improve their schedule strength.

A home game against the LSU Tigers this week will test them, and getting a win could go a long way towards that, but then they have a brutal home game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs. This week of home games will really define them, and then next week, they host the team that we have just above Ole Miss on this list.