SEC Basketball Power Rankings: Kentucky moves to number one

Conference teams suffer a number of setbacks last week.

SEC Basketball is in full swing, and it was a rough week for many teams in the SEC/ACC Challenge as the conferences split 7-7. That resulted in only two conference teams being ranked in the Top 25 this week: Kentucky coming in at #16 and Tennessee right below at #17.

The marquee games this week are all on Saturday. The only game featuring two ranked teams is #20 Illinois at #17 Tennessee. The other Saturday games to watch are Auburn vs. Indiana, Missouri at #2 Kansas, Alabama at #4 Purdue, and Arkansas at #19 Oklahoma.

Here is how the conference stacks up going into this week's games:

1. Kentucky 6-2 (previous 4) - Last week defeated Miami (FL) and lost to UNC-Wilmington

2. Ole Miss 7-0 (previous 7) - Last week beat NC State and Memphis

3. Missouri 7-2 (previous 11) - Last week defeated Pitt and Wichita State

4. Alabama 6-2 (previous 5) - Last week lost to Clemson and beat Arkansas State

5. Auburn 5-2 (previous 2) - Last week defeated Virginia Tech and lost to Appalachian State

6. Texas A&M 6-2 (previous 3) - Lost to Virginia

7. South Carolina 7-0 (previous 10) - Last week beat Grand Canyon

8. Mississippi State 6-2 (previous 6) - Last week lost to Georgia Tech and beat Southern

9. Arkansas 4-3 (previous 8) - Last week defeated Duke and Furman

 10. Tennessee 4-3 (previous 1) - Last week lost to North Carolina

11. Georgia 4-3 (previous 13) - Last week beat Florida State and Mercer

12. Florida 4-3 (previous 9) - Last week lost to Wake Forest

13. LSU 4-2 (previous 12) - Last week lost to Syracuse and defeated Southeast Louisiana

14. Vanderbilt 4-4 (previous 14) - Last week lost to Boston College and beat Alabama A&M.

Takeaways: Auburn loses its first true road test 69-64 to Appalachian State

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