SEC Basketball Power Rankings: Kentucky moves up

Kentucky and Florida are moving up in our latest SEC Basketball Power Rankings.

It was another topsy turvy week of conference play. Alabama had the week off and took care of business at home Saturday against Texas A&M. 

South Carolina was knocked down hard losing by 40 at Auburn and then taking a home loss to LSU. The aforementioned Auburn Tigers followed up that dominating win with a tough loss to Kentucky, while the Wildcats also took down Ole Miss last week.

Tennessee continued its winning ways dispensing of Arkansas and Vanderbilt last week. The Florida Gators are on the rise after their wins over LSU and Georgia.

The games to watch this week begin Wednesday night as Florida is at Alabama , Ole Miss is at Mississippi State and Kentucky travels to Baton Rouge to take on LSU. 

Saturday's big game is Alabama at Kentucky. Some other Saturday games of note are South Carolina at Ole Miss, Texas A&M at Tennessee and Auburn at Georgia.

The complete rankings are below:

SEC Basketball Power Rankings

1. Alabama 18-7 (10-2) - Last week beat Texas A&M

2. Tennessee 19-6 (9-3) - Last week defeated Arkansas and Vanderbilt

3. Kentucky 18-7 (8-4) - Last week beat Ole Miss and won at Auburn

4. Auburn 20-6 (9-4) - Last week beat South Carolina and lost to Kentucky

5. South Carolina 21-5 (9-4) - Last week lost at Auburn and lost to LSU

6. Florida 18-7 (8-4) - Last week defeated LSU and won at Georgia

7. Ole Miss 19-6 (6-6) - Last week lost at Kentucky and beat Missouri

8. Mississippi State 17-8 (6-6) Last week beat Arkansas

9. Texas A&M 15-10 (6-6) - Last week lost at Vanderbilt and at Alabama

10. LSU 13-12 (5-7) - Last week lost at Florida and won at South Carolina

11. Georgia 14-11 (4-8) - Last week lost to Florida

12. Arkansas 12-13 (3-9) - Last week lost to Tennessee and lost at Mississippi State

13. Vanderbilt 7-18 (2-10) - Defeated Texas A&M and lost at Tennessee 

14. Missouri 8-17 (0-12) - Lost at Ole Miss