Tennessee (18-4, 5-4 SEC) opened basketball play in February with a, 64-44, win versus Florida at Food City Center.
The Vols will play two SEC games this week. Tennessee will host Missouri on Wednesday at Food City Center (7 p.m. EST, SEC Network) and will play at Oklahoma on Saturday (noon EST, ESPN/ESPN2).
Ahead of this week’s games, the latest USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll top 25 rankings were released. The Vols are up four spots to No. 4.
Auburn is ranked No. 1, followed by Duke and Alabama, respectively. Florida (6), Texas A&M (13), Kentucky (14) and Missouri (16) are also ranked in the top 25 from the SEC.
The entire USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll is listed below.
|
Ranking |
Team |
Record |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Auburn |
20-1 |
773 (29) |
|
2 |
Duke |
19-2 |
745 (2) |
|
3 |
Alabama |
19-3 |
710 |
|
4 |
Tennessee |
18-4 |
644 |
|
5 |
Houston |
17-4 |
613 |
|
6 |
Florida |
18-3 |
580 |
|
7 |
Purdue |
17-5 |
574 |
|
8 |
Iowa State |
17-4 |
564 |
|
9 |
Michigan State |
18-3 |
501 |
|
10 |
St. John’s |
19-3 |
473 |
|
11 |
Marquette |
18-4 |
439 |
|
12 |
Texas Tech |
17-4 |
436 |
|
13 |
Texas A&M |
17-5 |
410 |
|
14 |
Kentucky |
15-6 |
310 |
|
15 |
Memphis |
18-4 |
309 |
|
16 |
Missouri |
17-4 |
307 |
|
17 |
Kansas |
15-6 |
288 |
|
18 |
UConn |
16-6 |
178 |
|
19 |
Wisconsin |
17-5 |
151 |
|
20 |
Arizona |
15-6 |
148 |
|
21 |
Clemson |
18-4 |
145 |
|
22 |
Michigan |
16-5 |
117 |
|
23 |
Saint Mary’s |
20-3 |
114 |
|
24 |
Maryland |
17-5 |
110 |
|
25 |
Illinois |
15-7 |
108 |
This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Tennessee basketball up four spots in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
