For Kentucky, the game before The Game was a tough one on paper — a Tuesday night road contest against Rick Barnes' Tennessee Vols, who were ranked No. 1 in the country just a few weeks ago and listed as 10.

Tennessee basketball spent five weeks ranked No. 1 before falling in the polls in recent weeks following its first three losses.

SEC play has not been kind to the Tennessee Volunteers. On Tuesday night, the No. 12 Kentucky Wildcats handed the No. 8 Vols their first loss at home this seaso

Auburn continues to reside in the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after surviving a scare Saturday against Tennessee. Kentucky wasn't

Auburn continues to hold the top spot, while Tennessee, Kentucky, Ole Miss and UConn drop in the latest college basketball rankings. The post Reactions To The Latest Men’s College Basketball Rankings appeared first on Stadium Rant.

The Lady Vols dropped one spot in the Associated Press poll after losing on the road to Texas. Tennessee is 15-4 in Kim Caldwell's first season.

Auburn's Tahaad Pettiford was sent to the line, but he only knocked down one, giving Tennessee the ball back with 12 seconds to play. The Vols pushed to their side of the court, and Rick Barnes called a timeout to set up the final play down 53-51.

Tennessee basketball lost its first game of the season at Florida, which dropped the Vols from the No. 1 spot after five weeks.

There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.