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Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 02-09-2026, 11:36 AM:

So I looked at the ESPN BPI rankings prior to the Tennessee game on Saturday:

Tennessee was ranked #16 and Kentucky was ranked #21.

I looked at the rankings this morning expecting Kentucky to move up a few places and Tennessee to drop a few places. Thought for sure UK would be ranked ahead of Tennessee since they have two victories over Tennessee and a better record of 17-7 vs. 16-7.

Rankings as of today: Tennessee moved up 3 spots to number #13 after the loss to UK and Kentucky moved up 1 spot to #20.

So after BEATING Tennessee the gap between Kentucky and Tennessee got larger instead of smaller in the BPI.

Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 02-09-2026, 01:57 PM:

The AP poll has us at #25 and Tenn among the others getting votes. I think that may be realistic for both teams at this point in the season

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll

[ 02-09-2026, 01:58 PM: Message edited by: handycat ]