The rankings churn atop the AP top 25 poll continues, and this week the Tennessee Volunteers were a beneficiary. After finding two wins against Vanderbilt and Arkansas, the Volunteers — now 19-6 overall — moved up to No. 5 in the latest edition of the poll. Tennessee was ranked 8th last week.
Those two wins came at a nice time for Rick Barnes’ squad, which put that ugly loss at Texas A&M behind them. Tennessee comes back this week with a roadtrip against a really bad Missouri team, then a home game against Texas A&M where they’ll be looking for some revenge.