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Finals Week, Win Over Wofford Drop Vanderbilt Basketball in the Top 25 Polls

The Commodores took nine days off for finals, then beat Wofford. Pollsters were not impressed.

Vanderbilt basketball didn't have much of a chance to avenge their upset home to Dayton last week. The university's finals schedule made sure of that. But a nine-day layoff helped top 25 voters forget about the Commodores; they dropped in both the AP and Coaches' rankings this week.

Vandy fell from No. 23 to No. 25 in the Coaches' Poll for week seven. They lost 10 points in the AP rankings to drop from No. 30 to No. 35. That pushed the team back to fourth among SEC programs, behind No.