Tennessee basketball is still ranked in the top-10 after losing at Vanderbilt.
The Vols dropped to No. 7 in the USA TODAY coaches poll but stayed at No. 6 in the Associated Press poll following the 76-75 defeat in Nashville on Saturday. The Vols were one of seven teams ranked in the top-10 on Jan. 13 that lost in the past week.
The Vols (16-2, 3-2 SEC) opened the season 14-0 before going 2-2 in the past two weeks.
Tennessee hosts No. 14 Mississippi State (15-3, 3-2) on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2) and plays at No. 1 Auburn (17-1, 5-0) on Saturday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Tennessee basketball reached No. 1 before falling in coaches poll
The Vols were ranked No. 12 in the preseason coaches poll.
UT moved up to No. 9 after starting the season 2-0 with wins against Gardner-Webb and at Louisville. It stayed No. 9 after moving to 4-0.
Tennessee rolled through the Baha Mar Championship with wins against Virginia and Baylor to reach 6-0 and rise to No. 6. It hopped to No. 3 after beating UT Martin before ascending to No. 1.
The Vols spent a program-record five weeks as the No. 1 team. They fell to No. 6 from the top spot after their 30-point loss at Florida on Jan. 7. They fell again after losing at Vanderbilt.
Tennessee is on historic AP poll run
Tennessee has been ranked for 71 consecutive weeks in the Associated Press poll, the third-longest active streak in the nation. It has been ranked nonstop since the start of the 2021-22 season.
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The Vols have been ranked in the top five of the AP poll 33 times in the past seven seasons, including six times this season. They had been ranked in the top five 17 times in the previous 70 years of the poll.
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