Tennessee suffered their first loss of the season last week in Gainesville, and boy was it ugly. Nothing went right for the Volunteers, who couldn’t buy a jumper or even a rebound against the Gators. A 30 point loss comes with a consequence, and Tennessee paid the price in the polls.
Tennessee tumbled from the No. 1 spot all the way down to No. 6 today. Auburn took over the top spot after surviving the weekend against South Carolina. Star forward Johni Broome is out indefinitely after suffering a nasty sprained ankle against the Gamecocks, however.
Iowa State, Duke, Alabama and Florida round out the top five.