Alabama and South Carolina weren’t supposed to be this good. Arkansas and Kentucky weren’t supposed to be this bad.
Otherwise, the 2024 SEC basketball season has been a pretty standard one. The Crimson Tide are leading the league at the halfway point, trailed closely by two expected contenders. A whole slew of teams make up the mushy middle, itching for a signature win to bolster their NCAA Tournament resume and hoping like the dickens to avoid a devastating loss. Then three teams, per usual bring up the rear.
At this point of the season, it’s easy to have a handle on everybody. Well, just about everybody. Sorry, Texas A&M, we still don’t know what to do with you. But putting them in an exact order for the SEC power rankings it’s a difficult task. The cannibalism has been standard and there are no signs of it slowing.
It’s made for a fun year for prognosticators, though. With races for the top, the final NCAA Tournament spots and the cellar, there’s plenty to like about the SEC through five weeks.
Here is our best stab at the power ranings at the midpoint.