Texas A&M (9-2) looks like one of the best teams in the country after the Aggies defeated No. 11 Purdue 70-66 in the Indy Classic on Saturday afternoon, but looking around the rest of the SEC, A&M will face weekly challenges right out of the gate.
In his sixth season, head coach Buzz Williams recognizes that achieving success in one of the most respected and challenging conferences in college basketball comes with its difficulties.
Most importantly, defense travels every game, and the Aggies look like one of the best units in the country thus far. On Saturday, the SEC dominated again, starting with A&M and ending with Alabama’s win over Creighton, a team the Aggies defeated on a neural court earlier in the year.
Outside of LSU’s loss to SMU, 15 conference teams won their respective game, capped off with Texas’s blowout 121-57 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Here are the updated SEC Basketball standings ahead of the final week of nonconference play:
- No. 7 Alabama (8-2)
- Arkansas (9-2)
- Auburn (9-1)
- No. 9 Florida (10-0)
- Georgia (9-1)
- No. 5 Kentucky (10-1)
- LSU (8-2)
- No. 19 Ole Miss (9-1)
- No. 25 Mississippi State (9-1)
- Missouri (9-1)
- No. 13 Oklahoma (10-0)
- South Carolina (7-3)
- Tennessee (10-0)
- Texas (9-2)
- Texas A&M (9-2)
- Vanderbilt (9-1)
Note: These standings update the SEC’s cohesive win total before conference play begins in January.
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