The SEC has proven to be full of heavyweights, with seven teams ranked in the top 14 of the latest AP Poll rankings. That said, it begs the question: how hard must it be at the bottom like South Carolina?

Can Mississippi State keep up? Alabama has a deadly style combination of hitting lots of threes, scoring lots of points, and doing a great job on the defensive boards. Against the nation's top scoring team,

Georgia appears to be in position to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time under the leadership of Mike White. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi currently has UGA in the ‘Last Four Byes’ category, with the latest Bracketology update coming on Wednesday.

A pair of SEC squads ranked in the top 15 face off for their first of two regular season meetings on Wednesday, Jan. 29 when the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide visit the No. 14 Mississippi State Bulldogs at Humphrey Coliseum in Starkville, Miss.

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No. 14 Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3) has lost three of its last five games with the setbacks all coming against ranked foes: then-No. 6 Kentucky, No. 1 Auburn and then-No. 6 Tennessee. The Bulldogs notched a 65-60 road victory in overtime versus South Carolina on Saturday. Alabama beat visiting LSU 80-73 on Saturday.

All Times EST No. 1 Auburn (18-1) at LSU (12-7), 7 p.m. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) at No. 14 Mississippi St. (16-4), 9 p.m. No. 6 Houston (16-3) at West Virginia (13-6), 7 p.m. No. 17 Wisconsin (16-4)

Predictions, picks and odds as Mississippi State faces Alabama this college basketball season. Plus, injury updates and the latest news.

For Kentucky, the game before The Game was a tough one on paper — a Tuesday night road contest against Rick Barnes' Tennessee Vols, who were ranked No. 1 in the country just a few weeks ago and listed as 10.

With quarterback Carson Beck in the fold, Miami is expected to shop for wide receivers during the spring portal window.

South Alabama faces the UL Monroe Warhawks after Amyria Walker scored 20 points in the Jaguars' 82-71 loss to the Arkansas State Red Wolves.

Will Auburn basketball forward Johni Broome play Saturday vs. No. 7 Tennessee? Here's the latest injury updates on the Tigers' star forward: