Kentucky's projected SEC Tournament seed one month out

In one month, we’ll be in Tampa getting ready to watch the Cats start their SEC Tournament run. If the tournament started today, Kentucky would be the No. 2 seed, playing the winner of No. 7 Vanderbilt vs. No. 10 South Carolina Friday night at 6 p.m. ET.

Kentucky is currently one game back from Auburn in the standings. Should the Tigers lose another game and be tied with Kentucky in the standings, they’ll still hold the tiebreaker thanks to the win on the Plains. Arkansas and Tennessee are tied for third, with the Razorbacks currently holding the edge because they beat Auburn, the No. 1 seed, on Tuesday. Arkansas and Tennessee play each other twice over the next month, so we’ll have a head-to-head tiebreaker soon. The Razorbacks have a tough road ahead, but if they continue to play well, Kentucky’s game in Fayetteville on Feb. 26 could be huge.

Here are the current standings and corresponding seedings. You can see all of the tiebreaking procedures on the SEC’s website.

SEC Standings – Feb. 10

TEAM	CONFERENCE	GAMES BACK	OVERALL
Auburn	10-1	–	22-2
Kentucky	9-2	1	20-4
Arkansas	8-3	2	19-5
Tennessee	8-3	2	17-6
Florida	6-5	4	16-8
Mississippi State	5-5	4.5	14-9
LSU	5-6	5	17-7
Alabama	5-6	5	15-9
Vanderbilt	5-6	5	13-10
Texas A&M	4-7	6	15-9
South Carolina	4-7	6	13-10
Missouri	3-7	6.5	9-14
Ole Miss	3-8	7	12-12
Georgia	1-10	9	6-18

Current SEC Tournament Seeds

1. Auburn (10-1, .909)
2. Kentucky (9-2, .818)
3. Arkansas (8-3, .727)
4. Tennessee (8-3, .727)
5. Florida (6-5, .545)
6. Mississippi State (5-5, .500)
7. Vanderbilt (5-6, .455)
8. Alabama (5-6, .455)
9. LSU (5-6, .455)
10. South Carolina (4-7, .364)
11. Texas A&M (4-7, .364)
12. Missouri (3-7, .300)
13. Ole Miss (3-8, .273)
14. Georgia (1-10, .091)

Bracket as of Feb. 10

Obviously, lots of basketball left to play. Here are the remaining schedules for the current top four seeds and KenPom‘s projections, which show Tennessee taking the No. 3 seed and Arkansas falling to No. 4:

Auburn

• Feb. 12: Texas A&M (W)
• Feb. 16: Vanderbilt (W)
• Feb. 19: at Florida (W)
• Feb. 23: Ole Miss (W)
• Feb. 26: at Tennessee (L)
• Mar. 2: at Mississippi State (W)
• Mar. 5: South Carolina (W)

Kentucky

• Feb. 12: Florida (W)
• Feb. 15: at Tennessee (L)
• Feb. 19: Alabama (W)
• Feb. 23: LSU (W)
• Feb. 26: at Arkansas (W)
• Mar. 1: Ole Miss (W)
• Mar. 5: at Florida (W)

Arkansas

• Feb. 12: at Alabama (L)
• Feb. 15: at Missouri (W)
• Feb. 19: Tennessee (L)
• Feb. 22: at Florida (L)
• Feb. 26: Kentucky (L)
• Mar. 2: LSU (W)
• Mar. 5: at Tennessee (L)

Tennessee

• Feb. 12: Vanderbilt (W)
• Feb. 15: Kentucky (W)
• Feb. 19: at Arkansas (W)
• Feb. 22: at Missouri (W)
• Feb. 26: Auburn (W)
• Mar. 1: at Georgia (W)
• Mar. 5: Arkansas (W)