Less than a month remains in the SEC basketball regular season, and four programs are still firmly in the race for the conference title.

One measly game separates first-place Alabama and fourth-place Tennessee, with Auburn and South Carolina sitting half a game off the pace.

How did this week's action shape our SEC power rankings? Here's a fresh look.

1. Auburn

After a 40-point bludgeoning of South Carolina, Auburn's average margin of victory at home in conference play is 22.3 points. The Jungle might be too soft a monicker for the environment the Tigers have built inside Neville Arena. Visitors leave rainforests unscathed all the time.

Last week: 1

Record: 20-5

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2. Tennessee

The Vols began a string of four very manageable games by thumping helpless Arkansas. They'd better continue to take care of business, because they close the season with Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina and Kentucky.

Last week: 3

Record: 18-6

3. Alabama

Mark Sears is riding a stretch of seven consecutive games with at least 20 points as he states his case for SEC Player of the Year. That race between Sears, Johni Broome and Dalton Knecht mirrors the SEC title battle in its closeness.

Last week: 4

Record: 17-7

4. South Carolina

The Gamecocks have now been outscored 175-108 in two trips to the state of Alabama this season. Lamont Paris' team has a get-right game at home against LSU before a brutal five-game stretch to end the regular season. Can South Carolina stay in the title hunt?

Last week: 2

Record: 21-4

5. Kentucky

The Wildcats were plus-10 on the scoreboard against Ole Miss in the 21 minutes they got from stud forward Tre Mitchell upon his return before he injured his shoulder. A fully-equipped Kentucky team remains a threat, but an elusive one.

Last week: 5

Record: 17-7

6. Florida

Florida has quietly won six of its last seven, headlined by victories over Kentucky at Rupp Arena and Auburn last Saturday. The Gators will be in the NCAA Tournament field, and near the top of the list of teams the top seeds don't want anything to do with.

Last week: 6

Record: 17-7

7. Texas A&M

Texas A&M is unbeaten on the season when Buzz Williams calls a timeout from center court in a three-piece suit. He failed to do so against Vanderbilt on Tuesday and paid the price.

Last week: 8

Record: 15-9

8. Mississippi State

The Bulldogs and their hated rivals could very well be competing for an NCAA Tournament bid when Ole Miss visits Starkville next week. Mississippi State has mere days to figure out how to shoot free throws and avoid repeating the charity stripe disaster it suffered in Oxford.

Last week: 9

Record: 16-8

9. Ole Miss

It's getting uncomfortable in a hurry for the Rebels, who have lost three in a row, don't have a true signature win and are not favored by the metrics. Ole Miss might still be on the right side of the bubble, but it won't stay there if it doesn't find something ‒ and quickly.

Last week: 7

Record: 18-6

10. LSU

A 3-1 start to SEC play that looked like it could represent the Tigers finding something under second-year coach Matt McMahon now looks like fool's gold. The Tigers have lost six of seven.

Last week: 10

Record: 12-12

11. Georgia

Last week we told the Bulldogs to ensure there were open dates at Stegeman Coliseum for the NIT. After losing five in a row ‒ most recently to Arkansas ‒ we're starting to think they don't have to worry about it.

Last week: 11

Record: 14-10

12. Arkansas

Any positive vibes the Razorbacks might have extracted from winning two out of three games were battered to ruins by Tennessee when the Vols won 92-63 at Bud Walton Arena.

Last week: 12

Record: 12-12

13. Vanderbilt

The Commodores aren't going anywhere besides the couch in March, but moments matter in college sports. Vanderbilt earned the right to enjoy one when Ezra Manjon's buzzer-beater sunk Texas A&M.

Last week: 13

Record: 7-17

14. Missouri

Only the 2018-19 Vanderbilt team owns the unwanted distinction of going winless in SEC play since the likes of Georgia Tech and Tulane were still bouncing around the conference. Mizzou has six games left to ensure it doesn't join that list.

Last week: 14

Record: 8-16

David Eckert covers Ole Miss for the Clarion Ledger. Email him at deckert@gannett.com or reach him on Twitter @davideckert98.

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This article originally appeared on Mississippi Clarion Ledger: SEC basketball power rankings: Who's the favorite to win the conference?