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The University of Tennessee was in the Associated Press Women's Basketball Top 25 for 565 straight weeks. That streak started Feb. 17, 1985, and ended this week.

Thursday, Feb. 25

College basketball (7-9 p.m. SECN): The 16th-ranked Lady Bulldogs hit the road to face Vanderbilt.

Friday, Feb. 26

College baseball (4-7 p.m. SEC+): Two top college baseball teams collide as the University of Mississippi hosts Louisville.

Saturday, Feb. 27

College basketball (11 a.m.-1 p.m., SECN): UM keeps driving toward a postseason bid against Georgia on the road.

Sunday, Feb. 28

College basketball (1:30-3:30 p.m., SECN): The Alabama Lady Tide of will try to derail the late-season momentum of the Lady Bulldogs in Starkville.

Monday, Feb. 29

Documentary (9:30-11 p.m., SECN): "SEC Storied: Thunder and Lightning" tells the story of Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro and the 1985 MSU baseball team.

Tuesday, March 1

College baseball (6-9 p.m., SEC+): Alcorn State hits the road, looking to take down a preseason top 25 MSU.

Wednesday March 2

College basketball (6-8 p.m., SECN): The Rebels can't afford for the Bulldogs to sweep them if they have any postseason hopes as UM hosts MSU.

Now, the current longest streak of consecutive weeks ranked in AP Women's poll is Connecticut's 428 weeks streak. It will take the Huskies another seven years to tie the Lady Vols.

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