CBS's Margaret Brennan asked Vice President J.D. Vance how "lower income" states like Mississippi, Alabama, and Kentucky would be able to handle natural disasters without help from FEMA during an interview Sunday on "Face The Nation.

Counselors in the SREB network will travel to different districts and colleges to provide critical support following crises.

After back-to-back losses, No. 12 Kentucky takes a shorthanded roster to Knoxville to face No. 8 Tennessee. The Cats will be without Lamont Butler (shoulder), who was declared out last night, and potentially Andrew Carr (back),

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Robinson, a fifth-year senior Kentucky basketball guard, had scored at least 10 points in six of his past eight games entering Saturday. But that’s where the numbers are misleading.

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

Kentucky guard Jaxson Robinson has played a lot of college basketball. In fact, Robinson has played in 115 college games, so he knows the nature of the college game, and that things are not always going to go in your favor.

It’s Tennessee vs Kentucky in Mark Pope's first game against the Vols this college basketball season. Follow for live score updates, game highlights.

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.

Kentucky visits Tennessee in Knoxville! Let's continue our College Basketball odds series with a Kentucky-Tennessee prediction and pick.

Auburn (1), Alabama (4), Florida (6), Tennessee (8), Kentucky (12), Mississippi State (13), Texas A&M (15), Missouri (21) and Ole Miss (23) are ranked in the top 25 from the SEC. The entire USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll can be viewed here.

Initially, many Kentucky fans weren’t sold on Pope, whose BYU team made an early exit from the NCAA Tournament last March. He didn’t have the sexy resume, wasn’t drenched in blue-blood perfume from the Big Ten or SEC that would warrant taking such a lofty post in Lexington.