Record: 167-128, .566 W-L% (5th of 18)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
Regular Season Champion: Kentucky
NCAA Tournament: 1 (Kentucky)
Ranked in First AP Poll: 1 (Kentucky)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 3 (Auburn, Kentucky and Mississippi State)
| Conference | Overall | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | School | W | L | W-L% | W | L | W-L% |
| 1 | Kentucky* RFN | 12 | 2 | .857 | 23 | 6 | .793 |
| 2 | Auburn | 11 | 3 | .786 | 16 | 6 | .727 |
| 3 | Mississippi State | 9 | 5 | .643 | 20 | 5 | .800 |
| 3 | Alabama | 9 | 5 | .643 | 17 | 9 | .654 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 8 | 6 | .571 | 16 | 7 | .696 |
| 5 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 6 | .571 | 15 | 11 | .577 |
| 7 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 7 | .500 | 14 | 11 | .560 |
| 8 | Mississippi | 6 | 8 | .429 | 12 | 12 | .500 |
| 9 | Florida | 5 | 9 | .357 | 12 | 9 | .571 |
| 10 | Tulane | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | 15 | .348 |
| 10 | Louisiana State | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7 | 18 | .280 |
| 10 | Georgia | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7 | 19 | .269 |
| School | 12/10 | 12/17 | 12/24 | 12/31 | 1/7 | 1/14 | 1/21 | 1/28 | 2/4 | 2/11 | 2/18 | 2/25 | 3/4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| Mississippi State | 18 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | |
| Auburn | 20 | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Tennessee | 13 | 16 | 15 | 20 |
Regional Semifinal
Kentucky won (94-70) versus Miami (OH) (Mideast Regional)
Regional Final
Kentucky won (89-56) versus Notre Dame (Mideast Regional)