Tall task for newly-ranked No. 23 Georgia at No. 6 Tennessee

Georgia earned a spot in the national rankings for the first time in 14 years after notching back-to-back upset wins.Checking in at No. 23 in both major polls, the Bulldogs attempt to validate their new standing when they battle No. 6 Tennessee on Wednesday night in Southeastern Conference play in Knoxville, Tenn.However, third-year Georgia coach Mike White doesn’t want anyone thinking that his program has arrived after cracking the AP poll for the first time since Jan. 10, 2011.”We’re just not going to do big picture. I’m sorry,” White said before the rankings were unveiled. “… Really happy for our guys. We’ve got a ways to go. We do.”Georgia (14-2, 2-1 SEC) crashed into the rankings by beating then-No. 6 Kentucky 82-69 on Jan. 7 and then-No. 17 Oklahoma 72-62 on Saturday.Tennessee (15-1, 2-1) represents another stiff challenge. The Volunteers were the last team in the country to lose their first game and fell out of the No. 1 spot in the nation by being blown out 73-43 by then-No. 8 Florida on Jan. 7.”This is a great opportunity for us,” White said of visiting the Vols. “They’re one of the best teams in the country and they’ve had one of the best defenses in the country for the last decade. It’s an opportunity to see where we stack up on the road in front of 20-something-thousand (fans). It will be rockin’ in there.”In the victory over Oklahoma, Asa Newell and Dakota Leffew each scored 15 points. Somto Cyril blocked four shots to mark his fourth time with four or more this season. The freshman big man from Nigeria has rejected 32 shots overall.Newell leads Georgia with averages of 15.4 points and 6.8 rebounds and owns a stellar 58.1 field-goal percentage. Leffew is second with a 12.4 ppg average and has knocked down a team-best 38 3-pointers.Tennessee has defeated the Bulldogs four straight times and in six of the past seven meetings. The Volunteers are looking to beat the Bulldogs for the 100th time. Georgia has 62 wins in the series.The Volunteers shot just 21.4 percent from the field (12 of 56) and 13.8 percent from 3-point range (4 of 29) in their ugly loss to Florida but bounced back with a 74-70 road victory over Texas on Saturday.Tennessee was 10 of 23 from 3-point range against the Longhorns with Darlinstone Dubar knocking down three while scoring 12 points off the bench. That was his second-best scoring output of the season.