Tennessee held onto No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the second consecutive week, though No. 2 Auburn closed the gap as the top five remained unchanged in the men’s college basketball poll Monday.
The Volunteers received 50 first-place votes from the national media panel after wins over Miami and Illinois pushed coach Rick Barnes’ program to 10-0 for only the fifth time in school history. Auburn picked up nine first-place votes from last week and had 12 total. Iowa State, Duke and Kentucky rounded out the top five.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS
1 Tennessee 10-0 1
2 Auburn 9-1 2
3 Iowa State 9-1 3
4 Kentucky 10-1 5
5 Duke 8-2 4
6 Alabama 8-2 7
7 Florida 10-0 9
8 Kansas 8-2 10
9 Marquette 9-2 6
10 Oregon 10-1 12
11 UConn 8-3 18
12 Texas A&M 9-2 17
13 Gonzaga 7-3 8
14 Oklahoma 10-0 13
15 Houston 6-3 15
16 Purdue 8-3 11
17 Ole Miss 9-1 19
18 UCLA 9-1 24
19 Cincinnati 8-1 22
20 Michigan State 8-2 21
21 Memphis 8-2 –
22 Dayton 9-2 –
23 San Diego State 7-2 23
24 Michigan 8-2 14
25 Clemson 9-2 16