Tennessee and Auburn remained No. 1-2 atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. It’s a fitting spot for a pair of Southeastern Conference teams considering the league put 10 teams into Monday’s AP Top 25.
The Volunteers (11-0) and Tigers (11-1) spent a third straight week in the same position, and it marked a fourth consecutive week for Auburn sitting at No. 2. They were part of a top 10 that featured the same top-10 programs, though slightly reshuffled with Kentucky tumbling six spots to No. 10 after a loss to Ohio State.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS
1 Tennessee 11-0 1
2 Auburn 11-1 2
3 Iowa State 10-1 3
4 Duke 10-2 5
5 Alabama 10-2 6
6 Florida 12-0 7
7 Kansas 9-2 8
8 Marquette 11-2 9
9 Oregon 11-1 10
10 Kentucky 10-2 4
11 UConn 10-3 11
12 Oklahoma 12-0 14
13 Texas A&M 10-2 12
14 Gonzaga 9-3 13
15 Houston 8-3 15
16 Ole Miss 11-1 17
17 Cincinnati 10-1 19
18 Michigan State 10-2 20
19 Mississippi State 11-1 –
20 San Diego State 8-2 23
21 Purdue 8-4 16
22 UCLA 10-2 18
23 Arkansas 10-2 –
24 Illinois 8-3 –
25 Baylor 7-3 –
The poll also featured four additions that previously had been ranked this season, including No. 19 Mississippi State and No. 23 Arkansas to add to the SEC’s season-long hauls.