Tennessee tightened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Monday following a pair of lopsided wins, including one over SEC rival Arkansas, that left the Volunteers as the only undefeated team in men’s Division I college basketball.
The Vols picked up four more first-place votes and had 45 of 60 from the national panel to remain atop the poll for the fifth straight week. Auburn earned the other 15 first-place nods and stayed at No. 2, while Iowa State, Duke and Alabama rounded out a top five that was unchanged following the first week of conference play for many leagues around the country.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS
1 Tennessee 14-0 1
2 Auburn 13-1 2
3 Iowa State 12-1 3
4 Duke 12-2 4
5 Alabama 12-2 5
6 Kentucky 12-2 10
7 Marquette 13-2 8
8 Florida 13-1 6
9 UConn 12-3 11
10 Texas A&M 12-2 13
11 Kansas 10-3 7
12 Houston 10-3 14
13 Illinois 11-3 22
14 Mississippi State 13-1 17
15 Oregon 13-2 9
16 Michigan State 12-2 18
17 Oklahoma 13-1 12
18 Gonzaga 12-4 19
19 Memphis 12-3 21
20 Purdue 11-4 20
21 West Virginia 11-2 –
22 UCLA 11-3 15
23 Ole Miss 12-2 24
24 Michigan 11-3 –
25 Utah State 14-1 -yeah
Tennessee improved to 14-0 after beating Norfolk State and a 76-52 rout of the then-No. 23 Razorbacks, tying the third-longest winning streak in school history. And when Florida lost a shootout to Kentucky and Oklahoma was blown out by the Crimson Tide, it left the Volunteers as the only team in men’s major college hoops without a blemish.