Auburn The Associated Press men’s basketball poll has climbed to No. 1 in program history for its second straight year, while fellow Southeastern Conference programs Georgia Ranked for the first time in 14 years.
Bruce Pearl’s Tigers (15-1) claimed 60 of 62 first-place votes and moved up one spot Monday after the previous No. 1. Tennessee But suffered the first loss of the season in the fall Floridato end a five-week run at the top. Auburn has been ranked No. 1 in the AP Top 25 just once before, during a three-week span in January and February of 2022, and is the third team to sit atop the poll this season.
Auburn’s only loss. Duke It’s early December and the Tigers have won eight straight games, though there’s no word on when the star forward is. Johnny Broom Could be ready to play after picking up an ankle injury in Saturday’s over. South Carolina.
The Tigers’ rise has catapulted them into another SEC-heavy poll, which features nine teams in the league’s AP top 25 — including three in the top five and five of the top 10.
Iowa State Moved up one spot to No. 2, its highest ranking in program history, followed by Duke, Alabama and Florida. The Blue Devils and Gators each claimed a first-place vote.
Top notch
The Volunteers (15-1) had been No. 1 since Dec. 9 and stood as Division I’s last undefeated team before a 30-point loss to Florida. He was beaten and recovered. Texas But still dropped five places to sixth place.
Marquette was next at No. 7 as the only team to remain in the same spot from last week, followed by Kentuckypreseason No. 1 Kansas And Houston To round out the top 10.
increasing
No. 12 Michigan State and No. 20 Michigan had the biggest jumps of the week, both rising four spots. Florida and No. 17 Purdue climbed three spots to finish next.
In all, 15 teams that were ranked last week moved up in the latest poll.
to fall
While Tennessee’s tumble was notable, the No. 19 Illinois The weekend’s home loss was the biggest slide of the week, falling six spots. USC.
Two-time reigning national champion UConn That matches the Volunteers’ five-spot drop, checking in at No. 14 after last week’s loss Villanova.
Six teams that were ranked last week moved down in Monday’s poll.
welcome
No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs, No. 24 Wisconsin And number 25 Baylor There were additions of the week. And for Georgia, it has been a while.
Mike White’s Bulldogs (14-2) have earned their first AP Top 25 ranking since spending a week at No. 24 in January 2011. That was the program’s only appearance since the 2002-03 season, but the Bulldogs are coming off a week that featured a win against then-No. 6 Kentucky and then no. 17 Oklahoma for the program’s first back-to-back victories against ranked opponents since the 2006-07 season.
Both the Badgers and Bears have spent several weeks in the polls this season.
goodbye (for now)
West Virginia (No. 21) And UCLA (No. 22) joined the Sooners in being eliminated from this week’s poll.
Conference clock
The SEC — which had 10 ranked teams on Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 — had nine ranked teams for the fifth time this season, including No. 11 Texas A&M, No. 15 Mississippi State and No. 21 Mississippi State. .
The Big Ten was next with six, followed by the Big 12 with four. The Big East had two, followed by the Atlantic Coast, West Coast, American Athletic and Mountain West conferences with one each.