Vols, Auburn still atop SEC-heavy AP Leading 25 poll
Dec 23, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Tennessee and Auburn remained Nos. 1-2 atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. It’s a fitting spot for a set of Southeastern Conference groups considering the league put 10 teams into Monday’s AP Top 25.
The Volunteers (11-0) and Tigers (11-1) invested a 3rd straight week in the exact same position, and it marked a 4th consecutive week for Auburn sitting at No. 2. They became part of a leading 10 that included the very same top-10 programs, though slightly reshuffled with Kentucky tumbling 6 areas to No. 10 after a loss to Ohio State.The survey also included 4 additions that formerly had actually been ranked this season, consisting of No. 19 Mississippi State and No. 23 Arkansas to add to the SEC’s seasonlong hauls.Team Record 1. Tennessee (41)11-0 2.
| Auburn(21 | )11-1 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| . Iowa St.10-1 4. Duke 10-2 5. Alabama 10-2 6. Florida 12-0 7 | . Kansas 9-2 8. Marquette 11-2 | 9. Oregon 11-1 10 | |
| . Kentucky 10-2 | |||
| 11. UConn 10-3 12 | . Oklahoma | ||
| 12-0 13. Texas A&M | 10-2 | ||
| 14. Gonzaga 9-3 | 15. | ||
| Houston 8-3 16 | . Mississippi 11-1 17 | . Cincinnati 10-1 18. Michigan State 10-2 19. Mississippi State 11-1 20. San | |
| Diego State 8-2 21. Purdue | |||
| 8-4 22. UCLA 10-2 23 | . Arkansas | ||
| 10-2 24. Illinois 8-3 | 25. Baylor | ||
| 7-3 The SEC has actually had | as numerous as | ||
| 9 ranked groups three times this season, including in the preseason survey. This is the very first time considering that at least the start of the 2012-13 season that one league had 10 ranked teams.Iowa State was third, followed by Duke and Alabama to | complete the top | ||
| five. Florida, Kansas, Marquette and Oregon followed, with those groups all moving up one area | |||
| offered the | Wildcats’ | ||
| fall to 10th. Rising | San Diego State had the greatest jump amongst last | week’s ranked teams | , increasing 3 spots to No. |
20, while No. 12 Oklahoma, No. 17 Cincinnati and No. 18 Michigan State all climbed two areas. In all, 11 teams rose a minimum of one spot this week.Sliding While Kentucky took the week’s most significant tumble, No. 21 Purdue and No. 22 UCLA likewise moved multiple areas
. The Boilermakers fell 5 places after an uneven loss to Auburn, while the Bruins fell four areas after blowing a 16-point lead and falling by two against an unranked North Carolina team that opened the year at No. 9.
No. 13 Texas
A&M and No. 14 Gonzaga also moved one spot to round out the downward movers.Status quo 5 groups held their positions from last week, beginning with the Volunteers, Tigers and Cyclones at the top. Two-time ruling nationwide champ UConn(No. 11 )and Houston(No. 15)likewise remained in place.Welcome Editor’s Picks No. 24 Illinois and No. 25 Baylor signed up with Mississippi State and Arkansas as the week’s brand-new arrivals and poll returnees.The Bears were the highest ranked of that group this year, opening the year at No. 8 and spending five weeks in the poll. The Razorbacks started at No. 16 and spent four weeks in the poll, while the Bulldogs and Illini have each had a set of one-week stints in November and December.Farewell (for now) Memphis (No. 21), Dayton(No. 22), Michigan (No. 24) and Clemson (No. 25) fell out of the survey to include the new teams.Conference watch While the SEC demolished spots
, the AP Top 25 featured teams from a total of seven leagues.The Big 10– headlined by ninth-ranked new league member Oregon– had five teams to sign up with the Huge 12 for second behind the SEC, while the Big East was the only other league with at least 2 ranked teams.The Atlantic Coast, West Coast and Mountain West conferences each had one ranked group.