Auburn now consentaneous No
Jan 20, 2025, 01:28 PM ET A wild week of upsets and court stormings caused a huge shake-up in the AP Top 25.
One constant: Auburn.The Tigers were the unanimous pick at No. 1 in the Associated Press males’s college basketball survey launched Monday, hanging on to the top spot following a week in which 19 ranked teams lost at least as soon as– including 7 groups in the leading 10. Group Record 1. Auburn 17-1 2. Duke 16-2 3.
| Iowa | St.15-2 4. Alabama 15-3 5. Florida 16-2 6. Tennessee 16-2 7. Houston 14-3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8. Michigan St.16-2 9 | . Kentucky | ||
| 14-4 10. | Marquette | ||
| 15-3 11. Purdue 15-4 12. Kansas 13-4 13. Texas A&M 14-4 | 14. Mississippi | ||
| St.15-3 15. Oregon 15-3 16. Mississippi | |||
| 15-3 17. Illinois | 13-5 | ||
| 18. | Wisconsin | ||
| 15-3 19. UConn 13-5 | 20. St. John’s 16-3 21 | . Michigan 14-4 22 | . Missouri |
| 15-3 23. West Virginia 13-4 | |||
| 24. Memphis 14-4 | 25. Louisville 14-5 Auburn claimed the program | ‘s 2nd No. 1 ranking last week and | won both its games regardless of playing without injured big man Johni Broome. The Tigers rolled over No. 14 |
| Mississippi State 88-66 and endured a late resurgence to beat then-No. 19 | Georgia 70-68. No. 2 Duke went up an area after winning | both of its games | last |
| week and switched locations with No. 3 Iowa State, which blew out No. 12 | Kansas but | ||
| lost to No. 23 West Virginia. Alabama and Florida completed the leading 5 in spite of each losing a game last week.Only three teams– Alabama, | Florida and No. 6 |
Tennessee– held the same spot from a week back. The chaotic week permitted No. 8 Michigan State to move into the leading 10 for the first time this season and No. 22 Missouri into the poll for the very first time since 2022-23. Louisville’s climb Louisville has made quite a
turn-around under first-year coach Pat Kelsey.The Cardinals won a combined 12 games the previous two seasons but are playing some of their finest basketball in years. Following a three-game skid, Louisville has actually won eight directly to move into the survey for the first time in 4 years at No. 25. Last week, the Cardinals won at Syracuse for the very first time in eight years and topped the week by sweeping Virginia for the first time since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013. Rising Red Storm No. 20 St. John’s returned into the survey this week and has
its greatest ranking given that
reaching No. 15 on Dec. 29, 2014, under coach Steve Lavin.
The Red Storm, in their second season under Rick Pitino, moved into top place in the Big East with their win over Seton Hall and Marquette’s loss to Xavier. They have not won a share of the Big East regular-season title because 1992. St. John’s(16-3)is off to its finest start through 19 games given that opening 17-2 (eventually 20-2 )in 1985-86. And the Johnnies are 7-1 in Big East play for the very first time considering that opening 8-1 in 1998-99. Fluctuating No. 11
Purdue and No. 18 Wisconsin had the most significant jump among the teams in the poll, each climbing 6 spots. No. 16 Ole Miss is up five places after splitting games versus No. 4 Alabama and No. 14 Mississippi State.No. 24 Memphis had the week’s most significant drop, losing 6 locations after losing to Temple and beating Charlotte. Two-time NCAA champ UConn fell 5 places to No. 19 after seeing its 28-game home
winning streak end in a 68-63 loss to Creighton.Welcome back No. 22 Missouri is ranked for the first time this season after ending Florida’s 16-game home winning streak and posting an 18-point win over Arkansas. No. 23 West Virginia is back in the poll after removing Iowa State.Editor’s Picks
Louisville had not been ranked because reaching No. 25 on Jan. 25, 2021.
Three ranked groups lost both of their games recently and left of the poll.Gonzaga lost to Oregon State and Santa Clara, falling out of the AP Top 25 for the very first time because early last year. Georgia dropped out from No. 23 list below losses to Tennessee and Auburn.
Baylor, No. 25 a week back, is out after losses to Arizona and TCU.Utah State’s stint in the AP Top 25 lasted 2 weeks. The Aggies dropped out from No. 22 following a 65-62 loss to UNLV.Conference watch The SEC has 8 ranked teams after Georgia dropped out of the
poll, including 5 in the leading 10. The Big 10 was next with
six, followed by the Huge 12 with 5. The Big East and Atlantic Coast each had two ranked teams, with the American Athletic and Mountain West conferences at one each.