Auburn still No. 1 in Top 25 for sixth straight
Feb 17, 2025, 01:41 PM ET
Auburn’s win at Alabama assured the Tigers would keep the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for a sixth consecutive week.The Tigers(23-2)got 59 of 60 first-place votes in Monday’s poll, reclaiming nearly all the support lost when they fell in your home to Florida on Feb. 8. Auburn had been the unanimous No. 1 for three straight weeks before that loss, however remained at the top last week in spite of seeing almost half of those first-place votes go mainly to Alabama, with a couple of to Florida and Tennessee.Team Record 1. Auburn( 59)23-2 2. Florida(1)22-3 3. Duke 22-3 4. Alabama 21-4 5.
| Houston 21-4 6. Tennessee 21-5 7. Texas A&M 20-5 8. Iowa State 20-5 | 9. Texas Tech 20-5 10. St. John’s 22-4 11. Wisconsin | ||||
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| 20-5 12. | Michigan 20-5 13 | ||||
| . Purdue 19-7 14 | . Michigan | ||||
| State 20-5 15. Missouri 19-6 16. Marquette 19-6 17. Kentucky 17-8 18 | . Clemson 21-5 19 | ||||
| . Arizona 17-8 20. Maryland 20-6 21. Mississippi State 18-7 22. | |||||
| Memphis 21-5 23 | . Kansas 17-8 24. Ole Miss 19-7 25. | Louisville 20-6 | |||
| But the Tigers | won Saturday in a | ||||
| 1-vs. -2 roadway matchup against | |||||
| the rival Crimson Tide, hours after the committee that will choose the 68-team field | |||||
| for the NCAA Competition put Auburn | |||||
| as its No. 1 overall seed in | |||||
| its initial rankings.The leading tier The | |||||
| two teams to | beat | ||||
| the Tigers sit right behind | |||||
| them. Florida | and Duke were connected for | 3rd recently, and the Gators | inched past heaven Devils to break that tie | and take the No. 2 area while | declaring the remaining first-place vote.Alabama fell to No. 4, followed by |
| Houston, Tennessee, Texas A&M– with |
its highest ranking since December 2017– Iowa State, Texas Tech and St. John’s to round out the top 10. Of that group, the Red Raiders represented the only change from last week’s set of groups, climbing up three areas to change Purdue for their
very first top-10 appearance in three years. Grant McCasland’s squad, which has lost simply twice since the start of 2025, was unranked till splitting the poll at No. 22 on Jan. 27. Increasing Michigan had the week’s biggest dive among ranked groups, climbing up 8 areas to No. 12 after beating Purdue last week and pushing its win streak to six games.No. 15 Missouri leapt six areas, while No. 11 Wisconsin, No. 18 Clemson and No. 20 Maryland each increased 5 spots.In all, 12 teams moved up from their position last week.Sliding Memphis
took the greatest tumble of the week, falling 8 spots to No. 22 after its overtime loss at Wichita State ended an eight-game winning streak.No. 13 Purdue, No. 19 Arizona and No. 23 Kansas– the preseason No. 1-ranked team– all fell six areas, while No. 24 Mississippi toppled five.Ten teams fell from last week’s poll.Welcome back No. 25 Louisville was the week’s lone new addition, going back to the survey for the second time after a two-week stint in January. First-year coach Pat Kelsey has actually directed the program to its very first 20-win season since 2019-20, with the Cardinals having lost just as soon as considering that mid-December. Goodbye(for now) Creighton (No. 24
)fell out of the rankings for the second time this season.
The Bluejays
were ranked for the very first 4 weeks, then returned recently for what ended up being a one-week stay.Conference watch The Southeastern Conference had a national-best nine teams, consisting of three of the top four and five of the top 10. The Big 12 and Big Ten each had five teams, though the Big 12 had 3 in the top 10 while
the highest-ranked Big 10 group signed in at 11th. The Atlantic
Coast Conference had three, followed by the Big East with 2 and the American Athletic Conference with one.