Vols grab No. 1 in males’s survey after massive shakeup

Tennessee is the brand-new No. 1 in men’s college basketball after an enormous shakeup in the AP Top 25.

The Vols received 58 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday to reach No. 1 for the first time because the 2018-19 season. Tennessee climbed 2 areas from last week after Kansas lost twice and Auburn fell to No. 4 Duke. The Tigers stayed No. 2 and got three first-place votes.No.

3 Iowa State had one first-place vote and climbed three locations from recently for its highest ranking considering that 1956-57. Kentucky completed the top five.Team Record 1. Tennessee(58)8-0 2. Auburn(3)

8-1 3. Iowa State(1

)7-1 4. Duke 7-2 5. Kentucky 8-1 6. Marquette 9-1 7 . Alabama 7-2 8. Gonzaga 7-2 9. Florida 9-0 10. Kansas 7-2 11. Purdue 8-2 12. Oregon 9-1 13. Oklahoma 9-0 14. Michigan 8-1 15. Houston 5-3 16. Clemson 9-1 17. Texas A&M 8-2 18. UConn 7-3 19. Mississippi 8-1 20 . Wisconsin 8-2 21. Michigan State 8-2 22. Cincinnati 7-1 23. San Diego State 6-2 24. UCLA 8-1 25. Mississippi State 8-1 In all , 14 ranked teams lost recently, consisting of six schools in the leading 10; Kansas and then-No. 11 Wisconsin lost two times. Just two groups — Auburn and No. 12 Oregon– stayed in the same poll spots they were a week earlier, and the volatility saw 5 groups delve into the rankings.Tennessee(8-0)is off to its finest start since opening the 2000-01 season 9-0

and is No. 1 in the NCAA Assessment Tool rankings. The Vols are also second in the KenPom scores, ranking second in protective effectiveness and ninth in offending effectiveness in spite of losing 4 starters from in 2015’s

SEC championship team. Tennessee beat Syracuse 96-70 in its only game last week.Kansas had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, before losing 76-63 to Creighton and 76-67 to competing Missouri. The losses dropped the Jayhawks to No. 10. Auburn had been poised to move into the No. 1 spot for the first time considering that 2021-22 but lost 84-78 at Duke before beating Richmond.Iowa State had its greatest preseason ranking at No. 5 after reaching the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16 a year ago. The Cyclones lost by two to Auburn in the Maui Invitational however have actually considering that rattled 4 straight wins.Iowa State blew out Jackson State 100-58 in its only game last week, before facing rival Iowa this week.Huskies rebound Two-time ruling nationwide champ UConn almost

dropped out of the poll recently following a 0-for-3 run in Maui. The Huskies got better well, getting remarkable wins over Baylor and Texas to

move up 7 spots in this week’s survey to No. 18. Editor’s Picks”Perhaps individuals with the shovels and the dirt, maybe they were too quick to get the shovel and toss the dirt on us, “UConn coach Dan Hurley said.Rising and falling Oklahoma had the most significant jump within this week’s survey, climbing 8 spots to No. 13 after beating Georgia Tech and Alcorn State

. Duke and No. 17 Texas A&M each went up 5 spots.Kansas had the most significant drop, followed by No. 20 Wisconsin, which fell nine areas. No. 22 Cincinnati dropped eight places.In and out Numerous groups moved in and out of this week’s poll.No. 14 Michigan is ranked for the first time in nearly 3 years after tight wins over Wisconsin and Iowa. Under first-year coach Dusty

May, the Wolverines have won seven straight.No. 16 Clemson is ranked for the first time this season, following wins over Kentucky and Miami. No. 21 Michigan State, which beat Nebraska and Minnesota, likewise signed up with the rankings.No. 24 UCLA is ranked for the very first time considering that the preseason poll following wins over Washington and Oregon. No. 25 Mississippi State is back in the survey after blowing out Pittsburgh 90-57 and beating Grassy field View A&M. Baylor, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Illinois and North Carolina dropped out of the rankings.Conference watch The

SEC led all

conferences with nine ranked teams, followed by the Big Ten with 6 and the Huge 12 with four. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big East each had 2 ranked groups, while the West Coast and Mountain West conferences had one each.