Three SEC teams held their spots in the new AP top five on Monday while Tennessee slipped 2 spots to No. 8 and Kentucky dropped out of the top 10. Following its weekend win over the Wildcats at home, Vanderbilt moved into the AP poll to give the SEC 10 ranked teams entering Week 13.
The top 5 in the poll remained unchanged, with Auburn retaining the No. 1 spot and all 62 first-place votes. Overall, the SEC took 4 of the top 10 spots and 10 of the top 25 spots in the new poll. The next closest conference was the Big Ten, with 5 ranked teams.
This week’s full AP Top 25 can be found below. First-place votes are in parentheses.
Auburn (62) Duke Iowa State Alabama Florida Houston Michigan State Tennessee Marquette Purdue Kansas Kentucky Texas A&M Mississippi State St. John’s Oregon Wisconsin Illinois Memphis Mizzou Louisville Texas Tech Ole Miss Vanderbilt UConnReceiving votes: Michigan 129, Maryland 116, Utah St. 99, Clemson 92, Arizona 47, Saint Mary’s 45, Gonzaga 34, Texas 22, Creighton 12, Baylor 8, New Mexico 4, VCU 4, West Virginia 3, Oklahoma 2, Bradley 1, UCLA 1
The Tigers (18-1, 6-0 SEC) played just once last week. They hosted Tennessee (17-3, 4-3) on Saturday in a top-10 showdown that saw Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome return from a 2-game absence. Auburn outlasted the Vols for a 53-51 win.
Alabama (17-3, 6-1) beat Vanderbilt (16-4, 4-3) by 16 points in a midweek matchup at home, then beat LSU 80-73 on Saturday.
Florida (18-2, 5-2) won in stunning fashion last Wednesday at South Carolina, erasing a 14-point deficit and winning by 1 on a layup from Will Richard with 4.8 seconds left. The Gators followed that result up with a 30-point pasting of Georgia on Saturday.
Kentucky (14-5, 3-3) played just once. It followed up a 5-point home loss to Alabama 2 Saturdays ago with a 74-69 loss to Vanderbilt on the road last Saturday. The Wildcats moved down 3 spots from last week’s ranking.
Texas A&M (15-5, 4-3) continued its roller coaster ride in conference play with a midweek win at Ole Miss — another game that ended in dramatic fashion on a go-ahead triple with 13 seconds left — and a road loss at Texas on Saturday. Against the Rebels, A&M closed on an 11-2 run to win 63-62. Against Texas, A&M took an 18-point lead into the halftime break, led by as many as 22 in the second half, and lost 70-69 after giving up a go-ahead layup with 3 seconds to play.
Mississippi State (16-4, 4-3) lost to Tennessee in Knoxville by 12 points on Tuesday and followed that result up with a 5-point overtime win at South Carolina on Saturday.
Mizzou (16-4, 5-2) lost to Texas on the road on Tuesday and bounced back in a massive way on Saturday, scoring 83 points at home to upend Ole Miss (15-5, 4-3). Despite the 1-1 week, the Tigers improved 2 spots in the poll.
The Rebels dropped 7 spots following a third consecutive defeat.
College Basketball AP Top 25: Auburn retains top spot, Vandy cracks poll to give SEC 10 ranked teams Saturday Down South.
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