Auburn No. 1 in AP Top 25 Basketball Poll for 7th week; Alabama slips to sixth
Auburn forward/center Johni Broome (4) celebrates by getting the crowd pumped during the second half an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll for the seventh straight week, while Alabama has fallen to No. 6.
The Tigers are a unanimous No. 1 and were followed by Duke, Florida, Houston and Tennessee in the top five.
Preseason No. 1 Kansas fell out of the men’s basketball poll for the first time since February 2021. That ended a streak of 80 consecutive ranked weeks for the Jayhawks. Ole Miss fell out along with the Jayhawks.
AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll (first-place votes in parentheses; SEC teams in bold):
Team/Record/Points/Previous Rank
| 1 | Auburn (60) | 25-2 | 1,500 | 1 |
| 2 | Duke | 24-3 | 1,406 | 3 |
| 3 | Florida | 24-3 | 1,397 | 2 |
| 4 | Houston | 23-4 | 1,327 | 5 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 22-5 | 1,236 | 6 |
| 6 | Alabama | 22-5 | 1,198 | 4 |
| 7 | St. John’s | 24-4 | 1,132 | 10 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 22-5 | 1,055 | 14 |
| 9 | Iowa State | 21-6 | 1,004 | 8 |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 21-6 | 915 | 9 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 21-6 | 800 | 11 |
| 12 | Texas A&M | 20-7 | 797 | 7 |
| 13 | Clemson | 22-5 | 712 | 18 |
| 14 | Missouri | 20-7 | 683 | 15 |
| 15 | Michigan | 20-6 | 657 | 12 |
| 16 | Maryland | 21-6 | 630 | 20 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 18-9 | 461 | 17 |
| 18 | Memphis | 22-5 | 393 | 22 |
| 19 | Louisville | 21-6 | 372 | 25 |
| 20 | Purdue | 19-9 | 328 | 13 |
| 21 | Marquette | 20-7 | 309 | 16 |
| 22 | Arizona | 18-9 | 289 | 19 |
| 23 | Saint Mary’s | 25-4 | 284 | NR |
| 24 | Mississippi State | 19-8 | 264 | 21 |
| 25 | BYU | 19-8 | 135 | NR |
Also receiving votes: Creighton 53, Ole Miss 28, Kansas 25, New Mexico 23, VCU 20, Oregon 20, UCLA 14, Drake 12, UC San Diego 8, Gonzaga 3, High Point 3, Illinois 3, Vanderbilt 2, Utah St. 1, Yale 1.
