Auburn on top of AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll for eighth straight week; Alabama falls to No. 7
Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl, left, enjoys a lighter moment with referee Chuck Jones in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/James Crisp)
Auburn remains atop the AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball poll for the eighth straight week. Alabama has fallen one place to No. 7.
Auburn was the unanimous pick at No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving all 61 votes from a media panel in the poll released today. The Tigers held the top spot following lopsided wins over Ole Miss and then-No. 17 Kentucky.
Alabama lost to Tennessee. The Volunteers rose to No. 4 following Jahmai Mashack’s last-second 3-pointer from well beyond half court to beat the Crimson Tide 79-76.
Florida rounded out the top five, dropping two places after losing to Georgia and beating Texas A&M.
No. 8 Michigan State joined Auburn and Duke as the only teams to have the same ranking as last week.
AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll (first-place votes in parentheses, SEC teams in bold):
- Auburn (61)
- Duke
- Houston
- Tennessee
- Florida
- St. John’s
- Alabama
- Michigan State
- Texas Tech
- Iowa State
- Clemson
- Wisconsin
- Maryland
- Louisville
- Missouri
- Memphis
- Michigan
- Purdue
- Kentucky
- Marquette
- Saint Mary’s
- Texas A&M
- BYU
- Arizona
- Mississippi State
Also receiving votes: VCU 85, Vanderbilt 78, Oregon 37, Drake 18, UC San Diego 17, Illinois 16, Ole Miss 13, UCLA 8, Gonzaga 8, Kansas 5, High Point 4, UConn 4, New Mexico 2, Creighton 2, Akron 1.
No teams moved in or out of this week’s poll.
The SEC continued its dominance with three of the top five and eight total in the Top 25 this week. The Big 12 has three teams in the top 10 and five ranked teams, while the Big Ten also had five teams in the poll. The ACC has three, the Big East two and the American and West Coast conferences have one ranked team apiece.
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