Auburn claimed the program’s second No. 1 ranking last week and won both its games despite playing without injured big man Johni Broome. The Tigers rolled over No. 14 Mississippi State 88-66 and survived a late comeback to beat then-No. 19 Georgia 70-68.

The Illini had the week's biggest slide by falling six spots after a weekend home loss to Southern California.

This week's AP top 25 men's basketball poll has Illinois at #19 in the country. That's down from #13 last week. Illinois stands at 13-and-4 on the season. Six Big Ten Conference teams are in the top 25 this week led by Michigan State (#12) and Oregon (#13). Purdue is 17th - Illinois 19th - Michigan 20th - and Wisconsin enters the poll at #24.

Tennessee's loss proved to be Auburn's gain as the Tigers climbed to the top of the AP Top 25 this week for just the second time in program history. How will they and the other ranked teams fare ...

The new AP poll is out, and the Auburn Tigers are No. 1 on the list for the second time in program history. The first time was for three weeks in January and February of 2022. Auburn jumped Tennessee for the No. 1 spot after the Volunteers lost 73-43 to Florida on Tuesday in Gainesville. Tennessee had be No. 1 for five weeks.

There are a pair of massive top-10 showdowns this weekend in college basketball, two games that will have a sizable impact on next week's Power Rankings. The first is Tennessee's trip to Auburn on Saturday.

With conference play well underway, and eight weeks to go until Selection Sunday, here is an early look at which teams could make the NCAA tournament field.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

Florida hosts Georgia for an SEC gymnastics rivalry meet. Here's how to watch the TV and live stream information.

In this exercise, Florida would replace Tennessee as the third SEC team into the playoff field in 2025.

No. 6 Tennessee takes on the No. 1 Auburn Tigers after Chaz Lanier scored 23 points in the Volunteers' 68-56 win against the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Nyreek Williams, 19, and Franquon Wright, 20, have been sentenced to 20 years each for attempted murder related to a shooting in the Auburn High School parking lot in