The Tennessee Volunteers, the lone unbeaten team remaining in men’s college basketball, strengthened their grip on the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday.
The Volunteers (14-0) beat Norfolk State by 15 points and then-No. 23 Arkansas by 24 points last week and picked up four more first-place votes. Tennessee received 45 of 60 ballots to stay on top for a fifth straight week.
The top five remained unchanged this week, with No. 2 Auburn (13-1) followed by Iowa State (12-1), Duke (12-2) and Alabama (12-2).
No. 6 Kentucky (12-2) climbed four places after handing Florida its first loss, knocking the Gators (13-1) down two spots to No. 8. No. 7 Marquette (13-2), No. 9 UConn (12-3) and No. 10 Texas A&M (12-2) round out the top 10.
The biggest movers this week were Illinois (11-3), which jumped up nine spots to No. 13, and UCLA (11-3), which tumbled seven spots to No. 22.
The rest of the AP Top 25:
11. Kansas (10-3) 12. Houston (10-3) 13. Illinois (11-3) 14. Mississippi State (13-1) 15. Oregon (13-2) 16. Michigan State (12-2) 17. Oklahoma (13-1) 18. Gonzaga (12-4) 19. Memphis (12-3) 20. Purdue (11-4) 21. West Virginia (11-2) 22. UCLA (11-3) 23. Ole Miss (12-2) 24. Michigan (11-3) 25. Utah State (14-1)
–Field Level Media
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