Gonzaga lost to Oregon State and Santa Clara, falling out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since early last year. Georgia dropped out from No. 23 following losses to Tennessee and Auburn. Baylor, No. 25 a week ago, is out after after losses to Arizona and TCU.

Iowa State, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Marquette and Kentucky all have single digits next to their names (in the AP poll for now) but lost as favorites this week. Auburn was fine, though.

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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's a new No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll. Auburn takes the top spot after SEC rival Tennessee fell at Florida last week.

No. 7 Marquette (15-3) beat DePaul 85-83, OT; lost to Xavier 59-57. No. 8 Kentucky (14-4) beat No. 11 Texas A&M 81-69; lost to No. 4 Alabama 102-97. No. 9 Kansas (13-4) lost to No. 2 Iowa St. 74-57; beat Kansas St. 84-74.

Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll for its second stint at the top in program history.

St. Francis (Pa.) at Wagner, 1 p.m. Brown at Cornell, 2 p.m. Columbia at Princeton, 2 p.m. Dartmouth at Yale, 2 p.m. Mercyhurst at LIU, 2 p.m. Penn at Harvard, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Drexel, 3 p.m. Morehouse at Howard, 4 p.m.

Boise St. at Colorado St., 8:30 p.m. Duquesne at La Salle, 11 a.m. Holy Cross at Army, 11 a.m. Marquette at Providence, 11 a.m. Navy at Boston U., 11:30 a.m.

Indiana’s run of unranked teams won’t last. The Big Ten has six teams ranked in the top 25 as well as Maryland being included among those also receiving votes. – and the Hoosiers will start to face quite a few of them starting next week when the Terrapins visit.

Grant Nelson scored a season-best 25 points and collected 11 rebounds to help No. 4 Alabama notch a 102-97 victory over No. 8 Kentucky in a high-octane Southeastern Conference contest

Only three teams — Alabama, Florida and No. 6 Tennessee — held the same spot from a week ago. The chaotic week allowed No. 8 Michigan State to move into the top 10 for the first time this season and No. 22 Missouri into the poll for the first time since 2022-23.