Auburn continues to reside in the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after surviving a scare Saturday against Tennessee. Kentucky wasn't

Johni Broome 's injury makes Auburn's spot more tenuous, but the Tigers beat Mississippi State by 22 even without him. Duke is barely breaking a sweat while blowing out inferior ACC competition. And then there's Iowa State, which has only a two-point loss to Auburn blemishing its résumé and just dispatched Kansas by 17.

The Big Ten Conference continued to showcase its strength in Monday's Associated Press Top 25. The Big Ten had five ranked teams while three other schools claimed votes in Monday's poll, nearly posting half of the conference with national recognition.

Dylan Mingo, On3's No. 1 point guard in the 2026 class, talks about this recruitment. The 6-foot-5 Mingo talks with On3's Jamie Shaw about Alabama, Auburn, Illinois, and Penn State while he breaks down his process.

Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.

The Vols likely would catapult onto the No. 1 seed line with a win at Auburn, but it would carry weight beyond the immediate effect on bracketology. A win at Auburn would give Tennessee two marquee road wins on its NCAA Tournament profile come Selection Sunday. The other was a 66-64 win at Illinois On dec. 14.

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.

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.

We’re approaching the mid-way point of the conference season — and we’re seeing separation in several power conferences.

All Times EST No. 2 Duke (17-2) vs. NC State (9-10), 8:30 p.m. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-2) at Arizona (13-6), 10:30 p.m. No. 7 Michigan St. (17-2) vs. Minnesota (11-9), 8 p.m. No. 8 Tennessee (17-3) vs. No.

ACC schedules in full are revealed Monday on ACC Network, but the opponents are known. This is a doozy for Mike Norvell's team. Florida State opens against Alabama, the first of four games against opponents ranked inside the top 20 of 247Sports rankings. One of the only positives for the Seminoles is not having to deal with 2024 ACC runner-up SMU.

Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.