Johni Broome is back, and Auburn is still on top of the SEC. The Tigers picked up their 11th straight win on Saturday night when they beat Tennessee 53-51. It marked Broome’s first game back from an ankle injury. He had a team-high 16 points and 13 rebounds off the bench in the win, which marked the lowest point total the Tigers have had all year.

After going 2-0 this past week with a 16-point win over Vanderbilt and a 7-point win over LSU, Alabama stayed put at No. 4 in this week’s AP Poll. It’s the third consecutive week the Crimson Tide has been ranked No.

The top five spots in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll remain unchanged, with Auburn still the unanimous No. 1 selection, while St. John's and Memphis made the biggest

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 Tigers picked up another much-needed win over Florida. Plus, see the high school basketball games rescheduled from last week:

Two and a half months into the 2024-25 men’s college hoops season, the SEC has made the most of the bigger, badder, and larger basketball leagues. All 16 teams in the league are sitting above .500 overall and have 10 wins or more at this point in the season.

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.

Despite Iowa State ’s 64-57 loss at then-unranked West Virginia, the Cyclones moved down just one spot. While Alabama, Florida and Tennessee stayed put, Michigan State (16-2) and Houston (14-3) made significant jumps.

The No. 1 Auburn Tigers host the No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers in an SEC showdown that could be the first of several meetings between the two.

The newest college basketball rankings are here as the 2024-25 AP Poll Top 25 was updated after Week 12 of the season. There were some upsets so naturally, there were shakeups in the rankings. That’s just college basketball!

As expected, Kentucky fell out of the top ten of both the AP and Coaches Polls after the loss to Vanderbilt. The Cats are No. 12 in the new AP Poll, down three spot from No. 9. They are also No. 12 in the new Coaches Poll.

After a loss at Texas and a win over No. 16 Ole Miss last week, here’s where Missouri basketball landed in Monday’s updated national top-25 polls.