Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl, center, and players reacts to a play during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)2025-01-13T18:03:21Z The AP Top 25 mens college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season!Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press mens basketball poll for its second stint at the top in program history, while fellow Southeastern Conference program Georgia is in the rankings for the first time in 13 years.Bruce Pearls Tigers (15-1) claimed 60 of 62 first-place votes to rise one spot Monday after previous No. 1 Tennessee suffered its first loss of the season, falling at Florida, to end a five-week reign at the top. Auburn has been No. 1 only once before in the AP Top 25, during a three-week stint in January and February of 2022, and is the third team to sit atop the poll this season.Auburns only loss came at Duke in early December and the Tigers have won eight straight games, though there is no word on when star forward Johni Broome might be ready to play after suffering an ankle injury in Saturdays win over South Carolina. The Tigers rise made them the headliner in another SEC-heavy poll, with the league having nine teams in the AP Top 25 including three of the top five and five of the top 10.Iowa State rose one spot to No. 2, reaching its highest ranking in program history, followed by Duke, Alabama and Florida. The Blue Devils and Gators each claimed a first-place vote. The top tierThe Volunteers (15-1) had been No. 1 since Dec. 9 and stood as Division Is last unbeaten team before a 30-point loss to Florida. They recovered by beating Texas but still tumbled five spots to No. 6.Marquette was next at No. 7 as the only team to stay at the same spot from last week, followed by Kentucky, preseason No. 1 Kansas and Houston to round out the top 10. RisingNo. 12 Michigan State and No. 20 Michigan had the weeks biggest jumps, each rising four spots. Florida and No. 17 Purdue were next by climbing three positions.In all, 15 teams that were ranked last week moved up in the latest poll. FallingWhile Tennessees tumble was notable, No. 19 Illinois had the weeks biggest slide by falling six spots after a weekend home loss to Southern California.Two-time reigning national champion UConn matched the Volunteers five-spot decline, checking in at No. 14 after last weeks loss at Villanova.Six teams that were ranked last week moved down in Mondays poll.WelcomeNo. 23 Georgia, No. 24 Wisconsin and No. 25 Baylor were the weeks new additions. And for Georgia, its been a while.Mike Whites Bulldogs (14-2) have their first AP Top 25 ranking since spending a week at No. 24 in January 2011. That lone appearance had stood as the programs only time being ranked since the 2002-03 season, but the Bulldogs are coming off a week that featured wins against then-No. 6 Kentucky and then-No. 17 Oklahoma for the programs first back-to-back victories against ranked opponents since the 2006-07 season.Both the Badgers and Bears have spent multiple weeks in the poll this season.Farewell (for now)West Virginia (No. 21) and UCLA (No. 22) joined the Sooners in falling out of this weeks poll.Conference watchThe SEC which had 10 ranked teams on Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 had nine ranked teams for the fifth time this season, including No. 11 Texas A&M, No. 15 Mississippi State and No. 21 Mississippi.The Big Ten was next with six, followed by the Big 12 with four. The Big East had two, followed by the Atlantic Coast, West Coast, American Athletic and Mountain West conferences with one each. ___Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball AARON BEARD Beard covers sports in North Carolina for The Associated Press with an emphasis on college basketball. His coverage includes ACC sports and the NHLs Carolina Hurricanes. twitter mailto