After dropping its match against Florida on the road on Saturday, Auburn basketball dropped to No. 3 in the latest AP Poll. The former second-ranked team dropped one spot to No. 3 after Florida’s defense locked down on the final possession and forced the Tigers to fail on a last-ditch scoring effort as time expired.
Vaulted by Arizona (24-2) after a last-minute three-point win over Oregon, Auburn still remains in the top five in the AP Poll for the seventh time this season. If the Tigers hold out and remain ranked in the top four in next week’s AP poll, they will tie the program’s longest streak at eight weeks in a row being ranked as a top-five team in the nation.
Gonzaga was the unanimous No. 1 ranked team after extending the nation’s longest home win-streak to 67 after an 81-69 win over Santa Clara. Kentucky dropped from No. 4 to No. 6 after losing on the road to then-ranked No. 16 Tennessee in Knoxville on Tuesday.
Auburn’s upcoming opponent on Saturday, Tennessee, fell one spot to No. 17 in this week’s AP Poll. Alabama capped off the SEC's representatives in the rankings at No. 24.
The complete poll is listed below.
No. 1 Gonzaga
No. 2 Arizona
No. 3 Auburn
No. 4 Purdue
No. 5 Kansas
No. 6 Kentucky
No. 7 Duke
No. 8 Villanova
No. 9 Texas Tech
No. 10 Baylor
No. 11 Providence
No. 12 UCLA
No. 13 Wisconsin
No. 14 Houston
No. 15 Illinois
No. 16 USC
No. 17 Tennessee
No. 18 Arkansas
No. 19 Murray State
No. 20 Texas
No. 21 UConn
No. 22 Ohio State
No. 23 Saint Mary’s
No. 24 Alabama
No. 25 Iowa
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Larry is a senior studying journalism with a minor in sociology. He is from Enterprise, Alabama and is in his third year with The Auburn Plainsman.
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