Following the 38-point quad-one victory over Ohio State in Atlanta at the annual Holiday Hoopsgiving this past Saturday, Auburn men’s basketball remains ranked at No. 2 nationally in the AP Poll for the third straight week – trailing just No. 1 Tennessee.
Monday’s ranking 36th time in program history, and 16th under head coach Bruce Pearl, the Tigers are in the AP top-five. It also marks just the seventh time ever Auburn has been ranked No. 2 nationally.
The Tigers are one of eight SEC teams ranked this week – with five ranked in the Top 10. Auburn is followed by conference members; No. 4 Kentucky, No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 Florida, No. 12 Texas A&M, No. 14 Oklahoma, No. 17 Ole Miss.
Pearl and his squad already have five quad-one wins in their first ten games of the season – all which were won away from home. The Tigers’ average margin of victory against its five quad-one opponents is 14.4 points.
Auburn has wins against three teams in this week’s AP top 25; No. 3 Iowa State, No. 15 Houston and No. 21 Memphis.
The Tigers also ranked a top the KenPom metric system with wins over two of the top five rated teams.
The No. 2 ranked Tigers will take on Georgia State at 7 P.M. CST inside of Neville Arena on Tuesday night before heading to Birmingham, AL to clash with No. 16 Purdue 3:30 P.M. CST on Saturday, Dec. 21.
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