Tennessee, Auburn and Iowa State retained the primary three spots within the newest Related Press Prime 25 males’s faculty basketball ballot, launched Monday.
The Volunteers (11-0) grabbed 41 first-place votes and Auburn (11-1) the opposite 21. The 2 groups are set to start Southeastern Convention play on Jan. 4, with a head-to-head conflict scheduled for Jan. 25.
Kentucky’s 85-65 loss to Ohio State on Saturday despatched the Wildcats (10-2) plummeting six spots to No. 10. The remainder of final week’s Prime 10 every moved up one place, with Duke (10-2) taking on at No. 4, adopted by Alabama (10-2), Florida (12-0), Kansas (9-2), Marquette (11-2) and Oregon (11-1).
Purdue dropped 5 locations after back-to-back losses to Auburn and Texas A&M. UCLA plunged 4 spots following a two-point loss to unranked North Carolina.
The remainder of the Related Press Prime 25:
11. UConn (10-3)
12. Oklahoma (12-0)
13. Texas A&M (10-2)
14. Gonzaga (9-3)
15. Houston (8-3)
16. Ole Miss (11-1)
17. Cincinnati (10-1)
18. Michigan State (10-2)
19. Mississippi State (11-1)
20. San Diego State (8-2)
21. Purdue (8-4)
22. UCLA (10-2)
23. Arkansas (10-2)
24. Illinois (8-3)
25. Baylor (7-3)
–Area Degree Media
