No. 1 Tennessee and No. 2 Auburn remained in a battle for the top spot in the latest AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday for the fourth consecutive week to keep the SEC's dominant start to the 2024-25 season rolling.

The arrival of conference play in high-major leagues across the country this week presents several opportunities for Top 25 shakeups.

The Huskies, after their meltdown in Hawaii, have now won four straight and seem back on track entering Big East play. The series will reportedly feature 10 of the conference's teams, but top programs Georgia, Texas and Alabama opted out of it.

Tennessee basketball ties a program record for longest stretch at No. 1 in national polls. For the fourth straight week, Tennessee is the number one team in the country. It ties the longest streak atop the polls in program history that was set in the 2018-2019 season.