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 holiday season hasn't had a major impact on the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll with Tennessee still leading Auburn for the No. 1 spot.

Johni Broome to stay healthy. There hasn't been a more dominant team in college basketball this season -- Auburn is putting up historic efficiency numbers through the first two months. But when Broome went down with a shoulder injury a couple of minutes into the Tigers' game against Georgia State last week,

Northwestern’s Brooks Barnhizer scores 21 points, grabs 17 boards and has six assists, four steals and three blocks after he had 10/10/3/3/3 in a win over Georgia Tech to be the only player to post 20 plus points, 10 plus rebounds, three plus assists, three plus steals and three plus blocks twice in a season.

Tennessee and Auburn remained Nos. 1-2 atop the AP men's college basketball poll, which featured 10 total SEC teams.

No. 2 Auburn had 20 first-place votes, with Iowa State, Duke and Alabama rounding out the top five. The Tigers gained ground on Tennessee’s No. 1 spot last Monday and did it again this week despite not playing,

Tennessee men's basketball is holding at No. 1 in the AP men's college basketball Top 25 poll, while UCLA has made the biggest move, climbing 7 spots to No. 15.

Tennessee (12-0) remains undefeated during the 2024-25 men's college basketball season. The Vols are ranked No. 1 for a fourth consecutive week in the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll. T

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.