Men's basketball ballot breakdown | Illini drop back out of Top 25

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press mens college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, and total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.

RK., TEAM REC.

PTS PREV.

1.

Tennessee (58) 8-0 1544 3 2.

Auburn (3) 8-1 1438 2 3.

Iowa State (1) 7-1 1424 6 4.

Duke 7-2 1295 9 5.

Kentucky 8-1 1284 4 6.

Marquette 9-1 1274 5 7.

Alabama 7-2 1126 10 8.

Gonzaga 7-2 1082 7 9.

Florida 9-0 1030 13 10.

Kansas 7-2 940 1 11.

Purdue 8-2 840 8 12.

Oregon 9-1 784 12 13.

Oklahoma 9-0 567 21 14.

Michigan 8-1 522 NR 15.

Houston 5-3 514 17 16.

Clemson 9-1 491 NR 17.

Texas A&M 8-2 415 22 18.

Connecticut 7-3 394 25 19.

Mississippi 8-1 379 23 20.

Wisconsin 8-2 307 11 21.

Michigan State 8-2 292 NR 22.

Cincinnati 7-1 288 14 23.

San Diego State 6-2 276 24 24.

UCLA 8-1 229 NR 25.

Mississippi State 8-1 179 NR Others receiving votes: Baylor 150, Arizona State 143, Memphis 123, Missouri 119, Penn State 90, Arkansas 89, Drake 67, Pittsburgh 62, Utah State 57, Illinois 47, St.

Johns 43, Maryland 39, Dayton 38, Creighton 32, Indiana 30, West Virginia 30, North Carolina 24, Georgia 21, Saint Marys 20, Texas 8, Rhode Island 3, Loyola Chicago 1.

THE NEWS-GAZETTES TOP 25 Illinois beat writer Scott Richey is in his 10th season as an AP Top 25 voter.

Heres how his fifth regular-season ballot of the 2024-25 season shook out: RK., TEAM PREV.

1.

Tennessee 3 2.

Auburn 2 3.

Iowa State 7 4.

Marquette 4 5.

Kentucky 5 6.

Alabama 9 7.

Duke 13 8.

Oregon 6 9.

Oklahoma 15 10.

Florida 14 11.

Kansas 1 12.

Gonzaga 10 13.

Mississippi 18 14.

Texas A&M 22 15.

Michigan NR 16.

Arizona State 24 17.

Mississippi State NR 18.

Purdue 8 19.

Missouri NR 20.

Wisconsin 11 21.

Utah State 25 22.

Memphis 12 23.

Connecticut NR 24.

Houston 23 25.

Drake NR Whos up Drake got another week in the others receiving votes category but made its debut on our ballot after staying unbeaten with an early Missouri Valley Conference win against former Illini Roger Powell Jr.s Valparaiso team.

The Bulldogs have beat Vanderbilt and Miami as part of their 8-0 start and have done so with a starting lineup thats four-fifths Division II transfers.

But Bennett Stirtz, Daniel Abreu, Mitch Mascari and Isaiah Jackson arent ordinary D-II transfers.

All four followed first-year Drake coach Ben McCullom from Northwest Missouri State where he won four national titles with the Bearcats and used the aforementioned quartet to reach the Sweet 16 last season.

Whos down Five teams ranked a week ago found themselves out of the AP Top 25 on Monday.

Not the best start to the week for Baylor, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Illinois and North Carolina.

The Tar Heels might be the most concerning of the bunch moving forward this season.

Despite returning All-American guard R.J.

Davis as part of a loaded backcourt with Seth Trimble, Elliot Cadeau and Ian Jackson, North Carolina is now 5-4 with only Dayton as a quality win.

Who to watch Cant make it to Champaign for Saturdays late-afternoon showdown between Illinois and No.

1 Tennessee? Enjoy a full slate of games from the couch instead.

You can start with a 10 a.m.

tip between Memphis and No.

16 Clemson (ESPN2).

Then its No.

17 Texas A&M and No.

11 Purdue at 11 a.m.

on CBS before Ohio State plays No.

2 Auburn at noon on ESPN2.

That leaves the afternoon free to watch the Illini and Volunteers at 4:30 p.m.

on Fox before rounding out the day with No.

8 Gonzaga and No.

18 Connecticut (7 p.m., Fox) playing at Madison Square Garden and Creighton making the trip to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to face No.

7 Alabama (7:30 p.m., SEC Network)..

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