Men's basketball ballot breakdown | Little movement this week

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 (41) 12-0 1,504 1 2.

Auburn (20) 12-1 1,481 2 3.

Iowa State 10-1 1,392 3 4.

Duke 10-2 1,321 4 5.

Alabama 11-2 1,238 5 6.

Florida 13-0 1,202 6 7.

Kansas 9-2 1,084 7 8.

Marquette 11-2 1,037 8 9.

Oregon 12-1 979 9 10.

Kentucky 10-2 958 10 11.

Connecticut 10-3 904 11 12.

Oklahoma 13-0 863 12 13.

Texas A&M 11-2 812 13 14.

Houston 9-3 626 15 15.

UCLA 11-2 571 22 16.

Cincinnati 10-2 551 17 17.

Mississippi State 11-1 483 19 18.

Michigan State 11-2 473 18 19.

Gonzaga 9-4 383 14 20.

Purdue 9-4 281 21 21.

Memphis 10-3 213 NR 22.

Illinois 9-3 193 24 23.

Arkansas 11-2 174 23 24.

Mississippi 11-2 165 16 25.

Baylor 8-3 139 25 Others receiving votes: Maryland 133, Drake 100, St.

Johns 98, Dayton 90, Michigan 65, Utah State 59, Georgia 48, Pittsburgh 35, West Virginia 30, San Diego State 28, Ohio State 19, Missouri 19, North Carolina 19, Arizona State 13, Indiana 11, Texas Tech 8, Clemson 8, Wisconsin 7, Penn State 5, St.

Bonaventure 2, Nebraska 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 eighth regular-season ballot of the 2024-25 season shook out: RK., TEAM PREV.

1.

Tennessee 1 2.

Auburn 2 3.

Iowa State 3 4.

Alabama 4 5.

Duke 5 6.

Oklahoma 6 7.

Florida 7 8.

Oregon 8 9.

Marquette 9 10.

Kansas 10 11.

Kentucky 11 12.

Texas A&M 12 13.

Connecticut 14 14.

Mississippi State 15 15.

Houston 17 16.

Drake 18 17.

UCLA 19 18.

Memphis 23 19.

Mississippi 13 20.

Illinois 20 21.

Utah State 25 22.

Cincinnati 21 23.

Gonzaga 16 24.

Dayton 22 25.

St.

Bonaventure 24 Whos up The key to UCLAs success this season? Seven new players in whats essentially been a 10-man rotation the last two months.

Last years Bruins heavy on freshmen, particularly of the international variety, with just a single transfer were kind of a disaster.

A 16-17 finish was their worst in nearly a decade, and coach Mick Cronin didnt hesitate to pin it on not having the financial resources to be a player in the portal.

Resources UCLA clearly found this past offseason, with six transfers successfully recruited.

That includes the Bruins top two scorers in Tyler Bilodeau (Oregon State) and Eric Dailey Jr.

(Oklahoma State), a crosstown addition on the wing in Kobe Johnson (USC) and former Illinois/Louisville guard Skyy Clark.

Whos down Mississippis 17-point loss at Memphis and San Diego State blowing a seven-point lead with 93 seconds to play at home against Utah State facilitated Illinois small, two-spot climb in this weeks poll.

While the Aztecs dropped out of the AP Top 25 entirely after losing to the Aggies, the Rebels eight-spot tumble was the most of any team that fell in the poll but still managed to be ranked.

Ole Miss contributed at both ends to their double-digit beatdown at FedEx Forum.

The Rebels shot just 36 percent overall from the field and were a brutal 7 of 28 from three-point range.

Defensively, they had no answer for Memphis guard Colby Rogers (28 points on 6 of 9 three-point shooting) and gave up 16 points on 6 of 7 shooting to former Illinois big man Dain Dainja.

Who to watch Last weeks schedule was mostly stinkers with more wildly uncompetitive games between ranked teams and outmatched low major programs than high-level, watchable matchups.

This weeks slate, with conference play picking back up across the country, is far more palatable.

That includes a top 25 showdown between No.

22 Illinois and No.

9 Oregon on Thursday in Eugene, Ore.

(9 p.m., FS1) as an appetizer for an incredible Saturday.

The weekend opens with No.

6 Florida at No.

10 Kentucky (10 a.m., ESPN) and also includes No.

23 Arkansas at No.

1 Tennessee (Noon, ESPN), No.

25 Baylor at No.

3 Iowa State (1 p.m., CBS) and No.

12 Oklahoma at No.

5 Alabama (5 p.m., SEC Network)..

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