It’s no surprise that the winner of Saturday’s 1-Vs.-2 showdown in men’s college basketball is the unanimous top choice for the new USA Today Sports Coaches Poll.
Auburn returned to the top after beating the Archbishop of Alabama. The Tigers claim all 1st place in 31st place, with Crimson Tide’s stint in 1st place lasting just a week.
The vote for No. 2 was more suspenseful. For now, Florida is second, finishing just eight points ahead of Duke. The second-place ranking is the best season for the Gators, and their best position since the stint, number one, which appeared in the recent Final Four in the second half of the 2014 season. Duke in turn, with Alabama in first place ahead of 12th, with the Tide in fourth, and after a weekend win on a big road in Arizona, Houston rose the Notch to fifth.
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Tennessee slipped sixth in two places, but managed to avoid a two-week week with a comeback victory against Vanderbilt on Saturday. Texas A&M moves two spots and offers five of the top seven teams in the poll. Iowa, St. John’s and Texas Tech conclude the top 10.
Another SEC team, Missouri, will make the biggest jump from No. 22 to No. 16th to No. 16th. The Big Ten were responsible for many other shifts as Michigan, 12th, and Maryland, 20th, each took five positions, while Purdue scored seven positions. -Spot falls to No. 14 thanks to a defeated pair.
Kansas narrowly avoids the dropout list and hangs at number 25. The last time the JH Hawks did not participate in the rankings was on February 8, 2021. Louisville, No. 23 Mississippi and 24 St. Mary’s.