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SEC keeps 5 teams in the AP Top 25 as top 10 sees major shakeup
By Keith Farner
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It was another wild week in college basketball, and the latest AP Top 25 poll reflected that with a major shakeup in the top 10.
Tennessee continues to lead the SEC, but the Vols slipped 2 spots to No. 8, as 3 teams dropped multiple spots, while 4 teams jumped that much. Tennessee fell to Texas A&M after the Vols beat LSU.
South Carolina moved up 4 spots to No. 11, tied for the largest move in the poll, while Auburn slipped one spot to No. 13, and Alabama moved up one spot to No. 15. Kentucky dropped 5 spots to No. 22. The Aggies will play Vanderbilt and Alabama this week, while Auburn is set to face South Carolina and Kentucky.
The Gamecocks improved to 9-2 in the league for just the third time since entering the SEC in 1991-92. They’ve won 7 straight since they knocked off Arkansas on Jan. 20 as the most recent wins were over Vanderbilt and Ole Miss.
The Wildcats have lost 3 straight games at Rupp Arena for the first time it opened in 1976. The Wildcats hadn’t lost 3 in a row at home since the 1966-67 season, when they played at Memorial Coliseum.
By conference, the Big 12 leads the country with 6 ranked teams, followed by the SEC with 5. The ACC, Big Ten and Big East conferences each have 3. The new top 10 is UConn, Purdue, Houston, Marquette, Arizona, Kansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Duke and Iowa State.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
