Tennessee swept a pair of games last week, and after Kansas’ loss to West Virginia, that meant that the Vols moved up a spot to No. 5 in this week’s AP Top 25. UConn and Purdue each remain at the top of the poll.

This is the 50th consecutive week the Volunteers are in the AP Poll, the 3rd-longest streak in the country—Houston is first at 76 and Kansas is second at 55—and 13 weeks longer than the prior program record. Tennessee has earned a top-10 spot in 23 of those 50 weeks.

As the Jayhawks slipped 4 spots to No. 7, Auburn made a notable jump up 5 spots to No. 8, as the Tigers tied with Dayton as the only teams with a move up of 5 spots. Kentucky also moved up 2 spots to No. 6.

The Wildcats on Saturday saw Tre Mitchell score 23 points, Antonio Reeves pour in 21 and the team shoot 62% to beat Georgia 105-96.

Other SEC teams in the mix to receive votes outside of the top 25 were Alabama, Ole Miss and Florida. Ole Miss fell out after losses to LSU and Auburn.

Auburn is the SEC’s lone remaining unbeaten team, and the Tigers knocked off then-No. 22 Ole Miss 82-59 on Saturday at Neville Arena for the Tigers’ 11th consecutive win.

Auburn returns to action Wednesday at Alabama for a 7:30 p.m. ET game on ESPN. Tennessee will meet Vanderbilt on Saturday for a 6 p.m. ET game in Nashville. UK will next play South Carolina at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday in Columbia.

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.