After a slow holiday period, the top 10 remains unchanged -- but this is the week the matchups really get good.

No. 1 Tennessee and No. 2 Auburn remained in a battle for the top spot in the latest AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday for the fourth consecutive week to keep the SEC's dominant start to the 2024-25 season rolling.

The holiday season hasn't had a major impact on the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll with Tennessee still leading Auburn for the No. 1 spot.

Northwestern’s Brooks Barnhizer scores 21 points, grabs 17 boards and has six assists, four steals and three blocks after he had 10/10/3/3/3 in a win over Georgia Tech to be the only player to post 20 plus points, 10 plus rebounds, three plus assists, three plus steals and three plus blocks twice in a season.

Tennessee and Auburn remained Nos. 1-2 atop the AP men's college basketball poll, which featured 10 total SEC teams.

Auburn will play two games before the release of the next AP Poll. In addition to their non-conference finale against Monmouth on Monday night, the Tigers host Missouri on Saturda

The Associated Press kept every member of the top 10 in the exact same spot in Monday's updated AP Top 25 Men’s College Basketball Poll, including the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils. The Blue Devils haven't played since last Saturday,

In a battle between top-25 men's college basketball teams at Intuit Dome, UCLA finally exorcised its demons against Gonzaga. Ole Miss and San Diego State fell to unranked teams on the same day. Tennessee,