At the moment, Auburn has a tight grip on the top spot in Top 25, but threats to the throne loom on the schedule

Auburn and Duke remain 1-2 atop The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll for the third straight week, while Maryland is back in the rankings for the first time in nearly two years.

Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women’s team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

After spending 119 seasons and nearly 2,720 games without a unanimous No. 1 ranking in the AP Poll, Auburn basketball has now accomplished the feat in back-to-back weeks. Bruce Pearl's Tigers once again collected all 62 first-place nods in this

T he Auburn Tigers have earned the No. 1 spot in the AP Poll for the fourth week in a row. The four-week streak is the longest stretch of consecutive weeks Auburn has been ranked