Tennessee Is Number One
For the second time in the Rick Barnes’ era and just the third time overall, The Tennessee Vols are sitting at number one on the AP’s Top 25 College Basketball poll. The Vols defeated Syracuse at home last week 96-70 to start out the season 8-0.
Kansas had been at number one, but losses to both Missouri and Creighton last week knocked them out of the top spot. The Vols hit the road tonight and take their number one ranking to Miami to take on the Hurricanes.
The rest of the top 10 has Auburn at #2 follwed by Iowa State, Duke and Kentucky is at #5. Marquette is at 6, Alabama sits at #7, followed by Gonzaga at 8. Florida is at #9 and Kansas falls all the way to #10. Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Mississippi State are also in the top 25.