Auburn barely edged out rival Alabama to remain No. 1 and Florida jumped three places to give the Southeastern Conference the top three spots in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday.
Auburn (21-2) earned 34 first-place votes to remain ahead of Alabama (20-3), which received 23 first-place votes. The Gators (20-3), who beat Auburn last week, climbed to No. 3 behind three first-place votes.
Duke (20-3) and Tennessee (20-4) round out the top 5.
Houston (19-4), Purdue (19-5), Texas A&M (18-5), St. John’s (21-3) and Iowa State (18-5) comprise the remainder of the top 10.
Arizona (17-6) was the week’s big jumper, moving up seven spots to No. 13, while No. 18 Marquette (18-6) and No. 25 Maryland (18-6) both dropped seven spots.
Clemson (No. 23) returned to the poll after upsetting Duke, and Creighton (No. 24) is back after two wins last week, including a victory over Marquette. Illinois and UConn fell out of the poll.
The rest of the Top 25:
11. Michigan State (19-4)
12. Texas Tech (18-5)
13. Arizona (17-6)
14. Memphis (20-4)
15. Kentucky (16-7)
16. Wisconsin (19-5)
17. Kansas (16-7)
18. Marquette (18-6)
19. Ole Miss (18-6)
20. Michigan (18-5)
21. Missouri (17-6)
22. Mississippi State (17-6)
23. Clemson (19-5)
24. Creighton (18-6)
25. Maryland (18-6)