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.

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, Florida and Oklahoma escaped another week unscathed -- they are three of four Division I teams that remain undefeated. Drake is the other.

Lady Vols basketball is ranked in the top 15 of the Associated Press Top 25 for second straight week after a 12-0 start in Kim Caldwell's first season

But 17 of the teams that were in the CBS Sports Preseason Top 25 And 1 college basketball rankings remain in Monday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings, including each of the preseason's top 12 teams.

A team with so many veterans (four starters are in at least their fifth seasons) really should value the ball more. But the Golden Bears commit 18.1 turnovers per game, placing them in the 31st percentile nationally.

Tennessee remains No. 1 in the men's AP Top 25 poll, with Auburn, Iowa State, Duke and Alabama rounding out the top five.

During a holiday week when most top teams recharged before conference play, UCLA and Memphis made the biggest moves in the AP men’s college basketball Top 25 with statement wins over the weekend. UCLA jumped from No.

Tennessee is among the four unbeaten teams left in men’s Division I basketball, including three from the Southeastern Conference.