Auburn claimed the program’s second No. 1 ranking last week and won both its games despite playing without injured big man Johni Broome. The Tigers rolled over No. 14 Mississippi State 88-66 and survived a late comeback to beat then-No. 19 Georgia 70-68.

So where does Florida rank among its fellow confernece peers? The staff at 247Sports has been addressing this question on a weekly basis with their SEC college basketball poll, in which the Gators moved up to a tie for second place with the Alabama Crimson Tide — up three spots from the previous poll.

Two and a half months into the 2024-25 men’s college hoops season, the SEC has made the most of the bigger, badder, and larger basketball leagues. All 16 teams in the league are sitting above .500 overall and have 10 wins or more at this point in the season.

The Tigers rolled over No. 14 Mississippi State 88-66 and survived a late comeback to beat then-No. 19 Georgia 70-68.

Despite Iowa State ’s 64-57 loss at then-unranked West Virginia, the Cyclones moved down just one spot. While Alabama, Florida and Tennessee stayed put, Michigan State (16-2) and Houston (14-3) made significant jumps.

This is an opinion column. We’ve said it before and why not one final time this college football season? Wow. What an incredible ride through a completely new world this has been. This journey ends Monday night with two northern invaders deciding a champion in the heart of SEC country.

Turnovers played a crucial role in both Alabama and Florida faltering Tuesday night ... the two undefeated teams in SEC play would be No. 1 Auburn (16-1, 4-0) and Ole Miss (15-2, 4-0).

On Tuesday evening, five-star running back Derrek Cooper announced his top 10 schools list. FSU made the cut alongside Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Miami, Penn State, Auburn, Ohio State, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss. Cooper has held an offer from the Seminoles since February 2024.

The new AP poll is out, and the Auburn Tigers are No. 1 on the list for the second time in program history. The first time was for three weeks in January and February of 2022. Auburn jumped Tennessee for the No. 1 spot after the Volunteers lost 73-43 to Florida on Tuesday in Gainesville. Tennessee had be No. 1 for five weeks.

Johni Broome 's injury makes Auburn's spot more tenuous, but the Tigers beat Mississippi State by 22 even without him. Duke is barely breaking a sweat while blowing out inferior ACC competition. And then there's Iowa State, which has only a two-point loss to Auburn blemishing its résumé and just dispatched Kansas by 17.

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Unlike the 21st century’s leading SEC passer, the conference’s No. 1 rusher of the past 25 seasons didn’t make it all the way to the top of the league’s all-time chart. Georgia’s Nick Chubb piled up 4,769 rushing yards from 2014 through 2017, despite a truncated sophomore season. But another Bulldog retained the SEC’s career rushing crown.