As the final week of February begins and the most consequential games of the 2024-25 college basketball season get closer, the SEC remains at the center of the sport and any discussion about it.
When it comes to shaping the NCAA tournament picture, it will just mean more in the SEC.
The conference had three of the top four and five of the top seven teams in the country in last week’s USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, with several of those squads continuing to assert themselves as members of the sport’s upper crust.
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No. 1 Auburn knocked off Arkansas and Georgia to improve its record to a Division I-best 25-2. No. 2 Florida has won nine of its past 10 after securing victories against Oklahoma and LSU. No. 6 Tennessee defeated No. 7 Texas A&M in a meeting of top-10 teams. The league showcased someone of its depth, too, with red-hot No. 16 Missouri blowing past No. 4 Alabama 110-98. The Crimson Tide recovered a few days later, beating No. 21 Kentucky 96-83.
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With those results in hand, here are the latest updates on where SEC teams stand in the Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 poll:
USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
SEC teams in bold. First-place votes in parentheses.
- Auburn (28)
- Duke (2)
- Florida
- Houston
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- St. John’s
- Michigan State
- Iowa State
- Texas Tech
- Texas A&M
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Clemson
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Louisville
- Memphis
- Purdue
- Saint Mary’s
- Arizona
- Marquette
- Kentucky
- Mississippi State
- Creighton
Others receiving votes:BYU 39; New Mexico 29; VCU 22; Ole Miss 15; UC San Diego 14; UCLA 13; Utah State 11; Kansas 11; Gonzaga 7; UConn 5; Drake 2; UC Davis 1; Oregon 1
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AP Top 25
This section will be updated when the poll is released Monday.
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