Alabama basketball picked up a resume-building win at Texas A&M over the weekend, so what did that mean for the Crimson Tide in the rankings?

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.

On Sunday, Dec. 5, Abbie Stockard, representing Alabama, was crowned Miss America after earning Miss Alabama in 2024. According to CNN, the 22-year-old nursing student is an undergraduate and cheerleader at Auburn University in Alabama. She won at the annual event in Orlando, Florida, triumphing over 51 other US state representatives.

John's 52; Wisconsin 29; Arizona 29 ... Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at [email protected].

Auburn, Alabama; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: SEC foes Auburn and Missouri will play on Sunday. The Auburn Tigers have gone 5-4 at home. Auburn is fourth in the SEC in team defense, allowing 59.3 points while holding opponents to 40.

Javon Small scored 12 of his 27 points in the final two minutes to lead West Virginia to a win over No. Iowa State, ending the Cyclones' national-best 12-game winning streak. Amani Hansberry added 12 points for the Mountaineers (13-4,

No. 24 Wisconsin takes a six-game winning streak to Los Angeles for a West Coast road swing, which tips off on Saturday at Southern California. The Badgers (14-3, 4-2 Big

And, in the game of the night, on CBS Sports Network, Oregon State beat nationally ranked Gonzaga 97-89 in overtime. Relatively speaking, it was a slow day in the sport (except for another Florida coach being accused of wrongdoing in a Title IX complaint).

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Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s basketball poll for its second stint at the top in program history. Bruce Pearl’s Tigers claimed 60 of 62 first-place votes to rise one spot Monday.

The Badgers will look to build on their current five-game win streak when Ohio State visits Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday. UW will then travel West to play both USC (10-6) and UCLA (11-5), looking to rise in both the conference and national standings.