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AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll Week 5: Auburn Pushes Kansas for No. 1
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we do college football, but shhhhhhhh ...

College basketball rankings - at least the AP Poll - is more fun. More games, more movement, more wild swings. 

You'd never, ever see the No. 2 team in the country drop to 25 in the span of seven days.

After all the holiday tournaments and all of the fun games, there's a TON of movement throughout the rankings, but in the high-rent district, the SEC took over with three of the top four teams including a strong push by Auburn.

Here are the Week 5 AP Top 25 rankings.

AP Poll: College Basketball Week 5

Others Receiving Votes: Michigan State 108, Arkansas 104, Texas 97, Michigan 95, Arizona State 89, Indiana 72, Drake 58, Xavier 33, Utah State 28, Louisville 27, West Virginia 26, Clemson 25, Dayton 24, BYU 24, Texas Tech 22, Nebraska 22, Mississippi State 20, Ohio State 19, Maryland 13, UCLA 13, Creighton 12, Saint Mary's 11, Georgia 10, St. John's 7, Loyola Chicago 4, DePaul 3, Florida State 3, UC Irvine 2, Columbia 2

25 UConn

123 Points
Record: 5-3
Last Week Rank: 2
Up Next: Baylor, Dec. 4

24 San Diego State

143 Points
Record: 4.2
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Fresno State, Dec. 4

23 Ole Miss

165 Points
Record: 6-1
Last Week Rank: 23
Up Next: Louisville, Dec. 3

22 Texas A&M

207 Points
Record: 6-2
Last Week Rank: 20
Up Next: Wake Forest, Dec. 3

21 Oklahoma

266 Points
Record: 7-0
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Georgia Tech, Dec. 3

20 North Carolina

292 Points
Record: 4-3
Last Week Rank: 12
Up Next: Alabama, Dec. 4

19 Illinois

351 Points
Record: 6-1
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Northwestern, Dec. 6

18 Pitt

374 Points
Record: 7-1
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Mississippi State, Dec. 4

17 Houston

402 Points
Record: 3-1
Last Week Rank: 6
Up Next: Butler, Dec. 7

16 Memphis

500 Points
Record: 6-1
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Louisiana Tech, Dec. 4

15 Baylor

567 Points
Record: 5-2
Last Week Rank: 17
Up Next: UConn, Dec. 4

14 Cincinnati

774 Points
Record: 6-0
Last Week Rank: 16
Up Next: Villanova, Dec. 3

13 Florida

782 Points
Record: 8-0
Last Week Rank: 18
Up Next: Virginia, Dec. 4

12 Oregon

806 Points
Record: 8-0
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: USC, Dec. 4

11 Wisconsin

903 Points
Record: 8-0
Last Week Rank: 15
Up Next: Marquette, Dec. 7

10 Alabama

939 Points
Record: 6-2
Last Week Rank: 9
Up Next: North Carolina, Dec. 4

9 Duke

641 Points
Record: 5-2
Last Week Rank: 11
Up Next: Auburn, Dec. 4

8 Purdue

1058 Points
Record: 7-1
Last Week Rank: 13
Up Next: Penn State, Dec. 5

7 Gonzaga

1181 Points
Record: 7-1
Last Week Rank: 3
Up Next: Kentucky, Dec. 7

6 Iowa State

1225 Points
Record: 5-1
Last Week Rank: 5
Up Next: Marquette, Dec. 4

5 Marquette

1246 Points
Record: 8-0
Last Week Rank: 10
Up Next: Iowa State, Dec. 4

4 Kentucky

1267 Points
Record: 7-0
Last Week Rank: 8
Up Next: Clemson, Dec. 3

3 Tennessee

1351 Points
Record: 7-0
Last Week Rank: 7
Up Next: Syracuse, Dec. 3

2 Auburn

1490 Points (26)
Record: 7-0
Last Week Rank: 4
Up Next: Duke, Dec. 4

1 Kansas

1499 Points (35)
Record: 7-0
Last Week Rank: 1
Up Next: Creighton, Dec. 4

This article first appeared on College Football News and was syndicated with permission.

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