AP Top 25 Rankings Week 8: Ten SEC Teams Among College Basketball’s Best

25 Baylor

Record: 7-3
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Arlington Baptist, Dec. 27

24 Illinois

Record: 8-3
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Chicago State, Dec. 29

23 Arkansas

Record: 10-2
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Oakland, Dec. 30

22 UCLA

Record: 10-2
Last Week Rank: 18
Up Next: Gonzaga, Dec 28

21 Purdue

Record: 8-4
Last Week Rank: 16
Up Next: Toledo, Dec. 29

20 San Diego State

Record: 8-2
Last Week Rank: 23
Up Next: Utah State, Dec. 28

19 Mississippi State

Record: 11-1
Last Week Rank: NR
Up Next: Bethune Cookman, Dec. 30

18 Michigan State

Record: 10-2
Last Week Rank: 20
Up Next: Western Michigan, Dec. 30

17 Cincinnati

Record: 10-1
Last Week Rank: 19
Up Next: at Kansas State, Dec. 30

16 Ole Miss

Record: 11-1
Last Week Rank: 17
Up Next: at Memphis, Dec. 28

15 Houston

Record: 8-3
Last Week Rank: 15
Up Next: at Oklahoma State, Dec. 30

14 Gonzaga

Record: 9-3
Last Week Rank: 13
Up Next: UCLA, Dec. 28

13 Texas A&M

Record: 10-2
Last Week Rank: 12
Up Next: Abilene Christian, Dec. 28

12 Oklahoma

Record: 12-0
Last Week Rank: 14
Up Next: Prairie View, Dec. 29

11 UConn

Record: 10-3
Last Week Rank: 11
Up Next: at DePaul, Jan. 1

10 Kentucky

Record: 10-2
Last Week Rank: 4
Up Next: Brown, Dec. 31

9 Oregon

Record: 11-1
Last Week Rank: 10
Up Next: Weber State, Dec. 29

8 Marquette

Record: 11-2
Last Week Rank: 9
Up Next: at Providence, Dec. 31

7 Kansas

Record: 9-2
Last Week Rank: 8
Up Next: West Virginia, Dec. 31

6 Florida

Record: 12-0
Last Week Rank: 7
Up Next: Stetson, Dec. 29

5 Alabama

Record: 10-2
Last Week Rank: 6
Up Next: South Dakota State, Dec. 29

4 Duke

Record: 10-2
Last Week Rank: 5
Up Next: Virginia Tech, Dec. 31

3 Iowa State

Record: 10-1
Last Week Rank: 3
Up Next: at Colorado, Dec. 30

2 Auburn

Record: 11-1
Last Week Rank: 2
Up Next: Monmouth, Dec 30

1 Tennessee

Record: 11-0
Last Week Rank: 1
Up Next: Middle Tennessee, Dec. 23