Auburn, Duke remain 1-2 in Top 25; St. John's to No. 6

Field Level Media|published: Mon 3rd March, 13:57 2025

Auburn Tigers forward Ja'Heim Hudson (8), left and Auburn Tigers guard Denver Jones (2) react as the Tigers take the lead against Kentucky in SEC basketball at Rupp Arena Saturday afternoon in Lexington, Kentucky March 1, 2025

Auburn remained the unanimous No. 1 team in the country for the second consecutive week, with Duke holding steady at No. 2 and St. John's climbing to sixth in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday.

The Tigers (27-2) collected all 61 first-place votes to remain ahead of the Blue Devils (26-3). Houston (25-4), Tennessee (24-5) and Florida (25-4) round out the top five.

St. John's (26-4) notched two more wins to inch to No. 6, followed by Alabama (23-6), Michigan State (24-5), Texas Tech (22-7) and Iowa State (22-7). The Red Storm clinched the Big East regular season title and ascended to their highest spot in the poll since being No. 5 in 1990-91.

No team dropped out of the poll this week, but Texas A&M (20-9) fell 10 spots to No. 22 after two more losses last week extended its losing skid to four games.

Louisville (23-6) jumped five spots to No. 14.

The rest of the Top 25:

11. Clemson (24-5)

12. Wisconsin (22-7)

13. Maryland (22-7)

14. Louisville (23-6)

15. Missouri (21-8)

16. Memphis (24-5)

17. Michigan (22-7)

18. Purdue (20-9)

19. Kentucky (19-10)

20. Marquette (22-7)