AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points, and No. 1 Auburn beat No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 on Tuesday night in its first game without star center Johni Broome.
Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated Press men's basketball poll for its second stint at the top in program history.
St. Francis (Pa.) at Wagner, 1 p.m. Brown at Cornell, 2 p.m. Columbia at Princeton, 2 p.m. Dartmouth at Yale, 2 p.m. Mercyhurst at LIU, 2 p.m. Penn at Harvard, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Drexel, 3 p.m. Morehouse at Howard, 4 p.m.
Boise St. at Colorado St., 8:30 p.m. Duquesne at La Salle, 11 a.m. Holy Cross at Army, 11 a.m. Marquette at Providence, 11 a.m. Navy at Boston U., 11:30 a.m.
Michigan State moved up four spots in both major college basketball polls on Monday coming off home wins over Penn State and Illinois last week to break into the Top 10 for the first time this season at No.
Auburn is a unanimous No. 1 following a chaotic week in the men’s AP Top 25. Duke, Iowa State, Alabama and Florida round out the top five following a week in which 19 ranked teams lost at least once — including seven of the top 10.
No. 25 Louisville (14-5) at SMU (14-4), 9 p.m. No. 5 Florida (16-2) at South Carolina (10-8), 7 p.m. No. 12 Kansas (13-4) at TCU (10-7), 7 p.m.
Only three teams — Alabama, Florida and No. 6 Tennessee — held the same spot from a week ago. The chaotic week allowed No. 8 Michigan State to move into the top 10 for the first time this season and No. 22 Missouri into the poll for the first time since 2022-23.
The global company qualified for $15 million in state grants – an incentive to choose Michigan over other states.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Grant Nelson had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 4 Alabama beat No. 8 Kentucky 102-97 on Saturday in a matchup of two of the top offensive teams in the country. Nelson was 7 for 13 from the field and 9 for 10 at the line. He scored a total of 21 points in his previous three games.