Tennessee is No. 1 in the Top 25 for the first time in six seasons while Iowa State reached its highest ranking since the 1950s after a tumultuous week in the AP poll.
Kansas, which had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, dropped nine spots to No. 10 after suffering consecutive losses to Creighton and Missouri.
The Volunteers (8-0) earned 58 first-place votes and leapfrogged Auburn (8-1) to the top spot. Tennessee is off to its best start since the 2000-01 season and hit No. 1 for the first time since the 2018-19 campaign.
The Tigers earned three first-place votes after losing to Duke last week. Iowa State (7-1) received the other first-place vote on its way to No. 3, its highest ranking since 1956-57.
Duke (7-2) jumped five spots to No. 4 and Kentucky (8-1) rounds out the top 5.
Florida (9-0) jumped four spots to No. 9, giving the SEC five teams in the top 10. Alabama (7-2) jumped three spots to No. 7. In all, nine SEC teams are in the Top 25.
Five teams entered the poll this week: Michigan, Michigan State, Clemson, UCLA and Mississippi State.
Baylor, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Illinois and North Carolina all dropped out.
The rest of the Top 25:
11. Purdue (8-2)
12. Oregon (9-1)
13. Oklahoma (9-0)
14. Michigan (8-1)
15. Houston (5-3)
16. Clemson (9-1)
17. Texas A&M (8-2)
18. UConn (7-3)
19. Ole Miss (8-1)
20. Wisconsin (8-2)
21. Michigan State (8-2)
22. Cincinnati (7-1)
23. San Diego State (6-2)
24. UCLA (8-1)
25. Mississippi State (8-1)
–Field Level Media
