The Florida Gators were defeated 74-51 by Auburn on Sunday afternoon in Auburn, Alabama. With the loss, UF’s record now stands at 11-10 overall and 2-5 in SEC play.

Auburn, Alabama; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Florida visits Auburn after Liv McGill scored 21 points in Florida's 80-63 loss to the LSU Tigers. The Tigers have gone 6-4 at home. Auburn is 1-3 in games decided by less than 4 points.

Auburn, Alabama; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Auburn hosts Florida after Deyona Gaston scored 26 points in Auburn's 96-56 loss to the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The Tigers have gone 6-4 at home. Auburn ranks seventh in the SEC at limiting opponent scoring,

The Tigers picked up another much-needed win over Florida. Plus, see the high school basketball games rescheduled from last week:

ESPN's "College GameDay" is returning to the Plains for a fifth time this Saturday, ahead of a matchup with No. 6 Tennessee. Here's how Auburn basketball has fared with the show in town.

Alabama basketball ... Meanwhile, rival Auburn took the No. 1 spot from Tennessee after the now-sixth-ranked Volunteers received a 30-point slashing from Florida last week. With the victory ...

Johni Broome 's injury makes Auburn's spot more tenuous, but the Tigers beat Mississippi State by 22 even without him. Duke is barely breaking a sweat while blowing out inferior ACC competition. And then there's Iowa State, which has only a two-point loss to Auburn blemishing its résumé and just dispatched Kansas by 17.

The Vols likely would catapult onto the No. 1 seed line with a win at Auburn, but it would carry weight beyond the immediate effect on bracketology. A win at Auburn would give Tennessee two marquee road wins on its NCAA Tournament profile come Selection Sunday. The other was a 66-64 win at Illinois On dec. 14.

On Tuesday evening, five-star running back Derrek Cooper announced his top 10 schools list. FSU made the cut alongside Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Miami, Penn State, Auburn, Ohio State, Texas A&M, and Ole Miss. Cooper has held an offer from the Seminoles since February 2024.

The new AP poll is out, and the Auburn Tigers are No. 1 on the list for the second time in program history. The first time was for three weeks in January and February of 2022. Auburn jumped Tennessee for the No. 1 spot after the Volunteers lost 73-43 to Florida on Tuesday in Gainesville. Tennessee had be No. 1 for five weeks.

Despite Iowa State ’s 64-57 loss at then-unranked West Virginia, the Cyclones moved down just one spot. While Alabama, Florida and Tennessee stayed put, Michigan State (16-2) and Houston (14-3) made significant jumps.

Two and a half months into the 2024-25 men’s college hoops season, the SEC has made the most of the bigger, badder, and larger basketball leagues. All 16 teams in the league are sitting above .500 overall and have 10 wins or more at this point in the season.