And since we're in a giving mood, let's look at one thing each top-25 team needs in the second half of the 2024-25 season. Johni Broome to stay healthy. There hasn't been a more dominant team in college basketball this season -- Auburn is putting up historic efficiency numbers through the first two months.

The AP Top 25 college basketball poll released Monday featured Tennessee holding on to its No. 1 ranking despite a strong surge from No. 2 Auburn. The Volunteers received 41 first-place votes, while the Tigers snagged the other 21 votes for the top spot.

How much benefit of the doubt should we give those Big Ten Conference teams who played the toughest non-conference schedules? Ken Pomeroy’s analytics site classifies some games as either A (top 50) or B (top 100) quality based on both opponent and location.