Seven of the SEC’s 14 member schools have been ranked #1 in the AP poll at some point in their history. When this week’s AP poll is released in a few hours, that number might be going up by one.
Auburn was #2 in the country last week, in spite of having more first-place votes than #1 Gonzaga, simply because a handful of voters ranked Auburn outside of the top 5. They were four votes short of their first #1 ranking in school history last week, and after an 83-60 beatdown of Georgia on Wednesday followed by an 80-71 win over Kentucky on Saturday, the Tigers have now won 15 in a row since their lone loss of the season (to UConn in double overtime) and 7-0 in the SEC.