Auburn barely edged out rival Alabama to remain No. 1 and Florida jumped three places to give the Southeastern Conference the top three spots in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday. Auburn (21-2) earned 34 first-place votes to remain ahead of Alabama (20-3), which received 23 first-place votes. The Gators (20-3), who beat Auburn last week, climbed to No. 3 behind three first-place votes. Duke (20-3) and Tennessee (20-4) round out the top 5. Houston (19-4), Purdue (19-5), Texas A&M (18-5), St. John's (21-3) and Iowa State (18-5) comprise the remainder of the top 10. Arizona (17-6) was the week's big jumper, moving up seven spots to No.
Auburn edges Alabama to remain No. 1 in AP poll
