Tennessee remains No. 1 after a quiet holiday week in the AP Top 25.
The Volunteers received 41 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll released Monday. No. 2 Auburn had 20 first-place votes, with Iowa State, Duke and Alabama rounding out the top five.
The Tigers gained ground on Tennessee's No. 1 spot last Monday and did it again this week despite not playing, picking up eight additional first-place votes.