Auburn remained No. 1 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll for the second straight week, while Kentucky jumped into the top five for the first time in more than two years.
Bruce Pearl's Tigers earned 49 of 61 first-place votes to extend the program's first stay at the top and stay comfortably ahead of Gonzaga, which earned the other 12 first-place votes. Auburn (20-1) has won 17 straight games since losing a double-overtime game to Connecticut in November.
UCLA climbed to No. 3, followed by Purdue -- which claimed its first No. 1 ranking earlier this season -- and Kentucky.