Auburn claimed the doubles point before Illinois came back with four singles ... home to play a doubleheader against Tulsa and Alabama State on Sunday at the Yarbrough Tennis Center.

Johni Broome 's injury makes Auburn's spot more tenuous, but the Tigers beat Mississippi State by 22 even without him. Duke is barely breaking a sweat while blowing out inferior ACC competition. And then there's Iowa State, which has only a two-point loss to Auburn blemishing its résumé and just dispatched Kansas by 17.

Continuing a position-by-position examination of 2025's college football superstars, there is a plethora of dominant performers at wide receiver. Projecting college football's top 10 at the position is a numbers and production-based exercise that meets somewhere in the middle of potential and expectations.

Dylan Mingo, On3's No. 1 point guard in the 2026 class, talks about this recruitment. The 6-foot-5 Mingo talks with On3's Jamie Shaw about Alabama, Auburn, Illinois, and Penn State while he breaks down his process.

Auburn continues to reside in the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll after surviving a scare Saturday against Tennessee. Kentucky wasn't

The Big Ten Conference continued to showcase its strength in Monday's Associated Press Top 25. The Big Ten had five ranked teams while three other schools clai

The Vols likely would catapult onto the No. 1 seed line with a win at Auburn, but it would carry weight beyond the immediate effect on bracketology. A win at Auburn would give Tennessee two marquee road wins on its NCAA Tournament profile come Selection Sunday. The other was a 66-64 win at Illinois On dec. 14.

Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.

Auburn claimed the program’s second No. 1 ranking last week and won both its games despite playing without injured big man Johni Broome. The Tigers rolled over No. 14 Mississippi State 88-66 and survived a late comeback to beat then-No. 19 Georgia 70-68.

This week's AP top 25 men's basketball poll has Illinois at #19 in the country. That's down from #13 last week. Illinois stands at 13-and-4 on the season. Six Big Ten Conference teams are in the top 25 this week led by Michigan State (#12) and Oregon (#13). Purdue is 17th - Illinois 19th - Michigan 20th - and Wisconsin enters the poll at #24.

We’re approaching the mid-way point of the conference season — and we’re seeing separation in several power conferences.

All Times EST No. 2 Duke (17-2) vs. NC State (9-10), 8:30 p.m. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-2) at Arizona (13-6), 10:30 p.m. No. 7 Michigan St. (17-2) vs. Minnesota (11-9), 8 p.m. No. 8 Tennessee (17-3) vs. No.