Where Alabama ranks in new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after Missouri loss, Kentucky win

Posted by author February 24, 2025 Sports

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The Alabama Crimson Tide‘s 110-98 loss to the Missouri Tigers caused them to drop in the new USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, released Monday.

Despite bouncing back for a 96-83 win over the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday at Coleman Coliseum, Alabama (22-5 overall, 11-3 SEC) fell two spots to No. 6 in the Coaches Poll and now rank one spot behind SEC rival Tennessee (22-6) at No. 5 and one spot ahead of Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red Storm at No. 7.

Alabama plays at Tennessee on Saturday. The Tide and Vols are set for a 3 p.m. CT tipoff at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville. The game will be televised on ESPN.

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The Auburn Tigers (25-2) stayed at No. 1 while the Duke Blue Devils (24-3) moved past the Florida Gators (24-3) to No. 2 after their 110-67 win over Illinois at Madison Square Garden Saturday.

Also moving past Alabama in this week’s Top 25 rankings? Kelvin Sampson’s Houston Cougars (23-4), who the Crimson Tide beat 85-80 in overtime at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas last November. Houston rose one spot to No. 4.

Alabama will host No. 24 Mississippi State (19-8, 7-7) Wednesday at Coleman Coliseum. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ESPN.

New USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Record	Points
1	Auburn	25-2	748 (28)
2	Duke	24-3	708 (2)
3	Florida	24-3	693
4	Houston	23-4	660
5	Tennessee	22-5	610
6	Alabama	22-5	607
7	St. John’s	24-4	571
8	Michigan State	22-5	512
9	Iowa State	21-6	492
10	Texas Tech	21-6	467
11	Texas A&M	20-7	438
12	Wisconsin	21-6	384
13	Michigan	20-6	377
14	Clemson	22-5	352
15	Maryland	21-6	326
16	Missouri	20-7	263
17	Louisville	21-6	241
18	Memphis	22-5	205
19	Purdue	19-9	175
20	Saint Mary’s	25-4	173
21	Arizona	18-9	159
22	Marquette	20-7	150
23	Kentucky	18-9	137
24	Mississippi State	19-8	89
25	Creighton	19-8	43

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