Tennessee is 4-0 to start the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season. The Vols have wins versus Gardner-Webb, Louisville, Montana and Austin Peay.
Following the second week of the 2024-25 college basketball season, the USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll was released. The Vols remain ranked No. 9 entering the third week of the season.
Tennessee was ranked No. 12 during the preseason and No. 9 after the first week.
Tennessee will next play Virginia in the Continental Tire Baha Mar Championship on Thursday. Tipoff between the Vols and Cavaliers is slated for 9:30 p.m. EST and will be televised by CBS Sports Network from Nassau, Bahamas.
USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll top 25 rankings are listed below.
|
Rank |
Team |
Record |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Kansas |
4-0 |
665 (21) |
|
2 |
UConn |
3-0 |
632 (3) |
|
3 |
Auburn |
3-0 |
608 (2) |
|
4 |
Gonzaga |
3-0 |
599 (1) |
|
5 |
Iowa State |
2-0 |
516 |
|
6 |
Purdue |
4-0 |
513 |
|
7 |
Houston |
2-1 |
470 |
|
7 |
Alabama |
3-1 |
470 |
|
9 |
Tennessee |
4-0 |
462 |
|
10 |
Duke |
3-1 |
421 |
|
11 |
Kentucky |
3-0 |
381 |
|
12 |
North Carolina |
2-1 |
377 |
|
13 |
Creighton |
4-0 |
348 |
|
14 |
Marquette |
4-0 |
319 |
|
15 |
Baylor |
3-1 |
313 |
|
16 |
Cincinnati |
3-0 |
229 |
|
17 |
Arizona |
2-1 |
228 |
|
18 |
Indiana |
3-0 |
208 |
|
19 |
Florida |
4-0 |
168 |
|
20 |
Illinois |
3-0 |
133 |
|
21 |
St. John’s |
4-0 |
119 |
|
22 |
Texas Tech |
3-0 |
95 |
|
23 |
Texas A&M |
3-1 |
94 |
|
24 |
Arkansas |
2-1 |
82 |
|
25 |
Wisconsin |
4-0 |
75 |
Schools dropped out
No. 22 Ohio State; No. 24 Rutgers
Others receiving votes
Rutgers 56; Xavier 43; Ole Miss 39; BYU 28; Saint Mary’s 18; Pittsburgh 18; Texas 14; Michigan State 9; Mississippi State 5; Oregon 4; Nevada 4; Ohio State 3; Dayton 3; Wake Forest 2; VCU 2; UCF 2
This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Vols’ latest ranking in USA TODAY Sports Men’s Basketball Coaches Poll
