How Mark Pope’s Wildcats and Rick Barnes’ Volunteers match up at each position for Tuesday’s SEC men’s basketball showdown.

Auburn basketball passed its most recent test by squeaking by Tennessee in a defensive battle, 53-51, at Neville Arena in Auburn. The win pushes Auburn to an 18-1 record and a 6-0 mark in SEC play.

Miles Kelly hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining and Johni Broome had 16 points and 13 rebounds in his return to the lineup as No. 1 Auburn extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 53-51 win over No.

The Tennessee basketball team fell just short in one of the best games of this college basketball season, dropping a true road game against No. 1-ranked Auburn in a 53-51 rock fight. Tennessee had a chance to win it at the end, but point guard Zakai Zeigler's game-tying 3-pointer came up short.

College basketball's best offense had more air balls, weird passes and shot-clock violations than pleasing plays and still won.

Here’s a look at some of the ups and downs from Auburn’s dramatic win over Tennessee: It was far from his cleanest game, but Broome carried Auburn’s offense.

Auburn (18-1, 6-0 SEC) was held to its lowest point total of the season by Tennessee’s physical defense. Kelly’s 3-pointer off a feed from Broome turned a two-point deficit into a one-point lead.

The LSU football staff has kept tabs on one of the top wide receivers in The Boot as they continue their pursuit of Destrehan (La.) four-star Jabari Mack. Mack, the No. 1 wideout in Louisiana, received a scholarship from his hometown program in early 2024 with wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton monitoring the 2026 star.

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

The 2024-25 college football season just concluded with Ohio State taking down Notre Dame in the CFP National Championship. However, college football never sleeps, and it's time to start diving into next year's season.

As for the 2025 Senior Bowl roster, we’ll break that down a bit more as we go along here, but first let’s answer the question posed in our headline. Here are the seven 2025 Senior Bowl players who were 5-star recruits coming out of high school (listed in alphabetical order):