With a 17-3 record, Tennessee ranks No. 8 nationally behind Auburn, Duke, Iowa State, Alabama, Florida, Houston, and Michigan State. Kentucky is on their trail at No. 12 with only Marquette, Purdue, and Kansas in between. When: Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET

FOX Sports college basketball bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy offers up his latest NCAA Tournament projections, with Michigan State rising.

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All Times EST No. 7 Michigan St. (17-2) vs. Minnesota (11-9), 8 p.m. No. 8 Tennessee (17-3) vs. No. 12 Kentucky (14-5), 7 p.m. No. 9 Marquette (17-3) at Butler (9-11), 8:30 p.m. No. 11 Kansas

There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - After falling 2-0 in the doubles portion of Sunday’s ITA Kickoff Weekend final, Tennessee could only win a single singles match against 25th-ranked Michigan. The Wolverines advanced to the ITA indoor championships, while the 14th-ranked Volunteers fall to 4-3 on the season.

Kentucky played only one game last week, a loss at Vanderbilt. Here’s how badly that hurt the Wildcats in the rankings with a trip to Tennessee up next.

While the Crimson Tide moved up to a No. 1 seed, Tennessee fell to a No. 2 seed, joining Kentucky and Marquette. Michigan State also joined the 2-line after it held on to beat No. 19 Illinois on ...

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Michigan State moved up one spot to No. 7 and was followed by the Vols, who balanced out their close loss to Auburn by beating No. 14 Mississippi State. Marquette and Purdue — which beat then-No. 21 Michigan — rounded out the top 10.

The Texas A&M men’s basketball team fell remained No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25, but fell two spots to No. 15 in the USA Today coaches poll.

Texas (14-6), 9 p.m. No. 25 UConn (14-6) vs. DePaul (10-11), 8 p.m. No. 18 Illinois (14-6) at Nebraska (12-8), 8:30 p.m. No. 19 Memphis (16-4) at Tulane (11-9), 9 p.m. No. 1 Auburn (18-1) at No. 23 Mississippi (15-5),