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.

A shaky night against Louisiana State has seen Alabama basketball tumble in the polls. Where the Crimson Tide landed after sitting at No. 3.

Fresh off another perfect week, the Iowa State men are now a consensus No. 3 team in the country. While the Cyclones (17-2) remained third in the latest AP Poll, they moved ahead of Alabama to that spot in the Coaches Poll.

1-2 in the bracket. Alabama moves back up to the top line as the No. 3 overall seed following a 102-97 win at Kentucky and Iowa State remains on the top line, but as the fourth overall seed after ...

The midway point of college basketball's regular season has passed, and some of the sport's top squads are establishing themselves in an elevated tier of dominance. In particular, the top squads in the ACC and Big 12 are simply dismantling the opposition in head-turning fashion.

Those include some truly elite wins, like neutral-court victories over Houston, Iowa State and Purdue. So far, Bruce Pearl’s team has navigated the loss of star forward Johni Broome well ...

Duke (East), Auburn (South) and Iowa State (Midwest) and Alabama (West) remain No. 1 seeds in DeCourcy's latest bracket forecast. The Cyclones remain on the 1-line despite falling to Arizona ...

As a result, Iowa State dropped 1 spot to No. 3 in the AP poll. It's still the highest-ranked team in the Big 12. Kansas moved to No. 12 this week, and Houston came in at No. 7. Duke leapt Iowa State to No. 2.

The Iowa State men suffered their first loss of 2025 this past weekend, losing at West Virginia. Unable to get going on the offensive end, the Cyclones fell for

Kentucky is cooking, having dealt Florida its first loss of the season two weeks ago before pulling off hard-nosed wins against ranked conference opponents in Mississippi State and Texas A&M. The Wildcats’ loss at Georgia on Jan. 7 was a bummer, but the response was electric — 16-of-32 shooting on treys and 95 total points in a frenzied Starkville.

After going 2-0 this past week with a 16-point win over Vanderbilt and a 7-point win over LSU, Alabama stayed put at No. 4 in this week’s AP Poll. It’s the third consecutive week the Crimson Tide has been ranked No.

Eight states, including Iowa, Texas, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Nebraska and Alabama, ordered flags at full-staff during Trump’s inauguration. In addition to the state buildings ...