Texas A&M Men’s Basketball Team Moves Up One Spot to No. 17 in AP Top 25 Rankings

Aggies men’s hoops team jumps one spot to No. 17 in latest Associated Press top 25 poll as NCAA Tournament looms.

The Texas A&M men’s basketball team jumped one spot in the latest Associated Press top 25 rankings released on Monday, March 13, with the Aggies currently sitting at No. 17.

Texas A&M (25-9, 15-3 SEC) went 2-1 this past week at the Southeastern Conference Tournament, winning its first two matchups -- against Arkansas on March 10 and Vanderbilt on March 11 -- before dropping the final game to Alabama, 82-63, on Sunday, March 12.

The Aggies, who concluded the regular season and SEC tournament in second place in the conference, received a 7-seed in the NCAA Tournament as Texas A&M is slated to face 12-seed Penn State on Thursday, March 16 in the first round of the Midwest Region.

The SEC currently has four teams in the top 25: No. 1 Alabama, No. 17 Texas A&M, No. 20 Tennessee and No. 23 Missouri, with Kentucky (No. 28) also receiving votes.

In addition to the five teams mentioned above, the SEC had a total of eight conference teams receive invites to the Big Dance on Selection Sunday, including overall No. 1-seed Alabama, Tennessee (4-seed), Kentucky (6-seed), Missouri (7-seed), Texas A&M (7-seed), Arkansas (8-seed), Auburn (9-seed) and Mississippi State (11-seed).

The complete AP top 25 men's college basketball rankings include:

No. 1: Alabama (29-5); Southeastern.

No. 2: Houston (31-3); American Athletic.

No. 3: Purdue (29-5); Big Ten.

No. 4: Kansas (27-7); Big 12.

No. 5: Texas (26-8); Big 12.

No. 6: Marquette (28-6); Big East.

No. 7: UCLA (29-5); Pacific 12.

No. 8: Arizona (28-6); Pacific 12.

No. 9: Gonzaga (28-5); West Coast.

No. 10: UConn (25-8); Big East.

No. 11: Baylor (22-10); Big 12.

No. 12: Duke (26-8); Atlantic Coast.

No. 13: Xavier (25-9); Big East.

No. 14: Virginia (25-7); Atlantic Coast.

No. 15: Kansas State (23-9); Big 12.

No. 16: Miami (FL) (25-7); Atlantic Coast.

No. 17: Texas A&M (25-9); Southeastern.

No. 18: San Diego State (27-6); Mountain West.

No. 19: Saint Mary’s (26-7); West Coast.

No. 20: Tennessee (23-10); Southeastern.

No. 21: Indiana (22-11); Big Ten.

No. 22: TCU (21-12); Big 12.

No. 23: Missouri (24-9); Southeastern.

No. 24: Memphis (26-8); American Athletic.

No. 25: Florida Atlantic (31-3); Conference USA.

Receiving votes (number of votes): Creighton (94), Oral Roberts (58), Kentucky (39), Iowa State (32), VCU (26), Utah State (15), Penn State (11), Charleston (10), West Virginia (2), Drake (2), Kent State (2) and Northwestern (2).

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