ESPN announced Friday that "College GameDay" will be on hand when Tennessee basketball plays at Auburn on Jan. 25.

Auburn climbed to No. 1 in the men's AP Top 25, while fellow SEC program Georgia is in the rankings for the first time in 14 years.

Auburn is in line to ascend to No. 1 in the AP poll Monday on the heels of Tennessee's first loss of the season

Auburn has been No. 1 only once before in the AP Top 25, during a three-week stint in January and February of 2022, and is the third team to sit atop the poll this season.

Auburn is the No. 1 basketball team in the nation three years after hitting that goal for the first time. The real test, however, is just beginning.

Tennessee drops six spots, Georgia defeats two ranked teams, Alabama and Auburn continue to dominate, and much more has changed the standings drastically.

Johni Broome 's injury makes Auburn's spot more tenuous, but the Tigers beat Mississippi State by 22 even without him. Duke is barely breaking a sweat while blowing out inferior ACC competition. And then there's Iowa State, which has only a two-point loss to Auburn blemishing its résumé and just dispatched Kansas by 17.

ATHENS — Georgia basketball still looks like an NCAA tournament team to Joe Lunardi, the ESPN expert who has been projecting the field since 1995. Tennessee handed Coach Mike White’s Bulldogs a 74-56 defeat Wednesday in Knoxville in a game UGA led 26-25 at the half.

The SEC regular season conference winner odds for Auburn and Alabama basketball show a fierce competition between in-state foes.

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that Auburn had been the best team in Ken Pomeroy’s database on Dec. 15 in any of the last 14 seasons. At that time, Auburn had an adjusted efficiency margin of 35.01.