Auburn men’s basketball will start Southeastern Conference play as the No. 2 team in the AP Top 25. Monday’s rankings placed the Tigers second behind Tennessee for the fourth week in a row, earning 20 first place votes to the Volunteers' 41.

Auburn men’s basketball remains ranked No. 2 in the country in the Week 8 AP Poll, only trailing Tennessee. The Tigers got 21 first place votes, but Tennessee earned 41 to retain the top spot. It’s the third week in a row that Auburn ranks No. 2. The ranking comes after Auburn played two games in the previous week, beating Georgia State and Purdue.

UCLA climbs 7 spots to No. 15 in the AP Top 25; top 13 teams remain unchanged, starting with No. 1 Tennessee. For more than a century, Times Union photographers have been documenting the Capital Region’s fascinating people,