Auburn basketball ranked No. 1 in both the AP and coaches' polls after improving to 25-2 overall and 13-1 in SEC play.

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There wasn’t much doubt before, but Auburn has clearly proven itself as the top team in the sport after a massive win in Tuscaloosa on Saturday. Here’s everything you missed in Week 15 of the men's college basketball season,

Auburn beat Alabama in the Southeastern Conference’s first ever No. 1 versus No. 2 men’s basketball game Saturday, re-claiming the No. 1 ranking in the coaches poll and holding onto the top spot in the AP poll.

Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week on Monday, while preseason No. 1 Kansas out of from the men’s basketball poll for the first time in nearly four years, ending the Jayhawks’ ranked run at 80 consecutive weeks.

Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week on Monday, while preseason No. 1 Kansas dropped out of the men's basketball poll for the first time in nearly four years, ending the Jayhawks' ranked run at 80 consecutive weeks.

Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week, while preseason No. 1 Kansas out of from the men’s basketball poll for the first time in nearly four years.

Here's an updated look at where SEC men's basketball teams sit in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll and AP Top 25 rankings:

Alabama lost a midweek game to Missouri and then beat Kentucky in Tuscaloosa this weekend, but dropped two spots to No. 6 ahead of the final two weeks in the regular season. Eight