Auburn basketball head coach Bruce Pearl loved what he saw in the dominant win against Mississippi State on Monday.

UNDATED (AP) — Auburn has climbed to No. 1 in The Associated ... Next up is a matchup at No. 8 Maryland on Tuesday. UCLA, South Carolina, Notre Dame and Southern California kept rolling, holding the top four spots again in the AP Top 25.

No. 4 USC completed a two-game eastern sweep. The Trojans handed No. 8 Maryland its first loss, 79-74. The victory came after the Trojans decimated Rutgers 92-42 on Sunday. USC

A look at football membership in the Power Four and the Group of Five, largely dating to the launch of the Big 12 in 1996.