Tennessee remains No. 1 in the AP Top 25 after a quiet holiday week.

The Volunteers received 41 first-place votes from a 61-member media panel in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday. No. 2 Auburn had 20 first-place votes, with Iowa State, Duke and Alabama rounding out the top five.

The Tigers gained ground on Tennessee’s No. 1 spot last Monday and did it again this week despite not playing, earning eight additional first-place votes.

The top 13 teams remained unchanged after twelve teams did not play in the week.

Tennessee won its only game during Christmas week, defeating Middle Tennessee 82-64 last Monday night to retain first place for the fourth straight year.

Tennessee is among four undefeated teams in Division I men’s basketball, including three from the Southeastern Conference, joining No. 6 Florida (10-0) and No. 12 Oklahoma (10-0). Drake (9-0) also starts this week undefeated.

The Gators defeated Stetson 85-45 and the Sooners defeated Prairie View 89-67.

The SEC continued to dominate the Top 25, with No. 6 Florida giving the league its fourth spot in the top six.

The rise of UCLA

Most of the AP Top 25 teams in action last week competed against schools from smaller conferences.

Not UCLA and Gonzaga.

The Zags and Bruins played the final major game of the nonconference season on Saturday, facing off in the first college basketball game at the Intuit Dome, the new home of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers.

UCLA held off Gonzaga’s late surge to claim a 65-62 victory behind Eric Dailey Jr.’s 18 points and was rewarded with a seven-spot improvement to No. 15 in this week’s poll. Gonzaga fell five spots to No. 19 with the loss.

Rising and falling

UCLA was the only team to move up more than two spots in this week’s poll.

No. 24 Mississippi barely held its own on the rankings, falling eight spots after an 87-70 loss to No. 21 Memphis on Saturday.

In and out

Memphis was the only team included in the poll this week after beating Ole Miss.

San Diego State moved out of 20th place after losing to Utah State 67-66 on Tucker Anderson’s 3-pointer with 6.8 seconds left. The Aggies appeared on 14 ballots after the win.

Conference clock

The SEC leads all conferences with 10 ranked teams. The Big Ten and Big 12 each have five and the Big East has two. The Atlantic Coast, West Coast and American Athletic conferences each have one.