Live Updates: No. 6 Tennessee Basketball at No. 1 Auburn
Tennessee Basketball spent five weeks ranked No. 1 earlier this season. Now the Vols go on the road to face the new No. 1, taking on Auburn at Neville Arena Saturday night in Auburn, with tipoff scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on ESPN.
Tennessee (17-2, 4-2 SEC) bounced back from its 76-75 loss at Vanderbilt last Saturday with a 68-56 win over then-No. 14 Mississippi State Tuesday night at Food City Center.
Auburn (17-1, 5-0) has won its last two games without senior center Johni Broome, beating Mississippi State 88-66 and winning 70-68 at Georgia after Broome suffered an ankle injury in the 66-63 win at South Carolina on January 11.
No. 6 Tennessee at No. 1 Auburn
Start Time: Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ESPN
Streaming: ESPN App or WatchESPN.com
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
KenPom Prediction: Auburn 76, Tennessee 68 (23% chance to win)
The Line: Tennessee +7.5
Tennessee’s history against No. 1-ranked teams
Tennessee is 6-15 all-time against No. 1-ranked teams, including a 2-1 record under head coach Rick Barnes. The Vols beat No. 1 Gonzaga 76-73 in December 2018 in the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix and beat No. 1 Alabama 68-59 in Knoxville in February 2023. The Vols lost to No. 1 Kansas 69-60 last season in the Maui Invitational.
Tennessee earlier this season set a new program record with five straight weeks ranked No. 1, from December 10 to January 13, while tying a program record for the best start to as season at 14-0.
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Tennessee is 6-6 over its last 12 games against AP No. 1 teams, dating back to March 1966, and is 4-4 over its last eight, dating back to February 2008.
Tennessee has beat the No. 1-ranked team on the road twice in program history. An unranked Tennessee team beat No. 1 South Carolina 55-54 in December 1969 and Bruce Pearl led a No. 2-ranked Tennessee team to a 66-62 win at No. 1 Memphis in February 2008.
Saturday night’s game is just the fifth in Tennessee program history with both teams ranked in the top six, with all five top-six matchups taking place on the road. It’s the fourth time it has happened under Barnes.
The Vols have been ranked for a program-record 71 straight weeks and have been the lower-ranked team just 13 times in 116 games during that span, with an 8-5 record to show for it.
